Episode 551 - feat. The Fugitives - Trench Songs & More New Releases

Brendan McLeod and Adrian Glynn from Vancouver based folk collective The Fugitives join us on Episode 551 of Folk Roots Radio to chat about their wonderful new album “Trench Songs”, which takes as its source material, lyrics from songs written by frontline soldiers during the First World War – set to new music from the band. The album is actually based on “Ridge”, a new stage show by Brendan McLeod which was due to be performed in front of a live audience in Vancouver this past March. Unfortunately, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, those live shows had to be cancelled – however Ridge has now been re-imagined as a feature film with the accompanying album. As always, we wrap up the episode with more new releases, and this time around we hear from Christa Couture, Emily Rockarts, Karl Mullen, Ian Foster, The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc and James Gates. Check out the full playlist on the website: https://folkrootsradio.com/folk-roots-radio-episode-551-feat-the-fugitives-trench-songs-more-new-releases/