🇫🇷🇩🇪🇫🇷 Danke, Merci! What a great tour to finish our gigs together in 2024. New faces, old friends, 3500kms in Billie Bongo, intense cheese and bread 🥖with a few 🍻 Thanks to everybody who joined us, fed us, bought our CDs,T-shirts and have become part of the Ranagri family. ❤️

More festival news! 🥳 One of the first festivals we appeared at back in the beginnings of Ranagri, so we’re super excited to be returning to Purbeck next Summer. That ol’ Summer ‘25 is shaping up oh so nicely ☀️

📷📷 New Dates 📷📷 Announcement! We'll be heading out of hibernation again next Spring with these lovely new gig dates! 📷 We'd love if you'd come and say Hello, and hear some brand new songs we've been brewing for something exciting next year...

Today, St. Stephen’s Day, is a special day in the story of the Irish bodhrán. 🎶🥁 Discover how the ancient wren hunt reveals the earliest roots of this iconic drum. Find out more in my documentary The REAL Story of the Irish Bodhrán.

Dublin Airport welcomed (and quickly said goodbye to) a rare visitor earlier today… 📸 Stephen Gray

Last night's Gary's Cornucopia of Folk on Folk Friday Radio is available to listen at your leisure mixcloud.com/garyhazlehurst…

17-23 Folk Alliance #Canada Feb 28 Feb - The Met , #Bury 1 Mar - St AlkmundsChurch, #Duffield 22 Mar - Nettleham Village Hall - #Nettlehamlive 23 Mar - Barnoldswick Music & Arts Centre #Pendle 27 Mar - Norwegian Church Arts Centre / Eglwys Norwyaidd #Cardiff 28 Mar - Temperance Cafe #LeamingtonSpa 29 Mar - Somborne Sessions

📣 We’re uber thrilled to announce four exclusive gigs with Tony Christie!📍July📍 ranagri.com/tour-dates 17th - The Greystones - Sheffield 18th - Harwell Village Hall - Didcot 27th - The Witham - Barnard Castle (early start) 👓 28th - Eden Court Highlands Inverness #SpreadTheWord X

🎶 More Tickets Released – Ranagri This Friday! 🎶 Due to high demand, we’ve moved Ranagri’s gig to our larger Derby Hall venue! More tickets now available – don’t miss out! 🎟️ 🔗 Book now: ow.ly/ZB3F50V70pC #Ranagri #FolkMusic #LiveMusic

It’s said that daylight grows by a ‘hare’s leap’ each day after #StPatricksDay! Whatever the weather, don't leave it too late to leap over for the last few remaining tickets of our spring tour. It's almost #soldout and we'd love to see you all there. ranagri.com/tour-dates

Tom Dunne Tom Happens 🥶: I can't believe The Bends by Radiohead is 30 years old #radiohead irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arts…

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🎵 Michele Stodart to open Martha Wainwright's sold out show on 30 May. The singer-songwriter, producer, musical director & multi-instrumentalist, also known for her work in The Magic Numbers, won UK Album & Artist of the Year at the UK Americana Awards 2024 for her solo work.

One of the highlights of last summer was the legendary Cropredy Festival! Here's our opening track The Hare! Head over to our YouTube channel tomorrow at 5pm tomorrow for the full hit! ➡️ youtube.com/@ranagri?si=lm…

A wee snippet from #CropredyFestival last summer. Full video on our YouTube channel. Or come to a gig! West Malvern Social Club Dónal Rogers GoatsKin Records youtu.be/YUUmyh_CBuo?si…

Back on the Folk Friday Radio airwaves with the latest Cornucopia at 8pm. Featured album is the new on from Steeleye Span - Conflict, a superb piece of folk rock. Additional music from the likes of Pete Morton Jim Chorley Kris Drever Isla Ratcliff etc See you later

Tune in to BBC Radio 2 tonight at 9pm (Wednesday 18th June) or catch up on BBC Sounds! Ranagri live session with the one and only Mark Radcliffe #thefolkshow

JenFoto reviews the 8th edition of @beardyfolk Festival. Did we nearly get struck by lightning this year? Did our vehicles have to be towed away by tractors? Find out NOW! atthebarrier.com/2025/06/28/bea… Skinny Lister Sam Kelly RANAGRI The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican

Back on Folk Friday Radio at 8pm with another Cornucopia of Folk. Featured album is By Hook or By Crook from Herding Cats. Music tonight from The Shackleton Trio Ange Hardy Alison Krauss The Unthanks Trio Dhoore Seonaid Aitken RANAGRI etc On air from 8pm