Calexico played the final day of Celtic Connections this weekend featuring music from their new album Edge of the Sun. Ian McDonagh was there to capture some of the magic through the lens for Folk Radio UK.
Two years in the making and recorded in their own new studio set up, Mount The Air encapsulates all of the contradictions that make The Unthanks so beautifully thrilling.
Having signed a worldwide deal with Nonesuch Records in 2013 listen to Olivia Chaney performing ‘The King’s Horses’ from her forthcoming album. She tours the US and Canada from next month.
Almost a year ago to the day we featured a guest mix from Salad Sound System . The good news is we have another…featuring Ivor Cutler, Michael Chapman, John Martyn, 5 Hand Reel, The Memory Band, Edward II and lots more.
We have an beautiful video premiere from North Carolina-based Americana folk artist, Tyler Nail, with his cover of Book of Love, written by Stephin Merritt. It features on his new album Feathers. Watch it here.
Our Song of the Day is from Rhiannon Giddens and Iron & Wine performing “Forever Young.” The song is by Bob Dylan and first appeared on his 1974 Planet Waves.
Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett announces new LP and UK tour. Watch her new video for Pedestrian At Best in which she lets loose an internal monologue crammed with twisting rhymes.
You need a class act to support a band with a reputation like The Punch Brothers – gifted singer Siobhan Miller was perfect, an unforgettable performance at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.
Emily Barker announces new solo album The Toerag Sessions, produced by Liam Watson who mixed and engineered The White Stripes break-through album “Elephant”. You can pre-order the album via Pledge Music.
Brian Wilson’s new album ‘No Pier Pressure’ will feature a number of guest artists including M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel of She & Him as well as members of the Beach Boys.
