Seems like only recently we were introducing Baltimore’s Lower Dens who have just announced their third album ‘Escape from Evil’, listen to the lead single, ‘To Die in L.A.’
Our Song of the Day comes from Sorren Maclean who hails from the Isle of Mull, he is currently touring with King Creosote and will soon be supporting Idlewild on tour. One to watch for 2015.
Elbow did it, Bellowhead did it, time for the Scots! Idlewild launch their own beer ‘Scottish Fiction IPA’, named after a track from the band’s album The Remote Part.
On Your Own Love Again is Jessica Pratt’s follow-up to her self-titled debut. It’s an album that further ratifies her skill as a songwriter and her uniqueness in delivery of those songs.
British duo Paper Aeroplanes are back in April with a new album called JOY and we have a great video premiere to share for ‘Good Love Lives On’. Don’t miss their UK & European Tour.
The Punch Brothers gave the Celtic Connections crowd an unforgettable performance including unplugged delights and voice only performance of ‘The Auld Triangle’ as performed on Inside Llewyn Davis.
Jack White surprises fans in Nashville by bringing Loretta Lynn on stage to perform ‘Whispering Sea’, the second song she ever wrote and last performed in 1955.
Mat Sweet aka Boduf Songs has a new album out in February titled ‘Stench of Exist’. Gorgeously minimal, “a record of rain and cities and nighttime.” Watch his new video here.
Calexico announce their new album Edge Of The Sun, their most collaborative work to date which get’s its first live outing at Celtic Connections. Listen to “Cumbia de Donde”.
We have a great Video Premiere and Song of the Day The Paper Shades. Watch the video for The Lake from their new single and catch them on tour with Hot Feet in February!
James heads to the basement venue of the inconspicuous Sebright Arms in London to catch Zoë Randell and Steve Hassett, better known to most as the indie-folk duo Luluc.
