JD McPherson’s follow up to his Rounder debut is equally rooted in early rock n roll, plenty of driving basslines, punchy limb-shaking rhythms, twangy reverb and the occasional splash of fat sax. It’s a gem.
She’ll soon grow tired of the “how old?” comments but there’s no denying that Best Girl Athlete, aka Katie Buchan, has a promising future. Listen to He’s Calling Me Over.
Our Song of the Day is from Sounds of the South ft: Justin Vernon, Sharon Van Etten, Megafaun, Matthew E. White performing an old American bluegrass gospel song written by EC Ball.
After many years playing solo Xavier Rudd ups the stakes on his new album with his pan-global band The United Nations. Watch his new video for Come People.
In Part 2 of our exclusive interview, Joe Topping talks about the making of The Vagrant Kings album, The Rainbow Chasers, Home Service and getting started in music and more.
David Byrne is to curate this year’s Meltdown Festival, “It’s going to be a bit of fun puzzle-solving I imagine”…to right, with his vast musical knowledge where do you start?
It’s taken two years of patient work but Streets Of Laredo finally have the debut album that they always intended in the twisty, psychedelic, country-folk rumble of Volume I & II.
Way Back Home is a very personal introduction to Sorren Maclean’s solo work and with fully-formed songs like these, it shows great promise for the forthcoming LP.
Cambridge Folk Festival announce first names for their 2015 lineup including Joan Baez, Passenger, Frank Turner, Joan Armatrading, Nick Mulvey, The Unthanks and many more.
Sam Lee has unveiled a new track from ‘The Fade In Time’, his new forthcoming album released March 16th on Nest Collective Records. Listen to Blackbird here.
On the latest Simple Folk Radio show Dillon features, amongst some FRUK regulars, a brilliant concept EP from Adam Gnade that was released with little to no fanfare a couple of years ago.
