In a new guest feature we join Maine based wife and husband Avant Folk duo Arborea as they head out on their US tour providing an intimate insight into their life on the road.
Paul catches an intimate double bill from Austin-based songwriter Matt McCloskey and Andrew Combs who more than justifies the hype surrounding the Nashville based singer-songwriter.
Catherine MacLellan’s past albums have seen her compared to Joni, the young Emmylou and Gillian Welch, but on ‘The Raven’s Sun’ she has truly found a voice of her own.
Listen to The Staves brand new song Blood I Bled from their forthcoming album produced by Justin Vernon and featuring a full supporting cast of his Bon Iver band-mates.
Our Song of the Day comes from a great favourite band of ours – Hot feet. Three Black Crosses features on their forthcoming EP ‘Mist is Dust’ which is released on 25th October.
As Real World Records reaches its 25th anniversary, Lándini finds Aurelio returning to his Garifuna roots creating a vibrant, passionate, Afro-Latin update of the paranda song style.
RM Hubbert’s ‘Ampersand Extras’ offers a collection of B-sides and rare recordings that concludes his self-titled trilogy, exploring in detail the Scotsman’s musical pilgrimage so far.
Legendary Producer Joe Boyd unearths treasures from John Peel’s record collection, including the recording that inspired Syd Barrett to a rarer than rare Bob Dylan white label test pressing.
Johnny continues his review of Towersey Festival taking in performances from Nancy Kerr and James Fagan, Lau, interviews with Blair Dunlop, Urban Folk Quartet and more. Plus a look at the future…
We recently caught up with Anthony Furey of Dublin alt-folk quartet The Young Folk whose debut album The Little Battle is released this month. Read our interview here.
