Stuart Forester’s second album ‘A Yard of Ale’ is a delightful album with lyrics that give the music a strength rooted in empathy for the character portraits they paint.
The Civil Wars’ highly anticipated sophomore self-titled album will be released August 5. In advance of the release, you can listen to the album’s first single, “The One That Got Away.”
The latest Simple Folk Radio show is presented by Dillon with Ian Chambers (Wildwood Promotions) and will feature The Great Park in Session. There is also a free session to download!
The partnership between Boo Hewerdine and Brooks Williams is maturing nicely with this second CD Snake Oil filled with toe-tapping songs of the highest quality.
Watch the documentary on Heidi Talbot’s ‘Angels Without Wings’ which featured Mark Knopfler, King Creosote, Jerry Douglas, Tim O’Brien, Karine Polwart, Louis Abbott (Admiral Fallow) Julie Fowlis and more.
Next week Lambchop come to the UK for a whirlwind tour, kicking off with a special show at London’s Barbican. But not everyone is happy about the tour as their new video shows.
Episode 4 of ‘The Ark’ features a world exclusive Case Hardin with new stuff from Two Cow Garage, John Moreland, My Darling Clementine plus older stuff from Dylan, The Stones, Sonny Boy Williamson, Rory Gallagher + more!
David Grubbs has the intellect, talent, and bullish presence to make north-east London’s post-hipsters quake in their hi-tops. He is joined on stage at Café Oto by Italian pair Andrea Belfi and Stefano Pilia.
Vienna Ditto tag their music as Voodoo Sci-Fi Blues, something that makes total sense after hearing the title track of their EP Liar Liar…a sound pitched between Chicago blues and Bristol’s trip-hop scene.
Field Report has been several years in the making, and musically it shows. Old and new meet in carefully considered swirls of pedal steel, acoustic guitar and judiciously deployed synths.
Aidan O’Rourke’s beautifully realised third solo album busts boundaries between Scottish folk and jazz, telling the story of the Hotline between the USA and the Kremlin.
