The First single release from Emily Barker’s forthcoming Dear River album is the wonderful title track. Like the best of Emily’s songs it has an immediate familiarity, yet is uniquely hers.
Watch the latest new video from Glenn Jones new album: Across the Tappan Zee is performed with Laura Baird (sister of Meg Baird) on banjo, interweaving her plaintive melodies with Glenn’s gentle picking.
Prior to the start of their UK tour, we caught up with Sarah Howells of the Welsh acoustic pop duo Paper Aeroplanes, she talks about their new album ‘Little Letters’, the beauty of West Wales & more.
With his fourth album ‘Bright Sunny South’ Sam Amidon revisits bare folk storytelling. What he calls “a lonesome record”, to Bon Iver, is “the tips of the blades rising”. Either way: an adventure.
The erstwhile Wailin’ Jenny and Juno Award winning songwriter Cara Luft is back with her best album yet. Darlingford is a powerful, personal statement and a triumph built on tragedy.
After a two-year hiatus from the live circuit, Johnny Flynn has announced a July solo headline UK tour. Plus he reveals a new song in a video recorded in his kitchen. Watch it now.
Bristolian quartet Joyce the Librarian are to release Traps as a new digital only release on Folkwit Records on 3rd June. Watch their new video and get their tour dates.
We Are The West are an LA based duo I’ve just discovered. When listening to them there is an instant and very real perception of the world slowing down, a remarkable stillness and calm…listen for yourself.
Luxembourg’s Monophona are gearing up for their first UK live shows at The Great Escape this weekend, their blend of folk, trip-hop and other influences combine to make a catchy sound, one to watch out for in 2013.
Thea Gilmore’s latest release ‘Regardless’ sees her moving away from her folk persona towards a more commercial sounding album with an 80s – early 90s flavour.
New into the Folk Radio UK playlist this week is the new EP from Broken Twin, sparse and melancholic compositions that accentuate the beautifully moving vocals of 24 year old Dane Majke Voss Romme.
Watch our Exclusive Video Premeiere for Arborea’s ‘Pale Horse Phantasm’ from their stunning new album ‘Fortress of the Sun’. Plus behind the scenes commentary on the making of this evocative film.
