Ceri Wade is in the hot-seat again this week with a Nest Collective Hour that will be celebrating May Day and its traditions with some summery tunes, new releases, upcoming events and a couple of old favourites too.
With Producer / Engineer Calum Malcolm at the helm Amy Duncan’s ‘Cycles of Life’ is her most polished album to date which highlights her emotive and deeply personal songwriting, a progressively positive, and ultimately hope-filled, experience.
Read our review of Seasick Steve’s latest offering ‘Hubcap Music’ which features Jack White, John Paul Jones and Luther Dickenson. We have a track by track exclusive from Deezer and his latest performance on ‘Later with Jools’.
Steve Martin & Edie Brickell’s latest release ‘Love Has Come For You’ is a gem! No matter how casually the initiation both Edie and Steve rightly recognise that they have created something special.
If there is something ineffable about the pleasure of Megan Wyler’s album ‘Through the Noise’, it comes from the shifting focus of fine details…a gentle breeze of ideas, a silken shawl of a voice and the luxury of time stood still as the mind gently ripples with possibilities.
The pastoral sounds of Rob St. John return tomorrow on MayDay with a stunning special release on Song, by Toad Records which I have to admit I have been bowled over by. Charcoal Black and the Bonny Grey / Shallow Brown is simply stunning and beautiful!
We introduced Douglas Dare in July last year and it looks like 2013 could be his year. Having just signed to the Erased Tapes he is about to emabark on a European Tour with fellow label artist Ólafur Arnalds. Listen to his latest demo ‘Scars’.
The 7-piece alt-folk London based troupe Patch & The Giant are gearing up for the release of their new EP The Boatswain’s Refuge which is released 20th May 2013 on Folkroom Records. Watch their new video for Love & War!
Folk Radio UK catches Show of Hands at the sold-out Waterside Theatre in Sale, Greater Manchester. Miranda Sykes and Rex Preston opened the evening of entertainment whilst Show of Hands delighted many with a delve into their back catalogue.
The latest offering from Bait, Gastr Del Sol and Bastro guitarist David Grubbs is ‘The Plain Where the Palace Stood’. An album that is equal parts brainy, bonkers and bewildering, but never anything less than rewarding.
We catch a great live performance by Katy Carr at The Lexington who takes to the stage in a vibrant, vivid red dress and matching pillbox hat to put on a great performance supported by her trusty Aviators!
Although you may need to wait a bit for the release of an official video for Pand Su’s new single ‘Maps’ which is out today you can enjoy this live video which she recently revealed.
