Cam Penner’s latest album ‘To Build a Fire’ is at its heart a good old-fashioned country rock album. It manages to avoid the clichés of the genre with some excellent song writing, an honest, wide-eyed worldview and some very genuine emotional clout.
Get a taster of Laura Marling’s new album ‘Once I Was An Eagle’…Master Hunter slings from the hip with attitude! Also get a sneak preview of her new short film When Brave Bird Saved which premiers this week.
Richie Haven’s has died at the age of 72. If there is one lasting memory that burns bright for me it is watching a film of him performing at Woodstock on August 15, 1969…the first act to perform in front of 500,000 people. He ran out of songs and improvised FREE-DOM!
Bella Hardy’s new studio album battleplan is released today. You can stream the whole album here courtesy of Deezer, don’t miss the official launch gig for the album at the Slaughtered Lamb in London on Wednesday May 1st.
Alt-folk sextet – Woodenbox release the single Courage from their second album End Game today. Listen to it now and catch their video for ‘Roll for Me’…we also indulge in some reminiscing on the track that introduced the band to us many moons ago.
We head off-piste with London’s Green Note Café for a spectacular night billed as a Songwriters circle featuring Nels Andrews, Peter Mulvey, Allison Russell…as well as Brandon Seabrook and J.T. Nero. It was a truly magical night! Read our live review.
Mix Tape Radio returns to Folk Radio UK with Episode 16 which includes a track from the upcoming HI54LOFI RECORDS / A Singer Of Songs release – their first foray into putting something onto vinyl!
On this weeks Simple Folk Radio show Dillon decided to dust off two recordings from the archives: Stanley Brinks and Freschard “beautiful people making beautiful music, and doing it on their own terms.”
Lau kick off tonight with a huge UK & Ireland tour taking in the likes of London’s Union Chapel as well as appearances at some big festivals such as Greenman and Larmer Tree, they’ll also be heading to Japan for a five date tour!
Watch a video of the David Thomas Broughton session that featured on the latest Simple Folk Radio. You can also listen to the whole show again on-demand via the Simple Folk Radio website!
Watch Cam Penner’s new video for ‘To Build a Fire’. “I’ve got to know that you’ll make it through the night, make it through the day, make it out alive, that you’ll always have water running down the mountain side, always have shelter and know to build a fire.”
Track Number four from Chris Woods latest album ‘None the Wiser’ is ‘A Whole Life Lived’ another of Chris’ fables that will speak very well for itself. It seems that the wisdom of age is that wisdom is still to be had. Listen to it now.
