Jennifer Castle’s Camelot is a kind of jousting match between religion and mystic thought and secular, pragmatic humanism. It’s rare for an album of such intellectual depth to be so accessible, but throughout, Castle imbues her songs with wit, candour and melodic charm.
Listen to our latest Mixtape featuring Alice Boyd, Don Leisure & Carwyn Ellis, The Innocence Mission, Fionn Regan, Andrew Tuttle/Michael Chapman, Constant Follower, Nev Clay, Richard Dawson, Kevin Fowley, Jennifer Castle, Lee Baggett, Anna Butterss, Angeline Morrison, Glåsbird & more.
Constant Follower, led by singer-songwriter Stephen McAll, shares a powerfully moving video directed by Martin J Pickering for the song ‘Patient Has Own Supply’, which tells a deeply personal story rooted in McAll’s teenage years.
Oysterband, Levellers, Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy, Jim Moray, Moonlight Benjamin, The Henry Girls, Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones, Melrose Quartet, and 9Bach are just some of the first wave of artists announced for Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2025.
Under his pseudonym of Glåsbird, British artist and composer Harry Towell’s exploration of remote geographic locations returns closer to home as he explores the low-lying fenlands surrounding his sleepy Lincolnshire village.
Clara Mann has shared ‘Til I Come Around, a song “about intimacy, in every sense.” The new single, also our Song of the Day, is taken from her forthcoming debut album, ‘Rift’ (7th March 2025—via state51). Watch the accompanying visualiser.
In O Avalanche, Fionn Regan offers a quietly powerful experience. A rare voice capable of bridging vulnerability and resilience, the album is a testament to his enduring creativity and willingness to explore new territory without losing the authenticity that has always defined his music.
For the latest Ceremonial Counties release from Folklore Tapes, Benjamin D Duvall (Ex-Easter Island Head) explores the fragmentary nature of Merseyside’s Crosby Beach, and Sam McLoughlin delivers one of the most playful pieces in the series so far via eight Herefordshire tales.
Trust Fund’s “Has It Been A While?” drifts by, a thirty-five-minute reverie, gauzy and dreamy and illuminated from within…Jones’ biggest influence here is Nick Drake, and it shows.
With Avoudé, Dogo du Togo and the Alagaa Beat Band have created music infused with Togolese culture, history, and tradition while also sounding excitingly modern and intriguing.
Ahead of her UK tour this month, listen to The Old Bog Road, the new single from Lewis Barfoot and the title track of her forthcoming EP, a collection of a capella folk songs from Ireland and Britain.
Listen to our latest Monday Morning Brew playlist featuring D’En Haut, Jaimie Branch, The Last Poets, Alice Coltrane, Cocanha, Steve Gunn & Mike Gangloff, Cynefin, Niamh Regan, Chris Brain, Bill MacKay & Ryley Walker, Joshua Burnside, Turner Cody and more.
