We introduced you to alt-folk Portland (Oregon) based band Greylag back in July last year. The band have recently relased an EP titled The Only Way To Kill You from which you can download a free track below.
If the DIY house show circuit has a pied piper, his name is Brendon Massei of Viking Moses who features in session this week on Simple Folk Radio (first broadcast 16th June).
Stephanie Hladowski’s latest release ‘The High High Nest’ is a real gem of a record that manages to capture a sense of time and space that leaves you in awe.
The Speyside Sessions is a music project led by actor Kevin McKidd and best friend James D. Reid which celebrates Scottish traditional folk songs from Burns to bothy ballads. Profits go to the charity Save the Children.
Of Monsters and Men, an Icelandic band we introduced about a year ago have been getting some well deserved recognition. Watch this recent backstage session of them performing ‘Mountain Sound’ from their debut album.
On Otis Gibbs latest release ‘Harder Than Hammered Hell’ he gives a much more personal insight with songs of love and lament alongside comforting songs about not letting the bastards grind you down. His songs somehow just seem to be “the truth”.
Read our interview with Simon Emmerson of the Imagined Village in which he discusses their latest release ‘Bending the Dark’, he talks about some of the dificulties faced in making the album alongside some of the more exhilarating.
The fabulous Icelandic Snorri Helgason Trio featuring (with Silla & Gummi) recently recorded an Aretha Franklin’s “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man” during a soundcheck in Paris. Watch it below.
Fran Smith writes like she means it: refreshingly uncompromising, with an honesty that is both brutal and beautiful. Intrigued by her background Mike Wilson managed to interview Fran and uncover some history and influences.
The Dead Rat Orchestra are well known for their unconventional approach to music and their latest release ‘The Guga Hunters of Ness’ which originally took the form of a film score is the perfect example of them at their innovative best.
Paddy Steer has done a great remix of Vadoinmessico ‘In Spain’ which you can listen to below. Anyone familiar with Paddy’s 2009 release ‘Dragon’s Breath’ will know of his incredible ability in sound creation.
Folk Songs II is the follow up release from The Big Eyes Family Players which features a plethora of fine guests including Alasdair Roberts, Nancy Elizabeth, James Yorkston, Elle Osborne, Mary Hampton, Adrian Crowley, James William Hindle, Heather Ditch and Sharron Kraus.
