Jack McNeill & Charlie Heys latest release: ‘Two Fine Days’ is a progressive and forward-thinking folk album which is beautiful, relaxing, intelligent and engaging.
An Tobar will be working with one of Scotland’s foremost musicians, Aidan O’Rourke (Lau, KAN, Blazin’ Fiddles), who will be composing a new piece called TAT-1 for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Includes video interview.
The Forgotten Works have a unique sound that has a timeless quality and a familiarity, a feeling of belonging to the land, reminiscent of those early explorations into psych-folk.
In association with Pull up the Roots we are offering our readers a chance to win a pair of tickets to see Emily Smith & Jen Ord at the Slaughtered Lamb, London on May 14, 2012.
We recently offered a giveaway of five deluxe CDs of The Chieftains new album ‘Voice of Ages’, find out who those winners are. We also have a free track from The Chieftains album as well as tour dates!
Proving to be increasingly versatile and innovative, Rachel Hair returns with her third recording ‘No More Wings’, this time placing the harp in the midst of a dynamic trio, featuring the double bass of Euan Burton, alongside the guitar and vocals of Jenn Butterworth.
This weeks Propermusic Podcast is the first of a two-part Topic Records special, David Suff and Tony Engle join Trevor Dann to discuss the folk label’s 70+ year history and some of its classic releases.
We interview Lisa Knapp about her new EP ‘Hunt the Hare – A Branch of May’. She talks about her fascination in folklore and some of her influences including Martin Carthy and Shirley Collins.
The good folk at the English Folk Dance and Song Society are putting on a creative family folk arts festival to celebrate spring traditions at Cecil Sharp House in Camden on Saturday 12 May.
