Our latest Monday Morning Brew Playlist features music from Zea, Paper Jays, Brigid Mae Power, Sam Amidon, Trá Pháidin, 137, The Wickies, Aldous Harding, Bridget Hayden, Lou Turner, Shannon Lay, Ron Sexsmith, Iron & Wine, Martha O’Brien.
With so many artists trying to recreate the spirit and songs of old-time country, who would have thought that Shetland-born Malachy Tallack’s ‘The Beautiful Atlantic Waltz’ would be one of the year’s best and most authentic sounding?
Samana share a live video performance of Two Wrongs and announce a special November Tour – an all-artist curated event run by their imprint, The Road Records, described as a spiritual, shamanic experience and service of healing than that of just a musical performance.
Belfast-based folk singer-songwriter Joshua Burnside announces his newest album, “Teeth of Time” out February 28th via Nettwerk and shares latest double A-side ‘Ghost of the Bloomfield Road / Good for One Thing’.
If her debut announced her as a distinctive new Americana voice, Deep Feeler, with its conflicted raw emotions, simple but effective melodies and imagery, reinforces Liv Greene as being one of the brightest stars in the genre’s constellation.
With ‘How Much Is Enough Volume One’, Iain Matthews delivers another immersive and engaging album from someone who has proven himself a consummate craftsman time and time again, far more than just the ripple in the stream he modestly calls himself.
Sam Amidon shares his new single/video ‘I’m On My Journey Home’ and announces his forthcoming album ‘Salt River’, on which he continues his decades-long quest to recontextualise what it means to sing folk songs or make folk music.
Bridget Hayden and The Apparitions announce their new album Cold Blows the Rain, on which her vocals take centre stage as she sings traditional folk songs that she’s known all her life. Watch the accompanying 1940s archival footage video for ‘Lovely on the Water’.
Listen to our latest Mixtape featuring Karl Blau, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Tucker Zimmerman, AJ Woods, Johnny Coley, Devarrow, Anna McClellan, Scott Ballew, Joan Shelly, The Fynches, Yasmin Williams, Annarella & Django, Universal Light, Charles “Poppy Bob” Walker and more.
For her third album, Yasmin Williams hits the collaboration button and pulls in guests on eight of the nine songs–Acadia is a gift of a recording, a rural album of gorgeous tunes with smooth edges that seem only to wish you well.
On Jouer, Annarella and Django weave a dreamlike musical tapestry that pays homage to the griot tradition, encompassing West African melodies, spiritual jazz, Swedish folk tunes and spoken word…a genuinely inventive debut.
A collection of masterfully reworked versions, ‘The Shackleton Trio’ is a nostalgic blast from the past for longtime fans and a perfect, pocket-sized introduction for those yet to experience the pure magic of their storytelling.
