Äijä are a male choir from Pirkanmaa, Finland. They offer a unique experience in traditonal singing. I was actually seeking out some Finnish music a few weeks ago…

Celebrated and feted as the fiddle playing third of Lau, Aidan O’Rourke’s An Tobar (The Well) is a celebration of the geography and life of the island of Mull and at the same time the 10th anniversary of its innovative arts centre, overlooking Tobermory Bay, that commissioned the work.

The London Word Festival is a pioneering, annual celebration of words, text and language; daring in its approach to cross-artform programming, commissioning new work and exploring non-traditional spaces.

Bill Callahan dropped by NPR for a Tiny Desk Concert in the summer last year so I thought I’d share this seeing as he has a new live album out which I posted about here. Settle back and enjoy this lovely concert on which he plays three great intimate tracks:

We selected some videos to show of some of the highlights of this year’s Homegame which is the Fence Collective highlight of the year in Anstruther, Scotland. These are just a very small handful

On Among The Oak & Ash, Pennsylvania-born New Yorker Josh Joplin and the Mississippi-bred, Nashville-based Garrison Starr lend their distinctive voices to a dozen folk songs

It was by complete chance that I came across this release. The chain of events that led me to it are not worthy of a mention, honest. My initial thoughts were that I must have missed something somewhere, I did.

Karen Elson’s The Ghost Who Walks marks the debut solo release from the British singer/songwriter. Her transformation from fashion’s favorite redheaded ingénue to beguiling chanteuse has been something of a slow burn. In 2003 she provided vocals for a version of Robert Plant’s “Last Time I Saw Her”

Sub pop release Blitzen Trapper’s latest album, Destroyer of the Void, on 8th June. It is fitting that ten seconds into Blitzen Trapper’s fifth full-length record, front man Eric Earley utters that most sacred of rock ‘n’ roll tropes: “For to love is to leave or to run like a rollin’ stone,” he sings in the harmonized verse that leads off the album’s epic title track, “Destroyer of the Void.”

Things are hotting up for Coco Rosie with their new album, Grey Oceans due for release in May 2010. They have this to say about their new album:

Kila perform live at St.Mary’s Collegian Church in Youghal to launch their 2010 album Soisín. Kila performed the sound track for the 2010 Oscar nominated animated feature ‘The Secret of Kells’.

The latest record from Baltimore based duo Beach House is their best and most complete yet. Teen Dream is just that, a dream of a record that rekindles the tender wide-eyed sentiment of a teenager open and ready for the world ahead.