Montreal fiddler Alexis Chartrand has joined forces with multi-instrumentalist Cédric Dind-Lavoie for their new album Au Chemin 4. If you are a fan of The Gloaming and Martin Hayes’ The Common Ground Ensemble, I’m sure you’ll love this.
Steve Gunn & David Moore’s “Live in London” was recorded at Cafe Oto during their 2023 spring tour of ‘Let the Moon be a Planet’…using pieces that appeared on that album, they have created five new compositions from a place of joy and camaraderie.
Another Monday Morning Brew ft. Bonny Light Horseman, Meernaa, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Mint Mile & Nina Nastasia, Dawn Landes, Steve Gunn & David Moore, ODD OKODDO ft. Angel Bat Dawid, Sutari, Madi Diaz, Sally Anne Morgan, Valerie June & Bill Frisell and more.
Building on the momentum created by the MOTHERS IN MUSIC network, a group of musician mothers are producing an All-Dayer of music and discussion in Bristol on the 7th March ft. Rachael Dadd, Jenny Lindfors, Beth Rowley, Rioghnach Connolly & more.
Folk Show – Featuring Charlie Parr, Rosali, Emma Gatrill, Swimming Bell, Iron & Wine, Cerys Hafana, Milkweed, Iona Lane, Outliers, Itasca, PG Six, Martin Simpson, Toby Hay & Aidan Thorne and Oisin Leech.
Filmed live at Levis Corner House in Ballydehob, County Cork, watch the lyric video for Bonny Light Horseman’s (Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson, and Josh Kaufman) outstanding new single “When I Was Younger”, also our Song of the Day.
Mawja, the latest album from the Sahrawi songwriter, musician and activist Aziza Brahim, finds her expanding her musical influences…it’s a compelling listen and truly representative of music without frontiers.
Watch the new video from Glasgow-based folk singer and songwriter Iona Lane for ‘Bring the Tide In’, her new single and title track of her forthcoming EP on which she is joined by Lucy Farrell, Malin Lewis and Euan Burton.
As part of their 85th anniversary, Topic Records reissue Martin Carthy’s self-titled debut solo album on vinyl – an iconic, almost peerless release, read why this album is as essential a listen now as it was in 1965.
On Ark Angel II, Alex Homan’s experimental freeform guitar flourishes guide the listener on a meandering walk…warbling tapes, glitchy sounds and occasional cacophonous outbursts all serve to remind you that it’s sometimes necessary to get intentionally lost in order to truly appreciate freedom.
Itasca’s Imitation of War is a record that sounds both rooted in history yet alive and breathing as it responds and feels a way through the present-day traumas that engulf us. It is an album overflowing in wonderous moments.
We chat to The McGoldrick Family about ‘One For The Road’…we’re in total agreement with Brendan McGoldrick, his son, Michael McGoldrick and their three granddaughters have made “a mighty record”.
