The open vistas and isolating landscape of Jeff Rutherford’s film, ‘A Perfect Day For Caribou’, are perfect for Marisa Anderson to explore in her improvisations on piano and guitar.
Icelandic singer Hafdís Huld is our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest, in which we ask artists to present objects from a shelf or shelves from their home and talk about them.
To celebrate his upcoming UK Spring Tour, which starts in April, watch Sam Carter perform ‘A Place To Call My Own’, on which he’s joined by Sam Vicary of Cinematic Orchestra on double bass.
Needlefall, the new album from North Carolina’s Magic Tuber Stringband, is perhaps their most accomplished and cohesive record to date. An intense musical experience that’s also exceptionally rewarding.
On LORCAN, Vancouver-based Laucan and Brighton-based producer Samuel Organ explore ethereal folk and avant-garde electronica. Listen to the album opener, Aignish On The Machiar, featuring a field recording from a 1973 trip to the Inner Hebrides.
John Smith’s ‘The Living Kind’ is an understatedly emotional and introspectively melancholic celebration of hope and light in the face of despair and darkness…It’s a masterpiece.
Taken from his new album Locust Land, Bill MacKay shares his second single, ‘Glow Drift’, on which he locks into a relatable psychedelic groove with Mikel Patrick Avery and Sam Wagster. Intelligence and imagination are the order of the day for these sonic explorers.
The Zawose Queens – Pendo and Leah Zawose – announce Maisha, a long-awaited first by female members of one of Tanzania’s most famous musical families. To be released on Real World Records in June, watch the video for their title track single, released today.
Queer Folk sextet Goblin Band announce their debut EP ‘Come Slack Your Horse!’ and share their new single ‘Widecombe Fair’…Sounding like a 17th-century punk band, they deliver music in its raw, merry-making form – as intended.
It’s been a while since we last heard from Urban Folk Quartet, but now, after an eight-year gap, they are back. We caught up with the band to chat about their new album True Story.
Son of the Velvet Rat just keep getting better, and on Ghost Ranch, they are joined by several special guests, including Jolie Holland and Marc Ribot, to deliver what is unquestionably an album of the year.
The Decemberists announce their ninth studio album, As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again, and share their epic 19-minute new single ‘Joan in the Garden’, a transcendent offering that’s worth the extra weight.
