In a follow-up to his homespun 2020 gem Bobby Joe Hope, Jon McKiel returns on May 3rd with Hex. Listen to the title track – “Sometimes observing systems and people on the brink of collapse, it feels as though there is a hex on all of us…”
In 2005 a film was made of the Green Man Festival in Wales. It has been unreleased and unseen for nearly 20 years and features performances by Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Alasdair Roberts and Joanna Newsom, among others.
Michael McGoldrick and Family put on a great show at Celtic Connections for the launch of their debut album, One For The Road. The passion, talent, and exceptional versatility meant they all had much to be proud of.
Taken from her new album ‘Coming Home’, watch Cara Dillon’s new video for her latest single ‘Giving’, inspired by her 92-year-old mother; within it lies a distilled reflection of Irish hospitality and generosity.
Andy Skellam’s latest album, Brighten up the Place, is a bountiful offering of well-crafted, warmly sung, surreally poetic and calming pastoral folk. Don’t miss his album tour which kicks off this week.
Released this month on Mississippi Records, Souvenirs is a lost and found recording of Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, on which supple flowing vocal melodies meet irregular piano phrasing as Emahoy’s hands roam freely. It’s an amazing hoard of personal, spiritual and national yearnings.
Transatlantic Sessions never fails to deliver, and with Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves now members of the house band, alongside guests that included Lindsay Lou, Kim Carnie, Joshua Burnside and Carlene Carter, it was another unforgettable evening.
Despite its 50+ years vintage, the music featured on the ‘Les Cousins: The Soundtrack Of Soho’s Legendary Folk & Blues Club’ boxset is exciting, vibrant and from some of the best players and performers of any era.
An exceptional and quite mesmerising performance by Amy Laurenson, a pianist from the Shetland Isles, followed by Celtic Fiddle Festival’s top-class musicianship, all made for a highly engaging and enjoyable evening of music.
Listen to our Monday Morning Brew playlist featuring Jenny Sturgeon and Boo Hewerdine, Emma Gatrill, Ian George (ft. Anna Moss), Swimming Bell, Wes Swing, Steve Gunn and David Moore, Touki, Cheri Knight, Milkweed, Great Aunt Ida, Big Search, The Hackles and Wild Roots Rising.
Featuring music from Henry Lowther Band, Jim White, Sage Alyte, numün, an epica raga-like live offering from Elkhorn & Mike Gangloff, Lake Mary, Glenn Kimpton and Micah Frank and Chet Doxas’ Larum.
For Damien O’Kane and Ron Block’s Celtic Connections set, the dividing line between band and guests was appropriately blurred at this highly anticipated banjo-fest gig at the magnificent Barony Hall.
