Grace the Blue is the assured solo debut album from The Shee’s Olivia Ross. Given the strength of her songwriting and ability to choose a lineup of the finest backing musicians, it’s to be hoped that the wait for her sophomore release is far shorter.
Stan Rogers left an indelible mark on Folk Music; his influence continues today, 40 years after his tragic death. Borealis Records are to celebrate his music and legacy with the release of a limited-edition vinyl box set: Stan Rogers – Songs of a Lifetime.
The 21st MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards took place on 2nd December, winners include Duncan Chisholm, Julie Fowlis, Iona Fyfe, Eilidh Cormack, Trail West, Blazin’ Fiddles, Heidi Talbot and more.
Hank Wangford and Noel Dashwood’s ‘Promises Promises’ is an absolute delight and if there was a UK version of the Country Hall Of Fame, this is a perfect reason why both of them should be inducted.
With ‘Sule Skerry’, Hildaland, featuring Scottish fiddler Louise Bichan and American mandolinist Ethan Setiawan, deliver a refreshing and delectable debut album not to be missed.
The Monday Morning Brew, featuring Hack-Poets Guild, Belbury Poly, Piers Faccini, Sutari, Burd Ellen & Rachel Newton, Bill Callahan, Nick Waterhouse, Kevin Morby, Voice of the Seven Woods, Scott McMicken, Cate Le Bon, Rachael Dadd, Modern Studies, Junior Brother, Me Lost Me, Buriers & more
ØXN’s unwillingness to conform in any way to stereotypes makes them one of the most vital acts in any music scene today. CYRM is an uncompromising debut album, like a monolith looming through fog.
Filmed by Myles O’Reilly during Cork’s winter festival ‘Quiet Lights’, watch Jim Ghedi singing Ed Pickford’s Ah Cud Hew in St Luke’s church solo..an intimate and powerfully moving performance.
At sixteen songs, Eliza Carthy & Jon Boden’s “Glad Christmas Comes” is, appropriately, like a big Christmas lunch that you won’t want to finish. Beautiful music from two of our very finest and most valuable artists, it is a very easy album to love.
While it’s been a long journey, Albion is a most auspicious beginning for Tim Smith’s second act as Harp, which finds him alongside his wife, Kathi Zung. Together, they have created new waves of hope as the dark winter approaches.
The campaign to help digitise and preserve Doc Rowe’s extraordinary audiovisual footage of Britain’s wyrd-and-wonderful seasonal events and enduring folk traditions has been successful. Still, as every pound matters, they are continuing to collect donations from supporters.
Taken from his new album True North and recorded live on Tyne and Wear’s highest point, Currock Hill, watch Johnny Campbell performing ‘Here’s the Tender Coming / The Keel Row’ with Northumbrian duo The Brothers Gillespie.
