Sci-fi mountain music anyone? Taken from Bitw’s forthcoming new album ‘Rehearse’, described as his most personal offering to date, watch his new video for Old Hands – beautifully idiosyncratic psych-pop.
The lack of musical constraint is a big part of what makes Frankie Archer’s ‘Never So Red’ such a persuasive, innovative release. Sounding both modern and traditional, it’s quite unlike any other folk music release out there today.
Jack Rutter is one of the most enthralling folk singers, guitarists & musicians on the British folk scene today – with This Is Something Constant, the final release in a trilogy, he has hit the highest watermark to date.
Taken from Undersea, the third album from Danish Singer and Songwriter Ida Wenøe, watch the video for the sublime and achingly beautiful ‘Mourning Time’, created and performed by Emilie Kilkowska Yssing, a multiple-art performer from Denmark.
On a dark and rainy night in Newport-on-Tay at a Lost Map showcase, gig-goers had their hearts warmed by an evening of eclectic music performed by Pictish Trail, L.T. Leif, and Weird Wave.
Today marks the release of “Wesselbobs”, the new festive album from Yorkshire folk duo Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones. Watch their new video for “I Traced Her Little Footmarks in the Snow”, that unveils the English roots of a popular Bill Monroe bluegrass classic.
The Furrow Collective are simply one of the most formidable combinations of musicians in today’s folk music scene, and in “We Know by the Moon”, they have created one of the year’s outstanding albums.
Taken from his forthcoming Duets album, singer, arranger, composer and bass player extraordinaire, Ben Nicholls shares his lead single – The Greenland Whale Fisheries, featuring Kris Drever.
We chat with the people behind Sound Roots (Previously English Folk Expo) and some artists who have participated in their annual showcase, mentoring programme, Global Music Match and more to better understand what it is they do.
Acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter Algis Fediajevas returns with his fourth album, Po trejų metų. While sung in his native Lithuanian tongue, his voice and atmospheric melodies have a deeply engaging honesty that crosses any possible language barrier.
Clive Carroll describes John Renbourn as a true pioneer, an ever-questing spirit who continues to inspire – on his well-filled double album, ‘The Abbot’, he’s an ideal conduit for John’s spirit.
