We chat to Sheffield’s Melrose Quartet about their new album ‘Make the World Anew’ – a staunch defence of the sheer joy of creativity, allowing for contemporary political songwriting and age-old dance tunes, poignant a cappella standards and complex instrumentals.
Recorded at Grand Chapel Studios in Tebworth, watch Bróna McVittie’s stunning performance of ‘When Glamour Hid Her Gaze’ from her 2020 album, The Man in the Mountain.
With ‘The Land Of My Other’, The Breath have peeled away musical layers. What remains is all the richer for how it embraces the songs. They have made an album of exceptional depth and beauty, gifting us music at its most absorbing.
TRÚ point out that Eternity Near aims to look past endings to what lies beyond. It leaves room for both hope and mystery and is an admirably mature move for a band still near the beginning of what will undoubtedly be a distinguished career.
This month, Jonathan Day heads to M’hamid El Ghizlane, for Festival Taragalte, where he and his band will play under the starry skies. He shares his previous experience of the festival and talks about the importance of tourism to the area following the recent earthquake.
Next month sees the release of Bristol’s Tara Clerkin Trio’s new five-track EP ‘On The Turning Ground’ via World of Echo. Listen to the ‘overt sparkling melodicism’ of ‘Marble Walls’ and ‘The Turning Ground’.
Taken from their forthcoming album, ‘Mount Matsu’ (out 19 January 2024), global psych rockers YĪN YĪN share their shimmering new single and album opener: “The Year of the Rabbit”. UK dates for February 2024 also announced.
Amoskeag, Liam Grant’s follow-up to his 2021 debut does not disappoint. The whole thing is so well-played and highly creative that it’ll have you hooked. I’ll have to agree with Rob Vaughn, this is f*****’ ace.
Watch the dreamy psychedelic new video for ‘River’, the new single from the cosmic force that is Brighton’s Wax Machine. Taken from ‘The Sky Unfurls; The Dance Goes On’, a lush, ambient and psych-toned folk album.
Watch the insightful and fascinating mini-documentary on composer, producer, percussionist, and instrument maker Bex Burch, whose debut solo album, There is only love and fear, is released this month on International Anthem.
Taken from his new album, Behind Every Door, Co. Down singer-songwriter Matt McGinn shares his touching new video for ‘The Turning of the Tide’, his latest single – a tribute to Belfast busker, Willie Campbell.
Celtic Connections shares details of their expansive 2024 lineup spanning acoustic, traditional, indie, Americana, Jazz, blues, orchestral, experimental and more. Plus some of Folk Radio’s picks.
