Pat Gubler, aka P.G. Six, chats to Folk Radio about his new album ‘Murmurs & Whispers’ – the artwork, songs and themes, Irish harp, folk music (including Maddy Prior, Bert Jansch and John Renbourn), collaborating with Sharron Kraus and more.
Faithfully rendered and recorded with a clear affection for the music, ‘My Love of Country’ is another fine feather in Teddy Thompson’s cap and well worthy of a slot in any old-school country fan’s collection.
The music on ‘Playing for the Man at the Door – Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971’ is totally engrossing – wild wolflike blues, red in tooth and clawhammer; rawness and reality, without the spit and polish of record label recordings.
Listen to the Monday Morning Brew featuring Ngozi Family, Shirley Collins, Damien Jurado, Marion Williams, Karen Dalton, Iona Lane & Ranjana Ghatak, Avita Raz, Joseph Decosimo, Kikagaku Moyo, Clem Snide, Marie Bashiru, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, The Hermit, Ayami Suzuki & Rob Noyes and lots more
With Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning, Chief Adjuah presents a forceful, sometimes brutal, album filled with rhythms that overlap and overload the senses. Rarely have sound and heritage been so forcefully joined as on this divine ruckus of an album.
Ten months ago, Bill Callahan released YTI⅃AƎЯ on Drag City Records and he has just released his first music video for the album – Last One At The Party – the video shows us a man way out there on an island of his own that sits right at the heart of humanity.
Anna Tivel’s stripped-back Outsiders (Live in a Living Room) accentuates the focus on the lyrics and illuminates the folksy nature of her music and the emotional power of her voice at its most intimate. It’s the sound of an artist at the peak of her powers.
With ‘I See A World’, the Peatbog Faeries have done it again – with infectious rhythms, sublime musicianship, a fine ear for experimentation, and a loving respect for Scots tradition, this is a rousing and breath-taking album – they sound as passionate, eager, and energised as they’ve ever been.
Northumberland singer-songwriter Frankie Archer has won the Christian Raphael Prize 2023. Launched in 2018, the award is run in association with the Cambridge Folk Festival and previous winners include Mishra, Katherine Priddy, Nick Hart and, in 2022, Angeline Morrison.
Our latest Folk Show features Rónán Ó Snodaigh and Myles O’Reilly, The Scrub Jay Orchestra, Cup O Joe, Angharad Jenkins and Patrick Rimes, Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening, Eliza Carthy Trio, Jon Wilks, LAU, Norman Paterson, Seth Lakeman and more.
Iona Lane & Ranjana Ghatak’s ‘Cove’ is a beguiling and transfixing EP providing a memorable listening experience. The juxtaposition of two beautiful voices from such diverse musical backgrounds is a thing of great beauty.
Watch the beautiful video for El Hara, the lead single from Tamsin Elliott & Tarek Elazhary’s debut album ‘So Far We Have Come’. Their UK Tour kicks off this month, starting at Sidmouth Folk Festival. Take advantage of this rare opportunity to catch them live.
