Although there have only been six P.G. Six albums over a twenty-two-year period, they provide a definitive snapshot of the psych-folk genre. His latest, Murmurs & Whispers, is a nuanced, enthralling work that suggests this brilliant songwriter is hitting another career peak.
To celebrate the release of ‘Real to Reel : Garech Browne & Claddagh Records’, watch the animated video for ‘One Night in Luggala’ created by Bárbara Oliveira & Cian Hughes -, taken from the Paddy Moloney & Sean Potts album Tin Whistles (Claddagh Records, 1974).
Dylan LeBlanc has announced his new album ‘Coyote’, described as semi-autobiographical and a concept album, chronicling a man who lives dangerously, always on the edge. Watch the accompanying lyric video for his lead single, ‘No Promises Broken’.
Watch the accompanying video to “Homecoming”, the stunning debut single from Rooftop Assembly, a grime & folk fusion project from London that formed playing rooftop concerts during lockdown. This is music to be celebrated.
Martin Simpson & Thomm Jutz’s ‘Nothing But Green Willow: The Songs of Mary Sands And Jane Gentry’ is a genuinely stunning, life-affirming, and beautifully produced listening experience. It’s an instant classic.
Listen to the Monday Morning Brew featuring John Renbourn, Allysen Callery, Iona Zajac, Brigid Mae Power, Aoife Nessa Frances, Junior Brother, Rachel Sermanni, Sweet Baboo, Emma Tricca, Ivan Moult, Katy J Pearson & Broadside Hacks, Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan, Clara Mann and more.
New doom folk band ØXN, featuring Radie Peat (Lankum), John’ Spud’ Murphy and Eleanor Myler (Percolator), and Katie Kim announce debut album CYRM and two live dates at The Sugar Club, Dublin – Presented by Enthusiastic Eunuch and Foggy Notions.
Karine Polwart is back in the company of award-winning composer and sound designer Pippa Murphy and pianist and composer Dave Milligan on ‘Seek The Light’, a new EP and BBC Radio 4 series that combines a love of science, history, folklore and the natural world.
Gabriel Moreno’s ‘Wound in The Night’ is an absorbing and engaging listen. At times on this album, he is the ideal person to fill the void left by Leonard Cohen.
Libby Rodenbough’s ‘Between the Blades’ is a deeply personal and creative exploration of emotions and ideas that are slowly arising in the public conscience. It is an offering of questions, not answers, questions…in the form of beautiful, catchy melodies, bringing hope in place of despair.
Sheffield’s Jim Ghedi and East London’s Stick In The Wheel deliver a visceral remix of What Will Become of England, marking a repeated mood present up and down the land. An antidote to, or rather an affirmation of, the state of England’s politics.
Taken from folk singing legend Alice Gerrard’s forthcoming new album “Sun to Sun”, listen to “You and Me”, a simple, refreshing reminder to treasure the love in our lives. She is joined by Reed Stutz, Tatiana Hargreaves, DaShawn Hickman and Hasee Ciacco.