As demonstrated on Garden Party, Ripley Johnson and the Rose City Band are explorers in the best sense of the term, harbingers of spring that take pathways all of their own.
Israeli singer, musician and producer Dudu Tassa and Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) team up for a new album on World Circuit – “Jarak Qaribak” brings together vocalists and musicians from throughout the Middle East for a very special album of cross-border collaborations.
We chat to Irish traditional fiddle player Martin Hayes in Dublin about his latest project, ‘The Common Ground Ensemble’ and new album, ‘Peggy’s Dream’.
For Jump on It, Bill Orcutt pulled a Harmony Sovereign out of the closet and stripped it of two strings, before recording. With a slightly shorter scale and sweeter tone, the Harmony epitomises the sound Bill achieves here – At once complex, clear, direct and primitive.
Filmed at The Weaver’s House in the centre of Coventry’s bustling city centre, watch Ellie Gowers performing a live acoustic version of her new single, ‘Waking up to Stone’, taken from her debut album ‘Dwelling By The Weir’. Don’t miss her upcoming tour dates.
Featuring his live band of Rozi Plain, Momoko Gill and Conrad Singh, Alabaster DePlume releases a new single – a celebration of joyful communal music making titled ‘Salty Road Dogs Victory Anthem’.
Ahead of her European & UK shows in Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Glasgow, Birmingham, London, Bristol and Brighton, Australian singer songwriter Jen Cloher has shared a joyful and culturally insightful video for the title track of her fifth studio album ‘I Am The River, The River Is Me’.
Our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest is Dom Flemons, who has just released ‘Traveling Wildfire’ on Smithsonian Folkways. He shares some of the objects that line his shelves at home, including a large and well-organised record collection.
Xylouris White’s ‘The Forest in Me’ smacks of confidence and creativity and is happy to shift expectations and deliver a sound so different to previous albums. I’ve enjoyed this duo (trio?) since Goats came along in 2014, but this short, sharp and dynamic project is the one I’ve been waiting for.
Watch the video for ‘Midnight Circle’, the new single from Inezona, the alias Swiss-based singer, percussionist and guitarist Ines Brodbeck – also featuring Frederyk Rotter. It’s an epic lead single and an exhilarating delight to watch and listen to.
Anna Tivel shares her new single “American Novella” – her expressive vocals are blissful as ever as she unravels her beautiful, almost prose-like verses, which once more highlight how bewitching and poetic a songwriter she truly is.
New Mexico-based artist Jude Brothers lures the listener into a spellbinding, poetic, surprising world with their album ‘render tender / blunder sunder’. It’s been a long time since I was as enthralled by a piece of music as I was when I listened to this record.
