This Friday, Irish alt-folk singer songwriter Sarah Buckley releases her new single ‘Magic Powers’. Watch the accompanying video as she sings of how the right person can make the mundane seem special and the tricky parts of life more manageable.
Opening the set with ‘Lilac Wine’ is a bold move…But Lisa O’Neill has the poise and range to use this as a vehicle to lock in the audience’s attention, and it’s a grip that does not loosen for the next ninety minutes.
Erlend Apneseth’s Nova never shies away from the exploratory spirit that has defined his career. It is an album of colour and contrast, of human intimacy and wild natural grandeur.
Shot by Olle Holmberg one morning in the bar where Marlais works, watch ‘Out of the Window’, taken from his new album ‘Stream of Forms’ which was inspired by the oral traditions of English and Irish folk music.
Unquenching Fire is a rare delight that doesn’t rely exclusively on reworking the usual traditional chestnuts, but then SykesMartin are a rare delight indeed.
For the last few years, David A. Jaycock has been taking his practice into increasingly experimental and hauntological territory, and it is a joy to behold. This collection is the music of the looking glass, and Jaycock captures it better than anyone.
Watch Sea Song Sessions (Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Ben Nicholls, Emily Portman & Jack Rutter) performing ‘The Dreadnought’. Catch them live at three, one-off harbourside and onboard performances as they sail by Tallship ’Anny of Charlestown’ along the Cornish coastline this month.
Paul Sartin, folk singer, oboist, violinist, composer and arranger and founding member of Faustus, Bellowhead, Belshazzar’s Feast, has passed away. We recall a few magical moments from his rich musical legacy.
The latest show features new releases from Joshua Burnside, Herman Dune alongside some other favourites including Cyril Cyril, Troll Dolly, Karina Vismara, Kacy and Clayton, Big Thief, Elvis Perkins, The Burning Hell, Skyway Man, Fruit Bats & Vetiver (Live), Bill Callahan and Karl Blau.
Later this month Herman Dune releases ‘The Portable Herman Dune Vol 1’, the first of a three-part acoustic anthology. Watch the video for his new single and album opener ‘Why Would That Hurt? (If You Never Loved Me)’.
While there is drama and darkness on Marisa Anderson’s ‘Still, Here’, there is also optimism; it’s a powerful and thought-provoking album of beauty and profundity.
Joshua Burnside announces his new EP ‘Late Afternoon In The Meadow (1887). Watch the video for the stunning title track and lead single – a bleak picture of a city that also offers hope for a kinder society, a life that is softer on the soul.
