This week’s folk show features Cerys Hafana, Inni-K, Junior Brother, The Deadlians, Shovel Dance Collective, Marlais, Alison O’Donnell, L’Oumigmag, Cédric Dind-Lavoie, Cinder Well, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Serious Sam Barrett, The Baird Sisters, Anna & Elizabeth and many more.
Bush Gothic’s ‘Beyond the Pale’ is a bold, mercurial and inventive excursion into the rich world of traditional Australian folk music. It will delight those who enjoy radical deconstructions of well-known folk songs.
Cellist and composer Barney Morse-Brown has shared a video for his cover of Sting’s ‘The Hounds of Winter’. Morse-Brown’s version highlights his versatility as a multi-instrumentalist and his endearing unorthodox approach to music.
To create an album that works both as a collection of poetry and a musical offering must be doubly difficult, but with Mouthful Of Earth, Alex Neilson has pulled it off with endless originality and lusty lyricism.
Dean Owens celebrates the vinyl release of his critically acclaimed Sinners Shrine album with a new video for Arizona – a tour around his favourite state: The Painted Desert, giant saguaro cacti, and Sinner’s Shrine in Tucson.
Some of Scotland’s top traditional musicians, including Kim Carnie, Gary Innes & Ewen Henderson, Hecla, Staran, Norrie MacIver, Megan Henderson, Mary Ann Kennedy, Paul McKenna, Julie Fowlis, and Sian, will be performing at this year’s Blas Festival, celebrating Gaelic music and culture.
Derek Piotr expands on his album “The Devil Knows How”, on which he interprets traditional ballads and folk tunes, with a reworking of “Yes They All Sing” by guitarist and Alan Lomax Archive curator Nathan Salsburg.
Jenny Sturgeon & M G Boulter have released their first single together, inspired by dusty keepsakes pocketed on walks, left on bookshelves as memories and the science of soundwaves, deep space and time, ‘Flint Knapped’ combines their love of history, nature and staring at the night sky.
Acclaimed bluegrass and roots band The Slocan Ramblers return to the UK this September for tour dates long delayed by the pandemic. The Canadian quartet has garnered a solid UK fanbase over three previous tours, blending contemporary bluegrass and Americana with traditional folk influences.
Our Blood Is Red is outstanding…Luke James Williams is a writer of rare talent, a singer with the ability to rivet your attention, ready to break out and claim his rightful place at a time when new voices are needed more than ever.
Watch George Sansome and Leeds-based violinist Owen Spafford performing Rosa. This stunning new single and accompanying video were recorded in just one take – one performance, filmed and recorded simultaneously by Will Killen at Evoke Studios in Leeds.
Cerys Hafana is best known for exploring the creative possibilities of the triple harp. As demonstrated on Tragwyddoldeb, she’s an adept shapeshifter, entwining tradition with direct and personal interpretations to create music that’s both progressive, profound and inspiring.
