Forget The White Stripes and their Seven Nation Army, and lock into the two-man musical army that is the Madalitso Band from Malawi; you will not be disappointed. Surely only those with a happiness-bypass could fail to enjoy such intoxicatingly accomplished and compelling music?
Marisa Anderson announces new album “Still, Here” and shares the single “Waking,” an achingly beautiful nylon string acoustic guitar piece which showcases her immediate and sheer elemental capacity to speak through her instrument.
Watch Fergus McCreadie performing ‘Law Hill’ live, a composition taken from his latest album Forest Floor, an album inspired by Scottish folk influences and a deepening jazz vision.
French duo O’o share their new video for Touche, a collaboration with the hyperactive imaginations of Temple Caché whose offbeat visualisations, bordering dreams and reality, make them perfectly matched.
And So We Gather, marks Gaelic singer Kim Carnie’s accomplished and thoroughly captivating solo debut. It features an amazing cast yet Carnie’s velvet-tinged voice is the real star here.
Our Song of the Day comes from Troll Dolly, the experimental folk project of Jen Yakamovich from Vancouver, B.C. Microcosms is the lead single from her forthcoming EP, Heaven’s Mini Mart. Watch the accompanying video shot on Super8 film.
Dreams and reality often run together in strange ways; this is definitely true on Rachel Sermanni’s new EP, Every Swimming Pool Runs to the Sea on which she also offers a vocal performance second to none.
The transatlantic banjo duo Damien O’Kane and Ron Block met with us to discuss Banjophonics, the splendid follow-up to their much-lauded debut Banjophony, plus musical personalities and the Mongolian nose flute.
Bloodlines testifies, in tandem with the re-issue of ‘Smokin The Dummy,’ that having established himself as a maverick country outsider in the seventies, Terry Allen began the eighties on a creative roll. They deserve stronger appreciation among country fans and record collectors far and wide.
Friday marks the release of Lynda’s Café, a new acoustic single from rising star Rory Butler. Watch the accompanying video filmed at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh and featuring vocals from three of his closest friends.
With vocals so pure and flawless yet soothingly emotional, it’s hard not to fall a little in love with the voice of Hannah Rarity. Add some well-crafted and fresh songs into the mix, and To Have You Near is an irresistible album.
Watch a short documentary on ‘Tell ‘Em You Were Gold’, the forthcoming album from Pharis & Jason Romero – Jason’s master banjo building, time in the banjo shop, life with kids and gardens, rivers, adventures and old musical friends are all part of the journey.
