Les Racines is not only an album of which Ali Farka Touré would have been proud to witness the traditions and beliefs he espoused and embraced being perpetuated, but it also confirms that musically Vieux Farka Touré is now his distinguished father’s rightful heir.
Taken from their debut album Gin and Strathspey, our Tune of the Day comes from Lyre Lyre featuring ex-Breabach fiddler Patsy Reid, Marit Fält on Nordic mandola and cellist Alice Allen.
‘Play it loud,’ Strohm implores on Country Mouse’s Bandcamp page, and as much of a cliché as that is, it truly is the only way to listen to music of such power as this.
Taken from her sixth studio album ‘Yours Aye’, watch Jill Jackson’s latest video for “I Wouldn’t Do That”. Jill has a string of performances lined up for 2022 including support for Eddi Reader across the UK and Ireland.
Featuring a blazing mid-point entry on sax from Mikal Cronin, Ty Segall shares “Saturday Pt. 2” which concludes a mini-suite that forms the penultimate movement of “Hello, Hi”.
To celebrate their 10 years on the folk scene, Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith will embark on an anniversary tour this autumn. They will present a retrospective show with songs & tunes taken from across their 4 albums plus a few new offerings.
USA folk-roots duo Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno are heading to the UK for a short tour in late May/early June 2022, including appearances at two festivals: Bluegrass Omagh in Northern Ireland and Fire in the Mountain in Wales.
We chat to a thoughtful & reflective Julien Baker ahead of her UK shows, to discuss her latest album, Little Oblivions, her songwriting journey & what it’s like touring with a full band.
Amythyst Kiah reveals her alt-rock influences on her latest single, a cover of Tori Amos’ ‘Sugar’, who is also one of her musical mentors. She has a number of UK & European dates this summer and later in the year.
With ‘This Is a Photograph’, Kevin Morby finds the passion and emotion that make us living and breathing people, tingeing that with realities that humanise us all.
Sitar player, composer and producer Anoushka Shankar is to host a 3-part show for BBC Radio 3 about Indian Classical Music – Exploring rhythms, melodies and stories of both Hindustani and Carnatic music.
