Watch Kate Rusby and one of the world’s great vocal groups, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, performing her Mayday song “We Will Sing” which opens her new album 30 : Happy Returns.
The award-winning Canadian bluegrass outfit The Slocan Ramblers return with their new album Up the Hill and Through the Fog in June. Taken from the album, watch them performing Harefoot’s Retreat, a toe-tapper from start to finish underpinned by their bold, dynamic sound.
Taken from their forthcoming new album Sorrows Away, The Unthanks have today released their first album single ‘The Bay Of Fundy’. Watch the accompanying video and don’t miss their album tour which kicks off today.
Taken from his forthcoming album ‘Fleeting Adventure’, watch the latest video from Andrew Tuttle for ‘Overnight’s A Weekend’ featuring Steve Gunn and Balmorhea.
Rupert Wates returns to his roots in English folk music for his latest album which he says is “a love song to humanity”, the music “of the people, by the people, for the people”. Power to the people, indeed.
Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows, the second volume homage to the late great John Prine does ample justice to his talent and legacy, this is a terrific collection.
Featuring a number of special guests including Laura-Beth Salter and Rachel Hair, Paul Tasker returns with a beautifully vibrant instrumental album Tierra Quemada.
Last Friday saw the release of Irish singer, Pauline Scanlon’s new album ‘The Unquiet’. It reimagines what it is to be an Irish woman in the context of music and song and it’s the subject of an upcoming documentary on RTE Radio 1.
Joined once again by The Orphan Brigade and a number of guest musicians, Amy Speace’s Tuscon is a stunning and deeply affecting work, a catharsis for her and an epiphany for all who hear it.
Dena Miller has one of those voices so incredibly high and pure that, at times, it’s almost shocking the things she sings about as Deer Scout on her debut album, Woodpecker.
Scottish musician Hannah Read has teamed up with Edinburgh-based banjo player Michael Starkey for their new album ‘Cross The Rolling Water’. Watch them performing the opening track ‘Apple Blossom’ that’s also our Tune of the Day.
Featuring an all-star ensemble of Nashville musicians, Molly Tuttle delivers her first all-bluegrass album and Nonesuch debut with Crooked Tree – In a forest of Americana saplings, Tuttle is a sturdy evergreen whose roots cling deep.
