No one could have predicted the Oysterband returning with a song collection quite like ‘Read The Sky’. This is what you get when a band continue to make music for the best reasons. It’s a top-quality album worthy of the name.
Our Song of the Day comes from Scottish trio Salt House featuring Jenny Sturgeon, Ewan MacPherson and Lauren MacColl. Watch them performing The Same Land live, taken from their album Huam.
Broadstairs Folk Week returns this August – we share some of our favourites from their folk festival lineup including Spiers & Boden, The Magpie Arc, Yorkston/Thorne /Khan, Doyle, McCusker, McGoldrick, Flook, Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards, Mishra and more.
One of Shane Parish’s reasons for making ‘Liverpool’, was to unlock the inscrutable power that exists within nautical worksongs that makes them timeless and uniquely human. It’s safe to say that he has achieved that goal and made a breathtaking and singular album in the process.
On Vulpus, The Drystones successfully fuse 21st-century electronica with contemporary British folk music. If they are the future of folk/dance music, then it is in very safe hands.
An eclectic offering spanning psychedelic strands, Anatolian Rock to Congolese Funk and Spiritual Jazz. Ft. Verckys Et l’Orchestre Vévé, Le Kéné-Star de Sikasso, Moğollar, Lishonile, Curtis Harding, Don Cherry and more.
Taken from his new album ‘Nick Hart Sings Ten English Folk Songs’, watch the accompanying video for Nick Hart’s refreshingly inventive lead single ‘Dives & Lazarus’. It’s a tour de force achievement and so brilliantly well-executed.
With the release of Moch, self-proclaimed ‘trad fusion’ band DLÙ have heralded themselves as a fresh, innovative and exciting band with a unique, original and eclectic sound. This may already be a strong contender for one of the debut albums of the year.
Dervish have now announced a string of seven UK shows, including dates in Cardiff, Cambridge and London, that will feature tracks from across their extensive back catalogue, from new arrangements from their latest critically acclaimed album to firm fan favourites.
Now approaching their 25th anniversary, Yonder Mountain String Band have carved themselves a hugely impressive reputation and loyal following on the bluegrass scene and this album looks set to take that further.
India Electric Co. head out on tour this April, joined by percussionist Russell Field of Midge Ure. The addition brings an exciting new dynamic to their music – watch them performing Heimat live at St Ambrose Church in Bournemouth.
Ahead of her debut gig at Cambridge Junction this Saturday (26th Feb), we have the pleasure of sharing a live session from Amy Hollinrake. Supported by her band, she performs It Draws the Same which highlights both her striking vocals and complimentary folk-jazz-tinged arrangements.
