The Transatlantic Sessions are, in many ways, the centrepiece of Celtic Connections. The performances were exuberant and full of energy, featuring a star-studded house band and guests Leyla McCalla, Siobhan Miller, Sarah Jarosz, and Paul Brady. An unforgettable night.
Forget Me Nots aren’t radical reworks or reinterpretations in any way. Warmly sung and finely played by Jesse Terry, featuring largely laid back and uncluttered arrangements, they are affectionate love letters to his influences.
Fresh from performing two nights at the brilliant Celtic Connections, the Irish quartet The Jeremiahs have announced they will be bringing their live show to England for an eight-night tour this February 2022. Not to be missed!
Folk Radio UK have teamed up with Treadwells Bookshop for an online workshop, led by Hannah Sanders, that explores occulted meanings lurking in the shadows of the British folk song tradition.
I Promised You Light seems to mark a turning point for Josienne Clarke, bursting with possibilities of the next steps for one of the most captivating and affecting musical artists around right now.
Drawing on personal grief and hope, on Metal Bird, Eve Adams exposes the flaws that have followed her around and creates a new world that exists in the “blur between fact and fiction”.
Taken from Deer Scout’s debut full-length Woodpecker album, watch the video for Cowboy, an intimate and intricate number inspired by the naïve character Joe Buck of Midnight Cowboy.
Heal & Harrow is a refreshingly original & carefully-crafted album, with musicianship & compositions of the highest quality. It illuminates the injustices inflicted on so many innocent women in the past, as well as drawing parallels to ongoing misogynistic attitudes and behaviour.
Keston Cobblers Club are back and have shared a video for their new single Mrs Dixon that centres on escapism and the balance of work and fun in life. They have a new album in the works and are on tour in April/May.
Good Morning Bedlam specialise in a highly appealing form of controlled chaos, merging touching and tender passages with jittery jive that can sound like a speed freak on a bender. Lulu is as good as anything you’re likely to hear this year or any year.
Liam Grant’s debut album is a homage of sorts to the music he loves including Son House, Charlie Patton and Jack Rose. However, it’s his original work, such as Aroostook, that is telling me that Liam is a musician to keep an eye on.
Next month, County Galway songwriter Niamh Regan returns with the launch of her new EP ‘In the Meantime’. To celebrate the release Niamh has announced launch dates at The Grand Social, Dublin and London’s Green Note.
