Della Mae deliver a compelling set with ‘Family Reunion’. Tracing themes of both loss and hope, it’s up there with their very best. This is one get together you will really want to celebrate.
One of Serious Sam Barrett’s stated aims was to release “a proper folk record”, he has succeeded admirably. The Seeds Of Love is a top-class release, sincerely delivered with alluring vocals and exemplary music throughout.
If her debut offered an initial promise that Kashena Sampson was a timeless voice for the years, ‘Time Machine’ is a 24-carat confirmation that she belongs in the ranks of the greats. Her gold will not tarnish.
The legendary British guitarist and songwriter, Michael Chapman has died at the age of 80. We look back at his fascinating music career and pay tribute.
We chat to Simon Moreton about his book “Where?” Following his father’s death in 2017, the author went back to his childhood home in rural Shropshire trying to process his grief by revisiting his family’s time as transplants to the countryside.
Taken from ‘The Tape’, the debut feature film by Martha Tilston (on general release from 24th September), watch ‘Sadness of the Sea’, a song inspired by how she feels when she sees the plastic that washes up on the shores near her home.
Burning Your Light finds Brigid Mae Power addressing the work of other songwriters from Bob Dylan to Aretha Franklin. While no easy task, her light shines all the brighter for it. An excellent EP.
The music of Scots trad group Heisk has a sense of electricity both literally and figuratively, creating something totally unique. Heisk is the sound of a band that will not be denied. Their music is irresistible.
Sultans of String are releasing their brand-new single Mi Santuario today featuring special guest Juan Carlos Medrano. Watch the accompanying video and read about Backstage with Sultans of String, a new free series on Facebook.
The songs on Shirley Collins’ ‘Crowlink’ are simultaneously ancient and new. It is an EP that can be elementally charged or unnervingly intimate but is never less than exquisite.
Watch the superb video for ‘All Cameras Gone’, the latest single from Wyndow (Lavinia Blackwall & Laura J Martin), a gorgeous paean to the dust and crackles of the analogue age.
Listen to Atlantean, the rhythmically pulsating, infectious debut single from Pontún, an Irish-based quartet embracing folk traditions from Ireland and Africa featuring Éamonn Galldubh, Robbie Harris, Niwel Tsumbu and Steve Cooney.
