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.
Taken from Audrey Spillman’s new album ‘Neon Dream’, watch the accompanying video for the lead single Austin Motel – inspired by a trip Spillman and her now-husband, producer Neilson Hubbard, took to Austin when they first started dating.
Songwriting duo Jacob & Drinkwater have announced their new album ‘More Notes From The Field’ and share the video for their first album single ‘The Nameless’ as well as details of their extensive tour dates throughout September and October.
Lila Tristram shares her highlights from this year’s Green Man Festival which culminated in the burning of the Green Man, the perfect ceremonial ritual to celebrate the long, long-awaited reunion of artists, fans and friends.
Watch the animated video for Keegan McInroe’s new single “To The Moon And Back”, a reverse lullaby sung from the perspective of a doting parent, lovingly and reassuringly welcoming a new-to-the-world child to the possibilities, choices, and challenges along life’s uncertain but open road.
On 15th September, catch American-Scottish folk singer and songwriter, Daisy Chute performing an intimate gig online alongside Jack Tustin. Recorded in high-definition at The Rattle, in Tobacco Dock in East London.
