Released on the award-winning Finnish independent record label Bafe’s Factory, PERTTULA follows his own path on Pajavasara where accordion meets primal rhythmic blacksmith percussion. There is much to enjoy here; prepare for a few surprises.
Charlie Parr’s new album, Last of the Better Days Ahead, is to be released on July 30, his first for Smithsonian Folkways. Watch the video for the title track.
Some duets just sound like they were meant to be…this is one: Peter Doran is joined by Haley Heynderickx to perform Blue Mountains from his new album Voices…it really doesn’t get much better.
Tom Coll, the drummer of Irish post-punk band Fontaines DC announces ‘Goitse A Thaisce (A Compilation of Irish Music – Volume One)’ featuring The Bothy Band, Andy Irvine & Paul Brady, Ye Vagabonds, Planxty, Lisa O’Neill, The Dubliners and more.
Maim, the latest offering from Gaelictronica duo WHYTE is an album for late-night reflection. It’s one of the most affecting pieces of music you will hear this year. But mind also the message. And the warning.
London-based singer and multi-instrumentalist Gary Lover, the alter ego of Gareth Hoskins – singer with cult London band Tangerines, talk us through his debut album Songs of Fortune, Songs of Pain, due for release via cult label Some Other Planet records on 28th May 2021.
On ‘Swallow Me’, the latest EP from Scottish songstress Rachel Sermanni, the songs are a meditative collection influenced by her passage into motherhood…she sings to the rhythm of life being lived, with songs excavated from the depths of human emotion
With a focus on the vivacity and legacy of the Shetland tradition, Atlaness is a handsome, and thoroughly delightful listen on which Gray proves to be a talented fiddler, composer, and arranger in her own right.
Aidan Moodie shares his video for ‘Old Yew’, his second single (out today), which continues his attempts to twist and distort away from what might be expected of folk song. Refreshingly original and engaging.
Brinkworth’s sophomore record touches on different themes that come with staying put – the songs fit around their creator like a second skin, and he delivers them with a natural ease that comes only from artists that have honed their craft through experience.
“The Lost Mystique of Being in the Know” is a surprise release from Rising Appalachia that finds them at their most improvisational – one of the most intoxicating musical experiences you’ll have this year.
Watch part one of a short film on the making of Ulster trio TRÚ’s debut album ‘No Fixed Abode’. It also features Tommy Sands performing ‘County Down’ which TRÚ cover in their own unique and magical way.
