The pioneering Folkatron Sessions return on 2nd July with their second EP Home No More. Watch their accompanying video for ‘An Bonnán Buí (The Yellow Bittern)’ inspired by Anne Briggs’ iconic solo vocal version.
This live album from 2010 is a remarkable one that also illustrates how Khaira Arby had an innate capacity to blend cultures whilst still preserving her Malian roots. As a legacy, it is a more than fitting testament to a remarkable talent.
Watch the video (by filmmaker Timothy Breen) for ‘Inner Smile’, the new single and joyful closing track from David John Morris’s (Red River Dialect) forthcoming solo album Monastic Love Songs.
Old Sea Brigade’s “Motivational Speaking” is a gentle, wistful meditation on the instinctive tendency to cling to the past rather than move forward. Both poignantly sad, yet ultimately hopeful, seeking to embrace motivation rather than be imprisoned by resignation.
Rodney Crowell’s 18th Studio album, Triage, is to be released on July 23, 2021. Watch the video for his first single, “Something Has To Change”, directed by filmmaker/musician Haroula Rose and shot at Castle Recording Studios in Franklin, TN.
Watch ‘Black Peonies’, the latest single from Alex Rex featuring acclaimed Canadian singer/songwriter and one half of Kacy & Clayton, Kacy Lee Anderson. The video was shot in Glasgow and directed by acclaimed musician, filmmaker and choreographer Daisy JT Smith.
Broken Mirror shares kinship with such great albums of the past that its greatest feat might be how it manages to sound so modern… a testament not only to Holley’s fiercely relevant songs but to White’s impressive showing as a composer… deep, complex & formidable, and intensely rewarding.
Hailing from the Armagh-Monaghan border, Dani Larkin is tipped as Ireland’s most exciting new alt-folk artist – watch her new video for ‘The Red (Maca’s Return)’, taken from her highly anticipated debut album ‘Notes For A Maiden Warrior’.
Towersey Festival announce plans for a smaller 2021 event featuring This is the Kit, Steeleye Span, Show of Hands, Eddi Reader, Gruff Rhys, Edward II, Ferris and Sylvester, John Spiers & Jackie Oates, Merry Hell, Tim Edey and more.
The lyrics on Christina Alden & Alex Patterson‘s Hunter, are intentionally thought-provoking while the album’s lightness of tone, together with the often deceptive simplicity of the arrangements, have the power to transport you to the wide-open spaces evoked by many of the songs.
…its in the poetry of Garret Pierce’s lyrics that his talent lies. There is a deepness to the album’s themes and thoughts but they are always delivered with a soft and tender touch, quietly drawing you into the record’s passionate heart.
