Alula Down share their journey through the year via Postcards from Godley Moor – the latest in the series, Spring 2021, is released today and they have written a personal piece which reflects on their music and their deepening reciprocal relationship with the natural world.
Ulster trio TRÚ talk us through their new album ‘No Fixed Abode’, offering a brilliant insight into each of the songs on their new album. It features some great stories and background…including mythology, changelings, faeries and Japanese folklore.
Watch the accompanying video for ‘The Alabama’, the exceptionally moving new album single from HAV, featuring the award-winning Scots singer Iona Fyfe…a beckoning beacon of light for their new album.
Besides the fascinating history of Graham Rorie’s ‘The Orcadians of Hudson Bay’, it’s also a suite of music that ranks amongst the best that’s recently come out of the Glasgow melting pot.
The Knoydart Songwriting Retreat offer five-day immersive songwriting retreats in what’s regarded as Scotland’s last great wilderness. Jon Boden heads up their first in September 2021 which promises to be an inspirational, magical and unforgettable week.
The release of ‘The Indigenous Afro-Jazz Sounds of Philip Tabane and his Malombo Jazzman’ was a seminal one, expanding the frontiers of African music. Reissued and remastered here on vinyl, it’s an exceptionally rewarding listen which offers subtle nuances on each repeated play.
Seafoam Green, the Irish songwriting duo Dave O’Grady and Muireann McDermott Long, deliver some outstanding classic-sounding rock n’ soul on ‘For Something To Say’, their latest single from ‘Martin’s Garden’, their new album, out now on Mellowtone Records.
‘For Morgan’ is a swirling memory of simpler times that manages to be timeless and timely all at once. A charming and intriguing album from Nick Evans, aka Dawn Song – an audio letter from father to son.
The fabric of Damien Jurado’s finely woven universe looks set to expand even further. We chat to him about his latest album, his big plans for 2022, disconnecting and slowing down in an age of information overload & 24-hour news, gratitude and more.
Taken from Mason Lindahl’s deceptively intricate album ‘Kissing Rosie in the Rain’, watch the accompanying video for ‘Outside Laughing’, directed and edited by LA-based award-winning filmmaker and writer Michael Roberson.
Evan Cheadle’s ‘Fault Line Serenade’ is a sorely needed auricular salve for these crazy, cacophonous times. Downbeat, reflective, embedded in sweet melodies, the overall effect is one of solace and campfire cosiness.
An album about salvation, about awakenings and about the warmth of strangers in troubled times that serves as a reminder of a shared humanity in an America torn by divisions, it is both personal and universal and Keating’s finest hour yet.
