On Ballaké Sissoko’s new album, Djourou, the Malian kora player chose diverse artists, removed from his own musical traditions – and transforms each collaboration into a moving partnership, highlighting the deep ties that bind us – a moving and excellent album.
Welsh collective ‘Hanks Company Band’ deliver some laid back cosmic blues on their new album ‘Big on Easy’, a very fine addition to your collection of homegrown country.
From the opening track to the last, this is an intoxicating album. Edo Funk Explosion Vol. 1 is an essential compilation, illuminating the work of these three groundbreaking artists and their incendiary sound, the likes of which had never been heard before.
Having successfully mined his personal experiences, Jason McNiff has delivered another work of truly great merit. Dust Of Yesterday is a well-crafted and beautifully performed album and provides a compelling argument for the artist to gain even wider recognition.
The Cambridge Folk Festival will not go ahead this year, it has been announced. Ticket holders will be offered a choice of a full refund or rolling their tickets forward to 2022.
…somewhere at the heart of these new songs is the realisation that the world has caught up with their pessimistic vision of it. There is a new confidence on show here. It feels like the time is finally right for Arab Strap.
Some of the most sought-after artists on the Scottish folk scene have come together to create a formidable collective titled Staran. Watch the accompanying video for their debut single Gaol a’ Chruidh.
Recorded on St Valentine’s day 1978, there is much to love here – John Renbourn’s earthy charm, Jacqui McShee’s cut-glass clear and peerless vocals and Keshav Sathe’s superb tabla – a band at the peak of their powers.
“Six Picks” – is a new editorial selection of eclectic music delivered in a bite-size format. Part 1 features Don Cherry, Aoife O’Donovan, Cameron Knowler, Borg, Shovel Dance Collective and a new release from Chicago’s Mississippi Records – Guitar music of Western Kenya.
It was in a world of experimentation and musical fervency that Nick Drake recorded Bryter Layter. 50 years on, we revisit his second album – his most ambitious and coherent – proactively responding to the vibrant musical world around him.
Inspired by a journey through the desert on the Texas-Mexico border, Cameron Knowler and Eli Winter’s new album ‘Anticipation’ is an extraordinary delight. A playful flight, that twists and flows as the duo throw the rulebook out the window, just existing in the moment.
The Hudson Records Listening Club is back for a new series starting this Sunday 21st March at 10:30 am. They kick off with Brian Finnegan’s new album ‘Hunger of the Skin’.
