While this may be Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno’s first album together, it’s another contender for the year best-of lists…It may not stray far from well-trod musical and thematic pathways, but the duo walk them with affection for the footprints in which they step.
Listen to Jake Xerxes Fussell’s new single ‘Hills of Mexico’, a traditional 19th c. ballad about going to Mexico to work the cattle drive, and the hardships and insecurity of underemployment and migrant work.
On March 12th, Turner Cody returns with “Boozing and Losing”, the first single for his upcoming album Friends In High Places. Like many of Cody’s best songs, “Boozing and Losing” navigates the line between light and dark, timely and classic.
Linking to their last album, Edward II’s Dancing Tunes nods to the shared hardships of communities some 4000 miles apart but, more importantly, the resolve to dance through the bad times and soak up the sun when it shines. Kick-off your shoes and lively up your own dancehall days.
We talk to Eliza Marshall and Donal Rogers (of Ranagri) about Eliza’s ‘Freedom to Roam: The Rhythms Of Migration’ project, an album and short documentary film exploring the challenges and frustrations of the forbidden freedoms within humanity, the exploitation of land and animals.
Ballaké Sissoko’s latest single ‘Kora’ (out now on No Format) sees him partner with Frech singer Camille for a love letter to the kora. The single arrives with a performance video shot in Paris’ Bois de Vincennes park.
Watch the video for Lunca, the new single from Romanian folktronica band Balkan Taksim, filmed in the southern countryside of Romania. A hypnotic and tasteful blend of electronica, psychedelia and tradition.
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings have long been established as immaculate interpreters of old-time acoustic folk and country and this is another outstanding addition to that catalogue.
Hiss Golden Messenger has announced details of his new album Quietly Blowing It, news of which was accompanied by a video for “If It Comes in the Morning” with another great video directed by The KidEthnic.
Marking exactly 1 year since live music venues closed their doors, Mick Flannery is showcasing a 9-venue virtual tour of Ireland with 50% of all ticket sales going directly to some of these venues that still remain closed after all this time.
Our Song of the Day comes from Marinero with his easy-rolling Nuestra Victoria – a farewell to The Mission, a San Francisco district once home to a thriving Latino community, now displaced by gentrification.
The pictures on Reekinhame, the latest offering from the prolific Kitchen Cynics, are dark but there is a gentle humour that pervades all the songs, and a lightness of touch that endears you to them…Echoes of, The Incredible String Band, Ivor Cutler and Espers at their most genteel.
