Brooks Williams teams up with Kris Drever, Boo Hewerdine and Findlay Napier to record new digital single “Farewell to the Gold” a song many know through Nic Jones’ landmark folk album Penguin Eggs.
Today marks the arrival of the new single from Matt Sweeney and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – watch the accompanying video for “Hall of Death”, written with visionary Tuareg guitarist and producer Ahmoudou Madassane.
Jimbo Mathus and Andrew Bird have today released ‘Poor Lost Souls,’ the latest single from their forthcoming album, These 13. The opening track addresses Hollywood’s homelessness crisis through two distinct points of view.
From The Reels 2012-2020 is a delightfully, warm, intimate, and genuinely stunning listen. Effortlessly evocative the album reinforces Ned Roberts as a true rising star. I, for one, will be following his career with much anticipation. Beautiful.
Opening to a flurry of percussion, banjo, mandolin, and echoing harmonies, Brown Mountain Lightning Bugs’ new album Folk(ish) is an exciting, and funky slice of Americana and bluegrass.
Next month, Jon Boden will release his fifth solo album ‘Last Mile Home’, the final album in his post-climate-change trilogy – listen to album track Cinnamon Water…inspired by wild swimming.
Watch Katy Rose Bennett’s video for ‘Darling, Dear Darling’, her new single (released this Friday). The song was inspired by a song she discovered in the EFDSS archive, details her own experiences of being in hospital for 10 days in 2017.
Our Song of the Day comes from British-Italian artist Piers Faccini with his new single ‘The Real Way Out’, taken from his forthcoming new album ‘Shapes Of The Fall’ which features guests including Ben Harper and Abdelkebir Merchane.
Ireland’s boutique festival, Body & Soul, announce ‘Éiru’s Threshold’ (premieres 13th February online) featuring an outstanding cast of renowned Irish female talent from the worlds of theatre, dance, film, literature, fashion design, and music.
The London-based UK Americana close harmony outfit return with a self-titled album that is sure to see them following in the commercial breakout footsteps of The Shires and Ward Thomas.
There’s a grand tradition of folk and Americana artists recording albums for children, from Pete Seeger and Lead Belly to Jerry Garcia and Laura Veirs, all of which transcend the demographic to appeal to all ages. This is a worthy addition to the list.
Taken from debut album Echo, co-produced by Adrianne Lenker, Australian artist Indigo Sparke has shared a video for album track ‘Colourblind’. The video was inspired by Wim Wenders ‘Paris, Texas’ 1984 road movie.
