Taken from her latest album “2020” – “an album of the year in more than just its title” – watch the animated video (by Antje Duvecot) for album opener ‘Promises to Keep’.
Sarah Jarosz’s stories are carved like a craftsman’s antique furniture, with an attention to detail and capacity for nuance lending these sketches a depth and realism that ensures repeated listening is a rewarding experience.
Most of these tunes will stick in your head and involve many a trip to Bandcamp and the equivalents, as well as the purchase of this album helping defray the 2020 losses to the festival organisers. That’s a win, win, win.
Watch the accompanying video to ‘Fell Like Snow’, the festive new single from Edd Donovan – “I’ve always referred to it as the shortest, yet sweetest, song I’ve ever written.”
While EP2 owes more to American Roots than EP1, when the musicians are as good as this, the influences matter less than the intimacy of the playing. This is a group of musicians playing the music that they love, and doing it better than just about anyone else.
An extra-long Folk Show featuring The Magpie Arc, Kris Drever, Afro Celt Sound System, Macmaster/Hay, Andy Irvine, Blue Rose Code, Eddi Reader, Eamon O’Leary, Ensemble Ériu, Jim Ghedi, Kaela Rowan, Leveret, LAU, Ana Silvera, Ewan McLennan, Catfish Keith and more.
Kathryn Williams teams up with poet/playwright Carol Ann Duffy for new single ‘Snow Angel’, out today via One Little Independent Records. Watch the accompanying video here.
Steffen’s “The Dancer on the Hill” is an album that will demand to be listened to many times. Once the final notes of the beautiful closer drift away, you will want to go straight back to the beginning.
Calexico’s Seasonal Shift offers us a hefty helping of cheer from locales all around the world, at a time when we need it most. Plus, watch their new video featuring Bombino.
