Cafe Oto have released all three sets from December’s double shows with 75 Dollar Bill. “75 Dollar Bill have stitched their diverse influences together into a powerful, hypnotic sound that is as unique as it is mesmerizing.”
Listen to ‘Maskin Ya Nas’, our Song of the Day, taken from SHIRAN’s new album Glsah Sanaanea with Shiran, on which her longing for Yemen continues to pulse. The songs date back hundreds of years making it a mesmerising album with each listen rewarding you with subtle new layers to experience.
Like Animals is arguably her finest work to date, there are creature comforts to be had here and a certainty that, in fashion or note, the name Charlie Dore shows no sign of fading.
Country Darkness Vol 2 is the second EP in the My Darling Clementine collaboration with Elvis Costello’s longtime keyboardist Steve Nieve which again illuminates the musical genius of both parties.
Watch ‘Keep a Part’, the new single from Martha Rose and also our Song of the Day, taken from her new album ‘Undress & Dive After’. The music video was made by UK artist Rosie Carr. Using sculptured objects and abstractions she creates an imaginary world for Martha to play within.
Our Artists of the Month are The Magpie Arc, a new cross-border folk/rock band featuring Nancy Kerr, Martin Simpson, Adam Holmes, Tom A Wright and Alex Hunter. Read our interview and watch their new video ‘Greenswell’.
Darren Hayman writes in response to his own break-up album ‘Home Time’ – “one of the finest records of a consistently brilliant and varied solo career.”
Featuring Letitia VanSant, Joni Mitchell, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Justin Hopper and Sharron Kraus, Stick in the Wheel, Pentangle, Bert Jansch, The Incredible String Band, Piers Faccini, Aisha Burns and more.
Watch husband and wife duo Mari and Tor Egil Kreken, better known as Darling West, perform a cover of Bob Dylan’s ‘If Not For You’. The guitar/mandolin combo and those sweet harmonies really make this work so well.
To celebrate the release of Jake Blount’s “Spider Tales” on Free Dirt Records, watch his latest video for ‘Old-Timey Grey Eagle’, a tune learned from old-time fiddler Manco Sneed. He’s joined by Tatiana Hargreaves on fiddle and the playing is electric.
Taken from their forthcoming and highly anticipated new album Hold Fast, Stick in the Wheel (singer Nicola Kearey, and guitarist/producer Ian Carter) share album track “Fake Away.”
Ten years on from their silver selling album “Beachcomber’s Windowsill”, Stornoway today announce the release of their live album “The Farewell Show” – a recording of their final joyous gig at New Theatre, Oxford in March 2017.
