The enigmatic wordplay of Nels Andrews’ beautiful 4th album, Pigeon and the Crow, is a creation possessing many of the same qualities as Midlake and Spheeris records. In the field of literary folk music, Pigeon and the Crow certainly is a winner.
Watch Egyptian Princess by The Servants’ Ball (Rob Harbron, Ben Paley, Ben Nicholls, Evan Jenkins, Julian Hinton) – a nod to the era of Egyptomania which started in the Victorian era and peaked in the 1920s with the discovery of Tutankhamun.
Sadly, Sidmouth Folk Festival has been cancelled for 2020 but plans are already underway for the 2021 Festival in which you can expect so much of what the festival audiences love about this grand old Festival.
Creating outsized sonic landscapes, Girl Skin illustrates an uncanny ability to evoke the grandeur in everyday relationships. Shade Is On The Other Side leaves listeners in awe of Sid Simons’ ability concoct symphonic folk music…homemade masterpieces.
The Coo’s harmonies are a soothing balm for the chaos of today. Watch them performing their second single ‘If Only’ and enjoy their two-part harmonies, reminiscent of the warm late 60s and early 70s sound of artists such as Carole King & James Taylor.
Siobhan Miller’s All Is Not Forgotten is a perfect antidote for these unsettled times. She brings out the best in a musical landscape, from traditional to modern. Along the way, we all share the experiences that help us weather the sorrows and the joys life offers.
As well as offering a career snapshot for the faithful, this serves as a handy enticement to newcomers to dig further into Dean Owens’ catalogue and discover what they’ve been missing.
Listen to My Girl The River’s new single ‘I Try’ which will be released Friday, April 10, digitally everywhere, in preparation for a full album launch on May 1.
With Oneiric Formulary, Sir Richard Bishop is certainly not trying to do anything predictable – the result is a roller-coaster of a success. What a crazed, beautiful and brilliant riot of a record.
Folk on Foot podcast is to organise a “Front Room Festival” to raise funds for musicians hit by the coronavirus lockdown. The festival will feature some of the UK’s finest folk musicians who will perform from their front rooms to yours.
Call the Captain, the new album from Western Centuries, is a genre-melding, unconventional country outfit, the more you listen the more nuances you’ll find in both the music and the words, heed the call.
Natural Invention is a piece of music that feels thrillingly, frighteningly, beautifully of our time. With the Gigspanner Big Band, Peter Knight has assembled a group of musicians intent on making some of the most important and exhilarating art ever to sit under the banner of folk music.
