Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh and Dan Trueman announce new album ‘the Fate of Bones’, a followup to their 2014 debut Laghdú. Listen to their lead single Widdershins – an old word which means to move in a counter-clockwise direction.
Listen to our latest show – From Clawhammer Banjo from North Carolina to Andean party music from the central sierra of Peru from the 1960s plus new music from Deep Cabaret, Serious Child, iyatraQuartet, Six Organs of Admittance, Riley Baugus and more.
An exceedingly intriguing record, as notable for its deceptively vulnerable character as for its compact, concentrated expressiveness. Diana also confirms herself to be a writer of considerable insight and a performer of no mean sensitivity.
Samantha Crain releases new single and video ‘Garden Dove’. Watch the accompanying video – a spooky Oklahoma backroads cult video inspired by Robert Weine and Hitchcock.
Aoife Nessa Frances has untapped a natural spring of expression and realised the strongest of debuts. This music is all about alerting your inner senses, the silent self that occupies a less defined dreamscape and it works spectacularly well if you are of a mind to go on that journey.
On May 1st, Sam Carter will release his highly anticipated fourth album Home Waters. Taken from the album, watch him performing ‘The Forge’ live at Simpson Street Studios in Thropton, a converted church with fantastic acoustics.
With his new album Dixie Blur due for release 6th March, Jonathan Wilson has released new album single ‘Oh Girl’. European tour kicks off at the end of March with a London show on April 8th.
Watch Norwegian folk chanteuse Anne Marie Almedal performing two songs from her Lightshadow album – stripped back to the acoustic core and recorded live in a remote Merlinesque cave outside Kristiansand, and the abandoned Agder Theatre.
Basia Bulat is all set to release her new album Are You in Love? next month on March 27th, watch her new video for ‘Already Forgiven’ which was shot on Kodak film.
Cup O’Joe have all bases covered…Be it banjo to bass, vocals to violin, every phrase and fill is a complete work in itself. If Americana and Bluegrass is a descendant of Irish and Ulster Scots music, then Cup O’ Joe have brought it home and taught it a lesson.
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh returns with Thar Toinn / Seaborne, a new mini-album featuring songs inspired by the sea or a sea-theme. Watch her video for Port na bPúcaí – The Fairy Tune from The Blasket Islands, Co. Kerry.
Watch Burn Bridged, among the most upbeat tracks from Sound of Yell’s joyful and mercurial forthcoming new album, Leapling, which simultaneously hints at Moondog, Ennio Morricone and Tropicalia arranger Rogerio Duprat.
