Andromeda, like its predecessor, is a difficult, brilliant, rewarding snapshot of human turmoil…the stature of this formidable album will continue to grow even as the scars it describes begin to heal.
Taken from their forthcoming career-spanning anthology ‘In A Lifetime’ which celebrates their 50-year career, Clannad have today, ahead of their farewell tour, released a new single ‘A Celtic Dream’, watch the accompanying music video.
Over the past four albums, the California sextet Dustbowl Revival have served up a steady supply of Dixieland jazz, swing and Depression-era folk songs, but, for their fifth, they’ve charted a new direction, drawing on roots-rock, soul and even funk.
A fun and liberating start to the week as Bristol/Paris-based The Fantasy Orchestra unveil their video for their new single, a cover of ‘Flow’ by Disasterpeace aka Richard Vreeland, Purveyor of Earworms.
Never before have the many strands of Sam Lee’s work come together as they do on Old Wow. Featuring a remarkable cast of players, Old Wow is his most direct, urgent and moving record to date.
Indie/Americana artist Sara Rachele is set to release her new album Scorpio Sun, on June 5, 2020. Listen to her new single…”It’s also about my life, how it’s unfolding, and a song about the corporate meritocracy”.
20 years on, Michael McGoldrick and his band return to Celtic Connections to perform Fused, locked into the groove, they stayed there like they’d never been away from the Old Fruit Market in Glasgow. Plus Michael talks us through the album, track-by-track.
The Accidental Falls is the construct of five musicians who have a clear handle of what their music is all about. Eyelids play with care and passion, making it clear they are deserving of a much wider audience.
The Unraveling is Drive-By Truckers first album in just over three years. It has a lot of political ground to catch up on, embracing as it does all of Trump’s presidency to date and the unravelling of the nation in its wake.
As Britain prepares to depart the European Union and enter an uncertain future, virtuoso musician Will Pound decides to let the music do the talking and Premieres trailer video for his pivotal new album ‘A Day Will Come’.
After a six-year hiatus, Kirsty Almeida returns with Moonbird, a gorgeous album with first-class song writing, immersed in a warm suffusion of light and positivity. Breathe deep.
In a special guest post, Paddi Benson and Grace Lemon, two highly acclaimed Uilleann Pipers who met in London’s thriving folk music scene, talk about how they compose as a duo and their debut piece, acuriousdance.
