Rivers That Flow in Circles, the latest album from Birmingham’s Boat to Row, is a sublime album of intricately layered instruments and arrangements, consummately crafted and played.
Mipso, an indie-Americana quartet from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, arrive in the UK next month for the start of their European tour. Watch their animated video for ‘People Change’ a moving song about how relationships can fade over time.
The genius of Opsi lies in the ability of Jens Carelius to capture a portrait of a man who was fascinating not only for what he did but who he was… the portrait we observe is of a man in total, complete with gifts and faults, but a man well worth knowing.
On their self-titled debut album, Mambo Noir Trio brings together dark exotica and the jazzy swagger of a lovesick street cat. Watch their new video for ‘Noir’…music that just beckons you to stay for “just one more as Paul Bowles will be arriving soon…”
Throughout “An Evening With…” I’m struck over and again by the sheer wow factor, the spine-tingling effectiveness of this particular extraordinary musical partnership of John Renbourn & Jacqui McShee. However many albums you own by these two musicians, you’ll still need this one!
Luke Jackson announces his fifth studio album ‘Journals’, to be released on November 8 and shares video for the album’s first single ‘Baby Boomers’ – “I channelled my inner Billy Bragg and came up with this song!”
A new album release from Tommy Sands is always a special event but “Fair Play To You All” on Spring Records is perhaps one of his most special offerings of all. Watch his new video for album track ‘American Dream’.
It’s been said that being happy is the death blow to artistic creation, especially as a songwriter, but Dori Freeman is ample testament that a swelling heart can produce songs every bit as good as a broken one.
Swedish artist Sofia Talvik is set to release her new album ‘Paws of a Bear’ on October 4th. Taken from the album, listen to California Snow, a song she wrote for her husband on their anniversary last year.
After their encore over on Folk by the Oak’s Acorn Stage this July, David Weir caught up with Trials of Cato backstage to discuss touring life, the recording process of Hide & Hair and much more. Watch the video interview here.
With this second remarkable album, Jack Rutter has confirmed himself to be one of the foremost performers of traditional material in the British folk scene. With his voice, alongside his guitar, proving to be an equally enthralling instrument.
