Released in March 2006, Savane, the last solo album by the legendary Malian guitarist and desert blues pioneer Ali Farka Touré is to be remastered and made available on double vinyl for the first time.
As a live album, Horses and Stars is so intimate and sparse you can almost hear the sweat drip and the blood pulsing as Sam baker draws you into his stories, it may not introduce him to new audiences but the converted will have much to celebrate.
October sees the release of ‘The Thread’, the first studio album by Band of Burns, a collaboration of twelve established internationally touring musicians. Listen to new single and our Song of the Day ‘To Daunton Me’.
After a 2 year hiatus, online Irish alternative music programme This Ain’t No Disco have announced the production of Season II. To raise funds and celebrate the launch, the show will host “This Ain’t No Disco Live” in D-Light Studios, Dublin in September.
This collaboration shows that, thankfully, Martin Hayes has no plans in resting on his laurels. Brooklyn Rider add colour and shape to the aura of Hayes’ fiddle. It was always there, but now we can finally experience it in technicolour.
At Bush Hall, Big Thief play through their upcoming second release for 2019, Two Hands, from top to bottom. This is the first time they have played the new album in this way and many of the songs have never been played in live performances till now.
Watch Twisted, the latest video and single from Mountain Man’s Molly Sarlé, taken from her forthcoming album Karaoke Angel (out Sept. 20 on Partisan Records). On tour this month, starting in the UK.
Following their release ‘Assiniboine the Red’ back in June, Winnipeg duo The Small Glories have shared a new video for their single, “Oh My Love” which was accompanied by the news of UK tour dates later this year.
So It Turns is a musically complex and nuanced work with emotions to match, this may not have the immediacy of its predecessor, but its contemplative air marks Sermanni’s passage from a musician to an artist.
Ahead of their seventh studio album “Terms of Surrender”, Hiss Golden Messenger share new song “Happy Birthday, Baby”. They have also announced UK tour dates in December.
Isle Of White lone wolf Angelina has found her own voice on her second album Last Cigarette. Listen to her new single “Devil’s Wishing Well” – her voodoo blues whipping up a hurricane in a Dustbowl of soul.
Taken from their 2018 album Fathoms, our Song of the Day is ‘Down By The Greenwoodside’ by The Furrow Collective. Watch the accompanying new video by Maud Hewlings and catch them on tour during September.
