A duo you should most definitely check out – From the rolling hills of the Bluegrass and the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Montana Hobbs and Linda Jean Stokley are The Local Honeys. They hit our shores this month for a string of UK festivals, including Latitude and SummerTyne.
Joan Shelley announces new album Like The River Loves The Sea, recorded in Iceland with James Elkington and Nathan Salsburg as her backing band. Watch the accompanying animated video for ‘Cycle’, our Song of the Day.
We talk to producer, engineer and Hudson Records label owner Andy Bell about curating Folk on the Tyne, growing and supporting the music scene from the bottom up as well as plans for the future… he has a few.
The Outlander may seem like the slightest and the straightest of Jim Moray albums, but in truth, it is the most condensed and representative document of the artist that we have, and that alone – besides all the great songs, of course – makes it a treasure.
A very mellow mix for the weekend, exclusive to our SELECT subscribers. Featuring The Innocence Mission, The Leisure Society, Marc Ribot And My Brightest Diamond, Plu, Meg Baird, David Kitt, South San Gabriel and more.
Featuring music from Martin Simpson, The Busted Jug Band, Muddy Basin Ramblers, Fairport Convention, Bob Dylan, Jim Moray, Ben Walker, Daughter of Swords, M. Cambridge, Mike Vass, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, Topette, Dallahan, Aidan O’Rourke, John Tams and more.
Malin Head is a tribute to the sense of longing many of Irish descent must have felt leaving everything behind. Accordingly, there is hope amidst the heartbreak in equal measure. Ardentjohn mine both seams, creating a statement of yearning that tugs at listeners long after the album has ended.
Our Song of the Day is the new single from Gregory Ackerman. ‘We’ve Got a Runner’ is a catchy number that’s impossible to resist – it could be a summer anthem – watch the accompanying video which premieres on Folk Radio today.
Their collaboration with the New Sinfonia orchestra has pushed North Wales trio Golden Fable into a far-reaching soundscape, their most ambitious and rewarding release to date.
Melbourne contemporary folk outfit The Maes share video for Treat You Better, the opening track of their new self-titled album. It features a compilation of live footage from their tour including Orkney Folk Festival, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, WOMADelaide and more.
With its title inspired by a line in a Keats poem, High Romance marks a quantum leap for Emily Mae Winters that sees her fully immersed in her Southern Americana influences, setting a new benchmark by which future Americana albums should be measured.
Justin Rutledge’s eighth album comes in the wake of his marriage last year and subsequent impending fatherhood. With albums like this, it’s unfathomable that he still remains largely undiscovered to the wider Americana/folk-roots audience outside of Canada.
