The journey taken to create Daughter of Swords’ (Alexandra Sauser-Monnig of Mountain Man) ‘Dawnbreaker’ dazzles in its simplicity. And it surprises in the ability to put a positive spin onto some of life’s heartbreaking moments.
Taken from his forthcoming new album ‘Rooted’, Martin Simpson takes the bull by the horns and tackles self-serving neoliberalism on his new single Neo.
Our latest mix features Cricket Blue, The Harmaleighs, Alasdair Roberts, Eilen Jewell, Adir L.C., The Busted Jug Band, Muddy Basin Ramblers, Bob Dylan, John & Beverley Martyn, Joni Mitchell and more.
Our Song of the Day comes from Ralegh Long with ‘The Dukes of Stratosphear’. Watch the accompanying video which features super 8 film that belonged to his grandfather.
Featuring a number of special guests including Laura-Beth Salter, Innes Watson, Mike Vass, Rosie Hood and Paul Carrack, ‘The Way is Clear’ unequivocally confirms Morris’s own must visit place on the contemporary folk scene.
75 Dollar Bill have stitched their diverse influences together into a powerful, hypnotic sound that is as unique as it is mesmerizing. I Was Real showcases the band’s scope, imagination and raw power.
On Water, Sadgirl’s first album after five years of EPs and singles, they throw all their influences into a pot and come up with a cross-cultural blending that sounds unlike anyone else.
Matthew Bannister’s Folk on Foot returns for Season 3 this month. The guests include more of the UK’s most acclaimed folk artists – The Unthanks, Martin Simpson, John Smith, Lisa Knapp and Duncan Chisholm and it kicks off with a special ‘Spell Songs’ episode.
Little Toller and Common Ground launch crowdfunder for ‘Living with Trees’ – Several years in the making, it is a cornucopia of ideas and inspiration — a book that will hopefully inspire a generation of tree lovers and forest dreamers into action.
Traditional folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Jack Rutter announces a follow-up to his 2017 solo debut with Gold of Scar & Shale. Watch the video for his first single ‘I Was Once a Young Ploughboy’.
Watch the new lyric video for Black Rooster, the new single from Wales-based Wyoming-born songsmith Jeb Loy Nichols, taken from his forthcoming new album June Is Short, July Is Long (out 5th July). He tells us the song started life on the Welsh back roads where he lives.
Festival favourites, Blackbeard’s Tea Party, infamous for their frenetic fiddle tunes and thumping backline, celebrate their tenth birthday as a band in 2019 with a lengthy autumn-winter ‘Ten Yaar Anniversary’ tour.
