One for fans of traditional fiddle music, watch the incredibly talented Scottish fiddle player Ryan Young performing with Chris Amer on guitar. Make sure you catch Ryan on one of his many tour dates this year.
An extra special treat at the end of the week as North Carolina folk duo House and Land pay a visit to the home of Shirley Collins and perform Ca the Yowes for her. Watch the video here.
The former Civil Wars member, Joy Williams, talks to us about the journey from her last album “Venus” to her latest offering “Front Porch”, life-simplifying and coming home.
The impeccable pairing of Turrisi and Giddens is something few would have foreseen… This is music at its most honest and primal, you can almost feel the walls of the studio shaking. Rhiannon Giddens is the absolute real deal and so is this album.
We talk to Emily Portman about how she developed her distinctive sound, the role of traditional folk in her music, working with others including the Furrow Collective and helping others to develop similar skills.
Old Man Luedecke’s ‘Easy Money’ is a relaxed and effortlessly listenable take on troubled times and personal tugs and turmoils, this is cash you definitely want in hand.
The latest folk show features new music from Karine Polwart & Seckou Keita, Julie Fowlis, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, Eliza Carthy, Kelly Hunt, Thea Gilmore, The Dovetail Trio and lots more.
An Evening With Nancy Kerr And James Fagan captures one of folk music’s most enduring and talented acts in their natural habitat and provides the perfect snapshot of the duo at the top of their game.
Calexico and Iron & Wine are to release a collaborative album ‘Years To Burn’ this coming Friday, watch the Making Of mini-documentary – They will also be touring together including London’s Royal Festival Hall and a headline slot at Cambridge Folk Festival.
Last month saw the release of Londoner Alex Seel‘s latest LP Spell on a Tin Drum. Our Song of the Day is the closing track of the album titled Quietus on which you can hear the influence of Bert Jansch and John Renbourn.
Closer to the feel and sound of a Staple Singers record than any other solo album Mavis Staples has made, We Get By is one of her very best solo albums to date – it’s a winner.
Western Stars is an album that creeps up on you and leaves your heart hurting. It’s been commented that it seems strange that Springsteen hasn’t responded to Trump’s America, but listen to this album between the lines and you’ll realise that perhaps he has.
