Shirley Collins’ personal memoir ‘All In The Downs: Reflections on Life, Landscape and Song’ which was published by Strange Attractor has won the Penderyn Music Book Prize.
Jim Moray has announced his seventh studio album – The Outlander. To celebrate we have an exclusive video to share of him performing Australia. He will be previewing all the songs on tour starting tomorrow at London’s Kings Place.
Live at St Giles is the new EP from Oxford-based, Arabic jazz ensemble Brickwork Lizards. Listen to them performing Nikriz Longa, an instrumental written at the turn of the 20th century by the prolific Ottoman composer Tanburi Cemil Bey.
The Melted Morning is Danni Nicholls’ follow-up to her critically acclaimed 2017 sophomore release Mockingbird Lane. It ends on a track that warrants country classic status and a queue of artists looking to cover it. Her best yet.
Australian Acid/Psych folkers Trappist Afterland will be touring the UK in June in support of their new album Insects in Amber which will be launched at “terrascope presents” Woolf 2 festival.
Sincere and effective songwriting doesn’t always come together. Jefferson Hamer does an outstanding job on Alameda, carving out his own niche in the current folk arena while paying tribute to the masters.
Innes Watson’s highly anticipated debut solo album ‘Guitar Colloquium’ speaks volumes and is full of emotion. It is the complete antithesis of self-indulgent.
Fitty Gomash, that rabble-rousing eight-piece from the West Country, have released a new video for the single, Jim Jones, taken from their album No Man for our Times. Watch it here.
Jonathan Seale was born in Texas and raised in the jungles of South America where he was dubbed Son of Cloud by the Yukpa, providing a springboard for a debut solo album that delves into the notion of family tribes, both inherited and created.
Restitute came out of necessity and a feeling of personal responsibility towards her friends. Here is a collection of diverse songs that clearly mean a lot to her …a singer at the height of her power.
Anglo-French band Topette!! featuring Barnaby Stradling, Andy Cutting, Julien Cartonnet, James Delarre and Tania Buisse head out on tour this month before recording a new album. Watch their new video for a set of French polkas.
Alex Rex and Trembling Bells have released a split 10” for Record Store Day…the final two statements from Trembling Bells. Watch the accompanying video for Irish trad. “Night Visiting Song” filmed by Oliver Neilson.
