Corcra is a modern, fresh and timeless album that showcases Gráinne Holland’s versatility as a singer. Produced by flautist Brian Finnegan (Flook) it features Irish and Scottish guest musicians including Aidan O’Rourke (LAU).
Everly Brothers-style harmonies and vintage country influenced rock’n’roll balladry, twanged guitar, what’s not to love on the new offering from The Cactus Blossoms.
Mark Mandeville and Raianne Richards’ latest offering gets a UK release. Recorded at a series of Manitoba house concerts organised through Home Routes, our reviewer declares they can play his house anytime.
Jonathan Day’s Spirit Library is the work of an artist who, whether through the experience of travel or through deep contemplation of his surroundings, has come to terms with his place in the world, and it is utterly beautiful.
Fisherman’s Friends the movie is as heartwarming and wholesome as a pasty on a drizzly day in Port Isaac. And it may well take the country by storm just like the shanty men who inspired the tale. Accompanying the release is the film’s soundtrack album ‘Keep Hauling’.
Watch David Ian Roberts, alongside Kirsten Miller (Cello) and Jason Ball (electric guitar), playing ‘Sending Out Fires’ from his forthcoming album ‘Travelling Bright’, out on Cambrians Records March 15th 2019.
With the recent release of ‘A Lifetime of Happiness’, we catch up with Dublin’s Daoirí Farrell to talk about his new album and the influences behind it. Don’t miss his upcoming tour in March/April.
David catches Spell Songs in London which brings together eight remarkable musicians, whose music engages deeply with landscape and nature, to respond to the creatures, art and language of The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris.
Brìghde Chaimbeul’s debut album The Reeling, released on the new River Lea label, is every bit as special in its own atmospheric way as its recent launch at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections.
Steeleye Span will celebrate their 50th Anniversary this year with a tour of the UK in March and April – once more revisiting famous moments and hidden gems from their career. This will lead to the release of their 24th studio album Est 1969, later in the year.
On the latest Folk on Foot podcast, Nicola Kearey and Ian Carter from Stick in the Wheel take Matthew from a Victorian weaver’s house in Spitalfields to Walthamstow Market and the Rose and Crown pub and finally onto Epping Forest…performing songs along the way.
Husband and wife Devon duo Harbottle and Jonas have taken a maritime theme for their fourth album that is awash with strong songs and excellent musicianship and fully deserves to carry the duo aloft on a wave of acclaim and success.
