We catch master Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser premièring his latest collaborative odyssey at Celtic Connections featuring, cellist Natalie Haas, fiddler sister Brittany, Québécois guitarist, accordionist and singer Yann Falquet, and phenomenal US stepdancer Nic Gareiss.
The Unthanks’ latest venture, Lines, is a trilogy of three discrete song cycles inspired by poetry, linked by their focus on female perspectives across time. Guests include Sam Lee and Tim Dalling. Through their expressive performing style, commitment and vision a deeper undercurrent is revealed.
Sub Pop and Iron & Wine will celebrate the 15th anniversary of Our Endless Numbered Days with the release of a newly remastered and expanded deluxe edition worldwide on March 22nd, 2019. Includes eight previously never before heard demos.
Irish Folk icons Dervish are to release The Great Irish Songbook on April 12, 2019, a Rounder Records debut that features guests Steve Earle, Rhiannon Giddens, Brendan Gleeson, Kate Rusby, Abigail Washburn and more.
Sharing a love of Transatlantic Americana, Folk and Blues, Exter-based duo Abel & Eade recently released their debut album Hope and Anchor which features a great cross-weave of traditions and influences. Watch them performing Wayfaring Stranger.
Exeter duo Sounds of the Sirens return to seal their reputation with an ambitious, musically diverse third album of which Mike Davies declares “We may still be in January, but this is unquestionably an album of the year.”
As two fiddle players work their way through a traditional air in the downstairs bar of Cecil Sharp House, former Bellowhead frontman Jon Boden (solo) prepares to take the stage in the main hall for an epic set of post-apocalyptic prog-folk.
Along with an accompanying film with original music by Martin Simpson and Kathryn Tickell, David Suff’s ‘River of Life’, an autobiographical pen drawing stretching over 30 feet long, will feature in a major new exhibition of his work at the Goldmark Gallery.
With Playing for Luck, Ranagri have reached a sweet patch, four musicians showing a cohesion and confidence that seems to have imbued them with a sense of adventure.
Contemporary Scottish folk band Tannara release their second album STRANDS on February 1st at the Celtic Connections Festival 2019. Watch their new video for album track Spent Lees.
Watch Lau live in session performing Dark Secret and Toy Tigers from their new album Midnight and Closedown (out February 8th, 2019 via Reveal Records) which has been produced by John Parish.
Pickathon returns to the woods outside Portland, Oregon from August 2-4, 2019 and announces initial lineup including Nathaniel Rateliff, Mandolin Orange, Mountain Man, Damien Jurado, Laura Veirs, Courtney Marie Andrews and more.
