Watch the new video for Golden Apples, the second single (after Vasilisa) from Daria Kulesh’s highly anticipated third album – Earthly Delights, due on 1st June 2019. It was produced by Jason Emberton and features Jonny Dyer & Tom Kitching.
North Carolina guitarist Sarah Louise has become a master of manipulation for her new album. She speaks to us about learning a technical language to create a healing sound and of the timbres melodies and harmonies that became the result.
Watch Nancy Kerr performing the opening track from Stick in the Wheel’s second volume of English Folk Field Recordings. The album is out on 19th April and it will be released via their own label ‘From Here Records’.
It is no overstatement to say that Contradicshun is a masterpiece of shared creativity, the fullest flowering of a partnership that has been nurtured for fifteen years. It is Megson’s most complete album and their best to date.
Fronted by singer/songwriter and guitarist Darren Hodson, The Southern Companion release their third album tomorrow “Shine A Little Light”. Take a listen to ‘Few Too Many Hours’
At the National Piping Centre on Saturday, Cormac took to the stage surrounded by around 8 or 9 concertinas, and it was clear that each one was going to have a fascinating story to tell… all delivered with seemingly boundless energy, infectious passion and astounding skill.
Watch the accompanying video for Ten Killer Ferry Lake, a stunning song from Buffalo Blood, a US/UK music collective made up of Dean Owens, Neilson Hubbard, Joshua Britt and Audrey Spillman who premiere their debut album at Celtic Connections this week.
Towersey Festival announce 2019 lineup including appearances from Ireland’s Hothouse Flowers, 70s giant Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, the Unthanks, Oysterband, Fisherman’s Friends, Beans on Toast and lots more.
Stick in the Wheel announce ‘From Here: English Folk Field Recordings Volume 2’ featuring Richard Dawson, Sandra Kerr, Rachel Unthank, Grace Petrie, Nancy Kerr, Cath & Phil Tyler, June Tabor, Chris Wood, C Joynes, Kathryn Tickell and more.
Listen to Lost & Found by Lowpines, the latest in a series of extras from the ‘In Silver Halides’ album sessions. The single arrives in advance of a bunch of shows in NYC and across the UK.
Taken from her new album Grenades, which was released this month in the UK, watch Kaia Kater performing ‘Meridian Ground’, a song centred around family lore.
James Patrick Gavin’s ‘Chewing The Fat’ is a beautiful, imaginative album that anyone with a love of contemporary folk music should have in their collection; it was a joy to witness that music brought to the stage in such an accomplished manner.
