Starfall is a natural follow-up to Slow Moving Clouds debut, on which members draw inspiration from Irish and Nordic traditions. An intriguing and compelling album.
Recorded live at the Crosskeys’ Inn, the oldest thatched pub in Ireland, Irish banjo player Stevie Dunne is accompanied by Gerdy Thompson, Brian McGrath, Cyril O’Donoghue and John Joe Kelly on what is a warm album, filled with bags of enjoyment.
Bella Hardy showed her folk roots were well-watered during her performance at Cecil Sharp House as part of her Hey Sammy acoustic tour. A broad and diverse set blended both her traditional and contemporary influences. A wonderful concert.
Kathryn Williams announces a new boxset – Kathryn Williams Anthology. She has been compiling the release over the past couple of years and it covers her work from Dog Leap Stairs to Hypoxia and everything in-between.
Through the Wild is an album that is full of emotional peaks and troughs that marks the wholly triumphant return of The Willows, one of the most exciting, fresh and talented bands around today.
Fair Lady London marks the latest chapter in the journey of two of the UK’s brightest stars. Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou’s songs are of a standard that any major label indie band ticking off the production reference points by committee could not get close to.
Salt House fans will be pleased to learn that they are getting down to some new writing next week. They have some concert dates this month and have also just announced a Celtic Connections show on Jan 31st followed by a German tour in March.
As the WWI centenary events wind down, the Lancastrian folk trio Harp and a Monkey are preparing to undertake a run of performances that are likely to provide audiences with the last chance to see the ‘War Stories’ show performed in its entirety for quite some time.
Richard Thompson’s Cambridge gig leans heavily on the high tempo rockers with only a couple of pauses for some, typically breathtaking, solo acoustic interludes…It really is time we were all standing up in appreciation of Richard Thompson.
Watch Modern Hinterland’s new video for ‘The Girl Just South of Hackney’, part of which was filmed at The George and Vulture in Hoxton. They play the Servant Jazz Quarters on Wednesday 7th November 2018.
Lisa O’Neill’s ‘Heard a Long Gone Song’ is easily one of the greatest surprises I’ve enjoyed for some time; an exceptional album that will make the trad music scene stand up and take notice; if it doesn’t, there’s something far wrong with the trad music scene.
Our Song of the Day comes from Steve Tilston, one of our most revered songsmiths. You can catch him on tour next month including duo shows with Jez Lowe and Trio shows with Hugh Bradley (double bass) & Keith Warmington (harmonica).
