Folk Fever brings together folk music luminaries who have taken a collection of disco and dance floor classics and given them a folk makeover. An inspired album that, once again, proves that, in the hands of the right musicians, a good song can transcend all musical borders.
Folk on Foot – which raced to No 1 in the iTunes music podcast chart on its launch day – will be back from October 19 and will feature Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Kerry Andrew, Fisherman’s Friends, Stick in the Wheel and Julie Fowlis.
Hummingbird sees John Smith finally releasing his ‘folk’ album, and it’s his sparest and strongest set yet. Glenn Kimpton talks to John about the song choices and putting your own stamp on a traditional song: “I wanted to sing these songs the way that I hear them.”
Life-long friendship; the rich historical, literary, and musical heritage of the Orkney Islands for inspiration; and a quartet of gifted, imaginative musicians. Fara have all the ingredients for a perfect album, and Times from Times Fall is the proof.
Later this month, Adam Holmes and The Embers are heading out on a joint tour with Baskery, a Swedish alternative Americana folk-rock band, comprising the three sisters Greta, Stella and Sunniva Bondesson.
Having relocated from her native New York seven years ago to take up residence in Cambridge, this is Annie Dressner’s first full-length collection to be recorded in the UK…”Shatteringly good.”
Our Tune of the Day comes from Glasgow-based trio Talisk. Montreal, taken from their forthcoming album Beyond, was inspired by a fortuitous event when Mohsen Amini was snowed in at Montreal and by pure chance bumped into his family in the Airport whom he’d not seen in 15 years.
Leapfrog comes from a set of tapes recorded in 1998 and found by John Hulburt’s sister and is now available as a digital release via Tompkins Square. A perfect introduction to John Hulburt before you dip into the more expansive Opus III.
Named after a line from a poem by Marj Ann Samyn, The Place That You Call Home is a new project by New Orleans singer-songwriter Kelcy Mae, produced by Neilson Hubbard and featuring a host of guest musicians including Will Kimbrough.
Nathan Bowles’s finest album yet, a confident recording skilfully crafted and well balanced and containing some of his most challenging and thought-provoking playing.
Four years on from his double Grammy nominated Terms of My Surrender, John Hiatt returns with an album that pares it down to basics, his best work since Crossing Muddy Waters back in 2000.
Words We Mean is the second full-length album from Oklahoma trio Annie Oakley that charts a personal journey from youth to womanhood. The original Annie Oakley never missed her target. This is a bullseye too.
