In 2010, Dick received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC’s annual folk awards and whilst we may never see or hear Dick Gaughan perform live again, due to his ill health, this compilation CD is ample evidence, if evidence were needed, of what a terrific artist he is.
30 years out from their groundbreaking 1988 album, “The Trinity Sessions,” the Cowboy Junkies continue to evolve, with clever arrangements and new stories to tell. All That Reckoning is their most overtly political album to date, cementing their status as a great band.
Featuring Ye Vagabonds, Lankum, Jackie Oates, Cormac Begley, The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock, Blackbird Raum, Cordelia’s Dad, Stick In The Wheel, Cinder Well, House And Land, Lisa O’Neill, Landless, Toby Hay, Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle, Eamon O’Leary, Lucy Ward, Rachael McShane and more.
Effortlessly enjoyable, the silver thread of “Llinyn Arian” is one which binds us to its mother-daughter creators. Strewn throughout this album are themes of journeys and resolutions born from joy, love, collaboration, and community.
H.C. McEntire has revealed her official music for One Great Thunder taken from her latest album Lionheart. The video was shot while McEntire was in Los Angeles playing solo dates. She’s back in the UK in November with Natalie Prass.
Listen to ‘Roof of the World’, the new single from Brooklyn indie-folk project Owlbiter taken from the forthcoming new LP, Stud Farm, out on August 10th.
Islander presents ‘Quiet Lights’, an exciting new small-scale festival with a big heart in Cork City featuring Katie Kim & Radie Peat, Lisa O’neill, Ye Vagabonds, Caoimhin O’raghallaigh, Slow Moving Clouds, Landless and more.
Watch the new video from Appalachian folk duo House and Land for Rainbow ‘mid Life’s Willows which was filmed by Jesse Sheppard of Elkhorn. They are on tour now in the UK and will be appearing at Denmark’s Fanø Free Folk Fest.
You Never Were Much of a Dancer is an absorbing, original and varied debut that demonstrates the skill and consideration this talented musician possesses.
With her forthcoming album Perfect Shapes, Madeline Kenney serves up her boldest, most melodic and accessible outing to date. Watch her new video for Cut Me Off in which she tackles the hum-drum existence of office life.
The Ivy Tree is the project of San Franciscan musician Glenn Donaldson, founder of Jewelled Antler Collective – The Unburdened Light features unreleased recordings from 2001 – 2004 – “tragically honeyed songs”.
