Kacey Johansing’s voice is mesmerising, her songs are perfect, and the album ‘The Hiding’ is a sonic masterpiece. This album will make your summer better, no matter the weather.
Coming up in July and August, folk/trad duo Ye Vagabonds are set to embark on a tour of some of Ireland’s most picturesque islands as part of a new series by Islander music company.
Nathan Salsburg has announced that his new solo record Third will be out July 20th via No Quarter Records, his first since 2013. Listen to Impossible Air.
Karen Jonas’ third album ‘Butter’ is her broadest offering yet covering folk and country roots as well as ragtime, blues, jazz and barroom soul. “It’s about baking my cake and eating it too.”
Paul Aiden adds a strong new single to his solo project. Featuring a powerful cello line and raw guitar playing, ‘It’s Over Now’ falls in bold counterpoint to his recent work in lauded dance duo Chimes.
Buda Musique have remastered Mehr and Sher Ali’s seminal landmark Qawwali session from 1994 for vinyl for the first time. The brothers belong, like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, to the Qawwali school known as Panjabi ang.
World Music Network/ Riverboat Records are to be applauded for their continued championing of world music, and this excellent 25th Anniversary release should appeal to a wide spectrum of listeners.
Watch the new animated video for This Forest by The Rheingans Sisters. You can also read a lovely piece written by Rowan Rheingans which provides a personal insight into the song.
Borrowed Seed is the debut EP from Scottish folk and blues trio Avocet who take inspiration from both the British psychedelic folk scene of the 1960’s and 70’s and free-form blues.
Watch the new video and single from Villagers – “a short film in which we follow a dishevelled shamanistic protagonist who mysteriously triggers an altered state of consciousness in everyone he meets, or at least believes that he does.”
