Watch Edgelarks (Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin) performing Landlocked at Carnglaze – Man-made caverns formed as part of a slate quarry in the Loveny Valley, near Liskeard.
Listen and watch Michiel Turner, a 21-year-old singer-songwriter and guitar player originally from the Highlands of Scotland, performing ‘They Don’t See’ – “a protest about western intervention in the Middle East, particularly the airstrikes happening in Syria.”
Much of the album is about the constant interplay between pastoral prettiness and modern-world weirdness, about how there is strangeness and partial alienation in what we think we know…It is this tension that makes the whole album so beautiful, and so unnerving.
An album to listen to in the same stillness and hush in which it’s delivered, soaking up the sadness, the hope, the sense of a life lived, it’s a quiet resolution.
On their latest release, Rura return to being an instrumental band. Penning all the tunes themselves, In Praise of Home is a fresh, coherent whole that fully utilises the band’s excellent traditionally rooted musicianship and at the same time never sounds anything less than completely contemporary.
Our Song of the Day comes from Amanda Opelt, a singer-songwriter whose style is rooted in the re-emerging Americana/folk style. She now lives in the mountains of North Carolina and has found a home in the strong community of artists and musicians there.
Joshua Burnell tells us in his own words about his love for the song Dowie Dens of Yarrow and how the album Stargazer led to a folk quest that eventually led to him meeting his idol – the legendary Shelagh McDonald.
This week’s Folk Show features new music from Joshua Burnell, Norma Waterson & Eliza Carthy, Sharron Kraus, John Renbourn, Alden Patterson and Dashwood, Rura, Dàimh, Delyth & Angharad, Gretchen Peters, Misner And Smith & more.
Watch the new video for Sooner Tomorrow, a new instrumental track from Midlands acoustic trio Threaded. It was written to depict the feeling of anticipation when you know something exciting is going to happen, and you can’t wait for tomorrow as it will happen even sooner!
Circle of Chalk is taken from Ana Silvera’s sophomore album Oracles, a haunting yet life-affirming collection of songs. The lyrics tackle grieving, understanding and acceptance through folk legends, and Ana’s dynamic vocal style mimics this with the delicate yet theatrical prowess of Kate Bush.
Powerfully sung in clear, distinctive tones, it’s at moments like this that Browne soars above the comparisons and influences with a voice that’s very much her own.
This brilliant, eclectic and challenging new folk and experimental compilation has attracted a stellar cast of contributors while raising vital money for vulnerable young people in Southend. All in a very worthwhile cause.
