A trust set up in memory of the Alan Surtees, the co-founder of Shrewsbury Folk Festival, is inviting applications for its first round of grant giving.
Throughout, Faeland exhibit a soft, measured assurance in the performances and a rich, inviting warmth in the production. All My Swim is a debut that does far more than impress, it delights.
Uilliann piper Liam O’Flynn has died after a long period of illness. To most, he will best be remembered as a founding member of the groundbreaking Irish traditional group Planxty in which he played alongside Christy Moore, Andy Irvine and Donal Lunny.
‘Truth BeTold’ is the new EP and album from the award-winning composer, singer and sitarist Shama. A wonderful, genre-bending opus, illustrating an artist confidently reaching new musical and storytelling heights.
Their early work was full of frailty; now, on this album, there is a new maturity that is reflected in strength with, perhaps, more than a touch of grit. The melancholia is still there, the introspection and self-reflection survive, but the control has shifted.
Playing at The Lexington it initially looks as though she’s set to downscale, accompanied by just cello and drums, occasionally playing a 12-string guitar herself…Yet Fohr’s voice alone fills the stage, with its range of deep swoons and anguished yelps.
Our Song of the Day comes from New England-based string and vocal trio Low Lily. Listen to their refreshing interpretation of the English folk song Sovay, it’s the opening track of their new album 10,000 Days Like These.
Austin-based singer songwriter Eliza Gilkyson has just launched a Kickstarter pre-order campaign for her new album Secularia, currently in production and due out in the summer of 2018.
Majestic Halls oozes warm, honeyed southern soul and a gospel vibe that will inevitably draw comparisons to Van Morrison but there are other more country and bluesier colours to its palette, Robins wielding his brush with the mastery of a Van Gogh as he paints his musical canvas.
Watch the How Long (Until I See the Sun Again?), the opening track from Western Soul, the new album from Seattle’s Birch Pereira & The Gin Joints. Whilst indefinable as a genre it is sunshine where there is no sun, surf where there is no surf, and unity where there is expansive diversity.
Kim Richey has shared a new track from her forthcoming album Edgeland, released 30th March on Yep Roc Records. Listen to Chase Wild Horses here. She will be on tour in the UK supporting Gretchen Peters in May/June.
Dutch DIY folk/dream pop duo Rosemary & Garlic share the official music video for their latest single “Blue Boy” from their self-titled debut album that was released earlier this year. The video embraces the young outsider… the power of the imaginary, friendship and the vulnerability of teenagers.
