Topic Records announce the release of Anchor – a new album from mother and daughter, Norma Waterson and Eliza Carthy. Produced by Neill MacColl and Kate St. John, it will be released on 1st June 2018. Listen to them performing The Elfin Knight.
Sweet Unknown finds Erika Wennerstrom of ‘Heatless Bastards’ letting loose with confidence and conviction. It’s a big piece of work that isn’t the easiest to digest in one hit, but it absolutely works and will undoubtedly weave its spell before long.
Willie Nelson has shared a new video for Me and You, also our Song of the Day. Taken from his new studio album ‘Last Man Standing’ he makes it clear he won’t be sitting on the fence.
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.
