To celebrate this year’s MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards we have a pair of tickets to giveaway for the award ceremony on Saturday 2nd December at Paisley’s Lagoon Centre. The night will be jam-packed with live performances – it will be a great night out.
Watch the new lyric video for Astronaut, from English folk artist Jeremy Tuplin….he may be the missing link between Nick Drake and ‘Space Oddity’-era Bowie. His new album ‘I Dreamt I was an Astronaut’ is out now on Folkwit Records.
This week’s show has a strong leftfield and alternative feel to it. Some of the tracks are from albums released on small labels that we love: including Okraina Records, Folklore Tapes, Reverb Worship, Burst & Bloom, Cardinal Fuzz, North Western Recordings and Mega Dodo.
Newcastle’s folk maverick Richard Dawson has shared a new music video for The Felon’s Song (our Song of the Day) as part of his recent project with artist Matt Stokes – This Liberty, a cinematic and audio installation inspired by the oldest purpose-built prison in England, Hexham Old Gaol.
Compass Records Group has acquired Folk Roots label Red House Records – The 34-year-old St Paul, MN-based imprint is an iconic brand in Americana and folk music and has been home to a long list of cornerstone artists of the genre, including The Wailin’ Jennys, Eliza Gilkyson, Greg Brown and more.
Dutch folk duo Rosemary and Garlic who we first reviewed back in 2015 have signed to Nettwerk through whom they will release their self-titled debut studio album on 12th January 2018. Listen to their lead single ‘Take this Hand’.
The latest release from The Wailin’ Jennys is a beautiful new collection of covers. An album of great tunes, re-arranged by a seasoned trio who know how to bring out the best in a song. It grows on you, song by song. We wholly recommend a listen!
Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy make a masterful pair and blend the perfect concoction of protest and memory. Like living history, If All I Was Was Black is a sweet sojourn towards a collective truth and an earthy ode to the rhythm of rebellion.
From now and into the New Year there are some great Folk and Americana acts lined up at London’s Kings Place including Talisk, Melrose Quartet, Molsky’s Mountain Drifters, Julie Fowlis, Lúnasa and The Albion Christmas Band.
In support of his new release ‘Gathering’, Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band will kick off an extensive tour this winter, including a date at London’s Shepherd Bush Empire for which we have a great Giveaway.
Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards are a class act and a musical force of nature. California Calling is an atmospheric album packed with gems, a splendid showcase for a close-knit group of creative musicians in their prime.
Topette!!’s debut album C’est Le Pompon is one that should be on all your radars. It’s all here, beautifully whipped up and raring to go – a wonderful melange of French, English, and all points East, West, North and South.
