We talk to Kathryn Tickell about Magnetic North East, borne out of a love for the region: its music, arts, culture, heritage, places and people. They are also launching a new poetry anthology – ‘Land of Three Rivers’ is a celebration of North-East England in poetry.
Pilgrims’ Way are back this month (but not as you know them) with Stand and Deliver – a concept album which draws on the rich seam of English traditional highwayman songs (and the not so traditional). Watch their new video: Shoot them All! (Box On Her Head).
The Foxglove Trio’s latest offering, Distant Havens, is both highly accomplished and musically complex for such limited instrumentation. This could deservedly well find itself among next year’s BBC Radio 2’s Folk Award nominations.
The fiery Highland five-piece powerhouse Elephant Sessions announce a November UK Tour from Inverness to Bath, from Bury to Skye, and including an appearance at London’s Folk and Roots Festival.
Ahead of their highly anticipated self-titled debut album due out Friday 13th October, brothers Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn, who form Ye Vagabonds, have released the second single “Half Blind” with an accompanying video made by filmmaker Myles O’Reilly.
Trio Dhoore, a young and talented band of musical brothers from Flanders in Belgium, embark on their UK tour this month. Their intuitive interplay and great stage presence have made them a leading Flemish music export. Don’t miss them.
Incredibly, Wounded Healer is Immigrant’s fourteenth album. If there is any justice then this set of delicate, beautiful songs will see Immigrant finally reach the audience he deserves.
Mountain Fires is a swift follow-up to The Mining Co.’s 2016 debut, recorded in the same Spanish studio. It finds the woozily deep dusty-voiced Michael Gallagher in a nostalgic and reflective mood for his Americana-stained songs.
Songs My Ruiner Gave To Me sees Naomi Bedford & Paul Simmonds draw on the influences and inspirations of their first two remarkable albums to create something entirely new, and simply superb.
The Bara Bara Band are a collective who do not fear tradition. Instead, they embrace it with open arms, whimsical humour and touching melodies. You could do worse than joining their congregation.
Another great Folk Show filled with new releases from the likes of Lankum, Julie Fowlis, Martin Hayes, Sam Brothers, Edgelarks, The Young’uns, Danny Diamond, Ian Anderson and more.
EB=MC2, an album produced in Ehud Banai’s native Israel brings these two together – and shows that the adage about old dogs and tricks is far from the truth. “And your guitar, so clear and bright, is like a cure to the broken heart”.
