Anna and Elizabeth announce UK & Ireland tour dates. Their new album is due to be released in 2018, read about the inspiration behind the album which explores songs from their rural Virginia and Vermont homes.
On Peggy Seeger’s memoir – First Time Ever she writes of a rollercoaster life – of birth and abortion, sex and infidelity, devotion and betrayal – in a luminous, beautifully realised account. The publication will be supported by a Tour by Peggy and Family.
With David Ramirez’s ‘We’re Not Going Anywhere’ it’s his songwriting which shines the brightest. He’s an acute observer of the fractured state of the nation, its lost souls and lost ideals but even as he sees discord he is hopeful for the future.
Martin Graebe’s As I Walked out re-evaluates the work of Baring-Gould on folk song. “What he has uncovered is a fascinating collaborative project between Baring-Gould and the musicians, singers and ordinary members of the public in Devon and Cornwall.”
Watch contemporary folk Fiddle/Piano duo Charlie Grey and Joseph Peach performing at Eden Court for the Fèis Rois Ceilidh Trail Finale. Plus a new video of them performing with Owen Sinclair and Ryan Young.
Julie Fowlis has announced her fifth studio album Alterum. The Latin title makes the subtle suggestion that this record is a departure from what has gone before. Special guests include Mary Chapin Carpenter. Watch the album trailer.
Johnny shares some of his highlights of a special Cropredy weekend featuring Fairport band members, past and present. To help us along the way he sat down and chatted with a musician who’s been part of the band’s line up since 1985, fiddle player, Ric Sanders.
Charlie Parr’s latest album ‘Dog’ is released this month. Many of the songs are a reflection of his state of mind and his battles with clinical depression. Despite this, it’s one to cherish and the songs shine all the brighter for his ‘Midwestern sensibility and humility.’
The tracks on this self-titled album are borne from Joseph Childress’ adventures throughout the West: working on a cattle ranch in Wyoming, riding trains and living out of his car. Listen to Whispering Tide.
Kim Lowings has been steadily climbing the folk league table since her Drifting Point EP debut back in 2011. Her latest offering ‘Wild & Wicked Youth’ backed by The Greenwood band places her in the first division.
The 12-time BBC Folk Award winner and ex-Bellowhead frontman, Jon Boden has just shared his new single ‘All The Stars Are Coming Out Tonight’ (also our Song of the Day). Taken from his new solo album ‘Afterglow’ which is out October 6th via Hudson Records.
Micah P Hinson’s modern folk opera ‘The Holy Strangers’ may not be the most commercial thing he’s ever released, but it’s certainly his most ambitious and compelling.
