Avocet Revisited, a four track EP, was commissioned by Earth Recordings as a companion piece to Bert Jansch’s 1979 avian-themed masterstroke ‘Avocet’ featuring Edwyn Collins and Carwyn Ellis, Modern Studies, Alasdair Roberts, Trembling Bells.
Transatlantic prog-trad five-piece Aerialists are gearing up for the September release of their debut full-length album ‘Group Manoeuvre’. Watch their new video ‘Gangar’ which was filmed at Fiddlehead Studios on Mayne Island, British Columbia.
On Richard Thompson’s Acoustic Classics II, songs from many years, albums and moods, hang together and work alongside one another. It not only displays the journey of the singer but, importantly, flows more coherently than a straight forward ‘best of’ set. One to treasure.
Blue Rose Code, aka acclaimed singer-songwriter Ross Wilson, releases The Water Of Leith, the album marks another step forward and is his first album for Navigator Records.
Mary Ann Kennedy’s An Dàn is one of those heart-lifting albums where it soon becomes impossible to choose a favourite moment or passage. There’s a wealth of beautiful music and song to explore. It’s a gem of an album.
Hallelujah Anyhow is the new studio album from Hiss Golden Messenger. “I’ve never been afraid of the darkness; it’s just a different kind of light. And if some days that belief comes harder than others, hallelujah anyhow.”
New on Real World: Ipiros Remixes EP – put together with 100% of profits from sales going towards International Rescue: Greece and all the musicians giving their work free of charge.
Real World Records releases Tu Tambor, a previously unreleased track recorded live at Real World Studios in 1991 as part of the sessions for Totó la Momposina’s La Candela Viva album which set her on the road to stardom.
Folk Radio UK’s personal WOMAD Festival Guide. We’ve trawled through the lineups and chosen our recommendations. It’s going to be an amazing year yet again from the best festival on the planet.
Watch the video for ‘Mother Sao’, the second track to be shared from Method of the Matchstick Men, the long awaited debut album from Rutherglen’s hirsute and harmonious, 7-piece Harry & the Hendersons.
Iron & Wine shares video for “Thomas County Law” from Beast Epic, his forthcoming album due out August 25th on Sub Pop. The winsome and sly visual stars Sam Beam as a preacher preparing for a funeral service.
The talented Gitta De Ridder has announced a new album called For Everything a Season. An EP will be released for each season to make up the final ‘subscriber-only’ boxset. A full album release will follow in March 2018.
