Listen to Levy & The Oaks ‘Remember Where The Wind Blows’ from their new five-song EP ‘Out Of The Blue’ on which they blend elements of folk and Americana with beautiful melodies and pop sensibilities.
Listen in full to ‘Drawn In’, the debut EP from The Black Guards, a six-piece that view themselves as ‘a roguish fusion of alt-folk, roots & country, rhythmically weaving and crafting their songs of hope & sorrow from the white feathered plains’.
San Francisco-based Front Country continue to defy the constraints that oft define bluegrass or string band music on Other Love Songs, a follow-up to their acclaimed 2014 album For The Sake Of The Song.
Whether gentle and plaintive or upfront and thrusting, Harrow Fairs’ vocals have a feeling of being right there on the emotional edge… and that quality sure is tremendously exciting.
The Deslondes return with their second album Hurry Home on 23rd June via New West Records. Watch their latest video for Muddy Water. Written by Riley Downing the song recalls the “small town kids” of his Missouri childhood.
An extra long mix this week featuring Bert Jansch, Karen Dalton, The Woods Band, Aldous Harding, Avital Raz, Holly Arrowsmith, Allysen Callery, C Joynes, Tim Eriksen, Sufjan Stevens and many more.
All We Have is Now is the latest offering from Elephant Sessions and with tunes that rely on polish as much as on pace, they are certainly not standing still in the race to create the next defining sound for folk music.
Martha Tilston takes us track-by-track through her new album ‘Nomad’ which is released today. Listen in full and read about each song as she invites us to make a fire outside under the stars, dive into a big green moon…
On Big Bad Luv, his 4AD debut, John Moreland sets his sights on reaching out to a wider international audience, but without sacrificing the qualities that have built his reputation. While the songs still address bruised and battered relationships, there’s a more positive, redemptive note.
Today sees the release of the latest project from Diagrams. Dorothy finds Genders pursuing his love of poetry as he collaborates with 90-year- old Washington State-based poet, Dorothy Trogdon. Watch his new video ‘I Tell Myself’.
Celebrated guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson will release two new albums this year. On August 11: Acoustic Classics Vol. 2 plus he will release Acoustic Rarities later in the year and tour the UK in October.
Ross Couper and Tom Oakes offer an honest, accomplished, and, above all, thoroughly enjoyable 46 minutes of music on Fiddle & Guitar. The duo’s close empathy is in evidence throughout as they deliver the very best of live, contemporary trad music, perfectly adapted for the studio.
