Richard Dawson’s incredible new album, Peasant, is released today on Weird World / Domino. Watch his new video for ‘Weaver’ which is also our Song of the Day.
Fronted by singer Karla Kanora, Rio Mira is an exciting recording collaboration between artists from neighbouring Ecuador and Colombia. Their debut album, Marimba Del Pacifico, is released on AYA Records.
Sea Change Festival takes place this August Bank Holiday Weekend, 25 and 26 August. The line-up includes Jane Weaver, Aldous Harding, Michael Chapman, Ryley Walker, as well as a tribute to Bert Jansch’s Avocet LP by Trembling Bells and Modern Studies.
Watch the new video by Ifriqiyya Électrique for their song ‘Stombali’ from their album ‘Rûwâhîne’. Sufi trance musicians and rituals from the depths of the Tunisian desert.
Harpist and singer Rachel Newton has announced her biggest tour to date under her own name. Her latest album has also been long listed as one of 20 Outstanding Albums in the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award 2017.
Regardless of any societal constraints Molly Drake may have felt in her life, regardless of her unwillingness to publish her own material, she was a consummately gifted songwriter. And in The Unthanks, those songs have found their perfect outlet.
Our Song of the Day comes from Zephaniah O’Hora, a leading light of New York’s burgeoning roots country scene. Listen to Way Down In My Soul”, taken from his forthcoming debut album ‘This Highway’.
Though little known outside their native Canada and parts of Europe, The Road Ahead is Golden is Jon & Roys 7th album which finds them exploring areas outside their comfort zone, a very worthy listen.
Watch ‘Star of The South’, the new video from New Orleans indie rock band Motel Radio and the opening track from their sophomore release Desert Surf Films.
Bright Phoebus, Lal and Mike Waterson’s 1972 folk-noir masterpiece is to be reissued. Under the supervision of David Suff (Topic/Fledging) and Marry Waterson (daughter of Lal), the album has been remastered from the original tapes.
Breda Mayock has the same ability to wrap her vocal around her own poetry that makes listening to Joni Mitchell such a compelling experience. A collection of intimate, absorbing vocal performances perfectly framed in compelling arrangements.