The Poetry and Lyrics Festival returns to Kings Place in June, celebrating the inexorable link between music and verse. Including Jackie Oates, Nest Collective, Don Paterson & PJ Harvey, Kayo Chingonyi, Kristin McClement, Murray Lachlan Young and more.
Nathaniel Mann’s latest project – SF Cody: Rushmoor Epic, is based on the life and antics of Wild West showman and early pioneer of manned flight, Samuel Franklin Cody. A new video provides a great overview of the project, an album is in the works for later this year.
Whilst following the footsteps of earlier East-West musical blendings from the 70’s, Phoenician Drive sound like no other. Listen to ‘Two Coins for the Boatman’, our Song of the Day, taken from their debut EP which is out now.
Watch the first music video from Blato Zlato, a New Orleans-based Balkan band. Miatalo Lenche Iabalka is a humorous Bulgarian folk tune about a girl who throws an apple into the air and declares that whoever catches it is the person she will marry.
On Itinerant Arias, Christopher Paul Stelling sees the storm coming, but his songs, which come from a wide range of unlikely inspirations, are there to provide a bridge over troubled waters.
We have an interesting and amusing chat with Holy Moly & The Crackers about their new album Salem due out on July 14th. Plus, watch their latest video for their anthemic new single ‘Mary’.
On Goths, the new instrumental background offers a way to hear the Mountain Goats afresh. It is an album about impermanence, the return to places, people, and songs, and knowing them again after the passing of time. Listen to the album in full.
Watch ‘Walking Where No Man Will Ever Tread’, the debut single from The Lion’s Tail, the solo project of multi-instrumentalist, singer, and producer Luc Deutschmann. Epic Americana folk with a strong scent of the Scandinavian Highlands.
We talk to Lisa Knapp about her latest album Till April Is Dead – A Garland Of May and talk in-depth about the rituals celebrated in May and why it has always held such power over the imaginations of singers and writers.
At the end of the Scott Cook’s booklet for ‘Further Down the Line’ there is a preamble memoir in which he quotes Bruce Cockburn “Kick at the darkness ‘till it bleeds daylight.” This album kicks hard.
Officially released on Sunday 11 June 2017 Painted is the Conservatoire Folk Ensemble’s first full studio album. Listen to album opener, Banish Misfortune / Poll Ha’penny. Don’t miss their tour dates.
Solomon, the fifth album from Welsh group Calan, is an amazing album, it sounds wonderful, fresh and exciting from the very first listen and continues to enthral on every subsequent visit. Don’t hesitate in buying a copy.
