Tom Armstrong’s The Sky Is An Empty Eye is the first of several reissues planned by Tompkins Square of full albums by artists featured on their recent double-LP, Imaginational Anthem vol. 8: The Private Press which we reviewed on FRUK.
Listen to Bound to Ride, the new single from Atlanta Bluesman Moses Nesh which features on his new album No Labor-Saving Machine coming this Friday, April 21 on vinyl on Keeled Scales.
Rain Dries Your Eyes is a sizeable and well-chosen anthology from Jason McNiff. A timely reminder of the talents of one of our most underappreciated musicians and singers – there is a clarity of purpose here that is rarely found, let alone maintained throughout a decade or so of music making.
Emily Barker has unveiled her new video for a heartbreaking new song titled Over My Shoulder that she wrote with one of Britain’s finest songwriters, Boo Hewerdine. The song features on her forthcoming new album Sweet Kind of Blue.
Despite many of the songs being cloaked in darkness and despair, The Harmed Brothers self-titled release on Fluff and Gravy is a rewarding listen. As they say, “sometimes the rotten truth makes for a real good time.”
Drag City share further Palace videos including Horses which stars a very young Will Oldham and a stop-animation for ‘Come In’. Both songs feature on Lost Blues and Other Songs which is available as a double LP, CD and Digital via Drag City.
Newcastle’s experimental folk maverick Richard Dawson announces new album Peasant and shares video for Ogre. The album “will grab newcomers to Dawson’s work by the scruff of the neck and refuse to let them go until they have signed a pledge of life-long allegiance.”
Our Song of the Day comes from Melbourne artist Kathleen Mary Lee via her video for her new single Broken. The track is a captivating, lovelorn piece, fuelled with breathtakingly beautiful honesty. It is the first single from her second EP, to be released this year.
Yorkston/Thorne/Khan return with ‘Neuk Wight Delhi All-Stars,’ building on the deep-seated natural bond between the three musicians and their total willingness to embrace each other’s artistic vision. They’re clearly not running short of ideas…one you should seek out.
As before, on Ports of Call, Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Hass make the fiddle and cello sound like they were made for each other. The absence of guests and the overall more relaxed pace on the album allows them to stretch the boundaries perhaps even more than previously.
Alex Rex (Alex Neilson) is an artist with a singular, uncompromising vision that he expresses in multifaceted and always fascinating ways. Vermillion, his solo debut, is both daring and formidable. An insight into ‘a complex and inquisitive musical mind.’
The eleventh Gate To Southwell Festival is set to be their most eclectic and entertaining festival to date with acts including Jon Boden, The East Pointers, Shelanagig, Chris Smither, Megson, Gnoss and many more. Watch our video preview.
