Watch the video premiere for ‘Aren’t We Water?’ from Ruth Gordon and the Roof Gardeners – “spontaneously filmed on a tiny island in Orkney at a summer solstice gathering organised by a group of friends.”
Listen to Political Differences, a new song from Singer-songwriter Gallery 47 aka Jack Peachey. The song features on his forthcoming EP Bad Production, potentially his most politically influenced release yet.
Drag City Records reveal official music video for the Palace Brothers debut single ‘Ohio River Boat Song.’ We dig up some trivia about the single first released in ’93 which is also an adaptation of the traditional Scottish Loch Tay Boat Song.
Our Song of the Day comes from Los Angeles-based folk collective Human Behavior. Miner is a cover of a Karima Walker song and while the track is wildly different from her original version, Karima sings on this recording too.
After a tantalising introduction to Curse of Lono last year, their debut album ‘Severed’ is finally here. It plays like an album from a band who have been developing their performance for many years and it’s one they can be immensely proud of.
Watch ‘Woodend, Northamptonshire,’ the latest video from English songwriter and former Hefner frontman Darren Hayman’s forthcoming album Thankful Villages Volume 2, which is due out on Rivertones on 26 May.
Indigo Girls announce they will be touring the UK this July including dates in Manchester, Bristol, and London as well as Cambridge Folk Festival on the 28th of July. Watch them discussing activism and performing with Joan Baez.
Watch Tamara Lindeman with her full band in concert from 2015 performing songs from the exceptional Loyalty “…an album that should earn The Weather Station a place at the top table of Canadian songwriters.”
Rodney Crowell’s ‘Close Ties’ is open and honest, apologetic and self-recriminatory, poignant and rich in the wisdom of hindsight and the years. Also featuring Roseanne Cash, Sheryl Crow and John Paul White, it’s not to be missed.
Singer-songwriter-activist Ani DiFranco has announced the release of her twentieth studio album Binary which is set for release on June 9th. Watch her performing the title track live in session.
Our Song of the Day is ‘John’, the new single from Tara Clerkin’s forthcoming debut album Hello. Her music combines elements of psychedelia, country and folk songwriting with a lo-fi palette of found sounds and field recordings.
Donegal sisters Karen, Lorna and Joleen McLaughlin return as The Henry Girls for their sixth album ‘Far Beyond The Stars.’ Recorded and produced by Calum Malcolm in Donegal, it’s a truly stellar album.
