Sproatly Smith celebrate spring again with the return of Weirdshire Weekend featuring guests from the psychedelic folk scene including Sharron Kraus, Trappist Afterland, Alula Down, Mark McDowell, Bird Radio and many more. Check our special preview.
Canada’s The East Pointers return to the UK for another intense run of energy-fueled dates. The band will be showcasing music from their much anticipated second album, due for release in the Autumn 2017.
Watch Captain Noel, the new video from Baby Copperhead, the song features on his new album ‘The Serpent and the Sparrow,’ out on 7 April via Tin Angel Records. On tour with Devon Sproule in March and April.
The Mekons current and original line-ups will play together for the first time this summer at Mekonville, a three-day family-friendly arts festival which marks their 40th Anniversary. The festival runs July 28th-30th in Pettaugh, rural Suffolk.
Our Song of the Day is Stop Talking About It, from the long-awaited new studio album Cracks in the Room by fiddle/harp duo Twelfth Day (Catriona Price and Esther Swift).
Freedom Highway demonstrates a coherent maturity that marries Rhiannon Gidden’s beautiful and powerful vocal interpretation with an equally compelling set of varied and, all too relevant, songs.
Éilís Kennedy, our Artist of the Month, discusses her new album ‘Westward,’ a collection of traditional and contemporary songs that display the kind of elegance and grace that can only come from Ireland, especially when the songs feature a voice as pure and soothing as hers.
Cormac Begley announces a solo concertina album using the full range of concertinas from bass, baritone, treble to piccolo. The album is a delight, highlighting some of the instrument’s possibilities spanning across seven octaves.
Eden Festival has been awarded £12,500 towards the creation of ‘The Great Mountain Stage’, which will showcase established and up and coming Scottish artists performing an array of trad, folk, Celtic music.
After becoming aware of Charlie O’Brien through a recent song submission we fell under the spell of his version of Eileen Aroon. But he has many strings to his bow…including a documentary film he made filmed over the last three years in Cuba, Ireland and the U.S.
Afterlight is an assured and confident first album for Ímar. Their verve and energy combined with the sense of the lively interplay between band-members leaves you with the impression that this group is going to be a lot of fun to follow.
Fairport Convention, Jon Boden and The Conservatoire Folk Ensemble are among the acts headlining folk and roots festival, Imagined Isle, which returns to the Birmingham’s iconic Town Hall from Friday 12 to Sunday 14 May 2017.
