As Shake the Chains kicks off on tour next month featuring new and classic protest songs from Nancy Kerr, Findlay Napier, Hannah Martin, Greg Russell & Tim Yates with special guests we talk to Greg Russell about the project and have our first listen.
To mark the release of the William Shakespeare tribute album ‘The Food of Love’ (featuring some of the great names of folk music) we have an exclusive video premiere from acclaimed Scottish folk troubadour Alasdair Roberts.
Watch the new video from Welsh singer-songwriter Danielle Lewis for ‘Fly,’ the title track of her latest EP which sees it’s official launch in Cardiff on February 12th.
New Zealand’s Nadia Reid returns with her new album Preservation, an ode to self-reflection and self-betterment. She tours the UK & Europe in February…one you don’t want to miss.
Listen to the title track of Charlie Parr’s new 5-track EP ‘I Ain’t Dead Yet’ which is out now on Red House Records featuring four new originals and Parr’s own reworking of the traditional tune “Old Dog Blues.”
Kirsty Law gives an insight into her new audiovisual album project ‘Young Night Thought.’ Part one of the project will be staged at the forthcoming Celtic Connections festival 2017, on the 31st January in the Glasgow Concert Halls.
Cocos Lovers share the third instalment of their live sessions from the cider barn. Watch them performing The Land Where No One Dies, also our Song of the Day.
Antun Opic has announced that plans are now well underway for the release of his second album titled ‘Y U.’ He is looking to fans to help take those final few steps from production to release.
Jenny Sturgeon announces new EP – The Wren And The Salt Air. Commissioned by the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) the music is inspired by the wildlife and human history of St Kilda, Britain’s most remote island group.
Our Song of the Day is The Bottom of the Well, a new track from Norwegian musician Torgeir Waldemar. The track is taken from his forthcoming new album No Offending Borders, one that documents and shows the seriousness we meet in our everyday lives.
While it’s tempting to situate albums like A Fair Field under the broad ‘hauntology’ banner, this is no dry exercise in pastoral retro-futurism. Rather it is a varied, heartfelt set of tunes that also happens to be a valid and enlightening social document.
The Wave Pictures announce the release of Canvey Island Baby, an exclusive 10″ on Madrid-based label Acuarela. A tribute to the legendary Wilko Johnson, mythical founder of the rhythm and blues band Dr. Feelgood.
