The Private Press is a very interesting collection of music, much of which might have been lost but for the efforts of the Tompkins Square team – Michael Klausman, Brooks Rice and Josh Rosenthal should be commended for their work in compiling both the album and its informative liner notes.
Rob heads to London’s Slaughtered Lamb for a live preview performance of Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker’s new album ‘Overnight’ due for release on Rough trade records on 14 Oct. 2016
To mark the release of her new Four Songs EP on Fledgling Records, Anne Briggs talks to Folk Radio UK in a rare and in-depth interview in which she recalls the folk scene of the sixties and the time she spent with the travelling community.
Blair Dunlop is delighted to announce he will be opening for former Bellowhead frontman Jon Boden on selected dates of Jon’s fourteen date November 2016 UK solo tour.
A year after his critically acclaimed debut album, Ralegh Long returns with a subtle new E.P, We Are In The Fields. This gentle, restrained E.P picks up where Hoverance left off, listen in full here and watch the new video directed by Darren Hayman.
Roy Bailey is to launch his first ever full live album at Towersey Festival. It features guest appearances by Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting, Roy’s daughter Kit, and grand-daughter Molly.
In September Govanhill Baths will host the inaugural Glasgow Songwriting Festival. Organised by singer-songwriter Findlay Napier the festival is primarily a teaching festival with a ‘songwriters in the round’ style opening concert at the Glad Café.
The Honeycutters return with a follow-up to last year’s breakout ‘Me Oh My’. ‘On the Ropes’ is unquestionably one of the finest Americana albums of 2016; you really do want to be in their corner.
Ruth Keggin’s passion for bringing traditional Manx songs and melodies to a wider audience shines through on Turrys. The contemporary nuances are enriched by imaginative and uplifting musicianship from her band.
Padraig Duggan, one of the founders of Irish group Clannad has died at the age of 67. He had been a member of Clannad for 40 years, starting way back in 1970 where it all began at Leo’s Tavern in Donegal. We take a look back at their early years.
Twenty-three years on from their debut album, Coope Boyes & Simpson announce their tenth solo album ‘CODA: A concluding event’ and announce their farewell tour.
We have a video premiere of Leave a Map, the second single from Real Live Tigers’ most recent album “Denatured.” The video came out of an email correspondence between songwriter Tony Presley and documentary filmmaker Brad Bores.
