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.
Over six years after his self-released lost classic debut, My Lovely Son returns with an album documenting a period of both apprehension and hope at a crossroads in the musician’s life. “Despite the pain of its creation, I can assure Minhas that the end result was well, well worth it. “
Listen to Gerridae by Welsh Bajan singer-songwriter Kizzy Crawford. The song is taken from her forthcoming double A-side single on Folkstock Records. She’s made quite an impression and will soon feature as a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour.
Read our in-depth interview with Billy Bragg about his forthcoming new album ‘Shine A Light: Field Recordings From The Great American Railroad’ on which he re-partners with producer and musician Joe Henry.
This is an extraordinary album: exceedingly hypnotic and strongly individual, while at the same time intensely moving, elemental and Powerful. It’s proved all too easy to fall under its spell, and I’m hooked for good, with the disc on pretty constant replay.
