These Mountain Blues is the latest offering from Scottish singer / song-writer Norrie McCulloch recorded in just three days in a 15th century building in Stirling and featuring some of Glasgow’s most respected musicians.
Kathleen MacInnes / Dermot Byrne / Brian Finnegan / Mike Vass joined forces for Celtic Connections to create a live set that showcased the very best in traditional and contemporary folk from both Scotland and Ireland – a rare musical treat.
As part of our ongoing partnership with Bob Harris’ Under The Apple Tree sessions we sent along Ange Hardy and Lukas Drinkwater who are currently touring as a duo and plan to release an album later this year. Watch them performing Daughter Dear.
Recorded aboard the Cayamo cruise ship Buddy Miller is joined by the likes of Fats Kaplan, Lucinda Williams, Richard Thompson, The Lone Bellow, Kris Kristofferson and more.
Having previously traded as Major Chord, this is the first outing for the Melbourne indie folkie Dan Flynn under his own name. With influences from Nick Drake to Fairport Convention it’s a gentle, airy affair that sometimes belies the darker shades of the lyrics.
Dredgermen plied their trade working from a boat that dredged debris such as mud, coal or even corpses from rivers. Occasionally, they might just find something of real value. These lads have.
Shrewsbury Folk Festival, as part of its All Together Now project, have commissioned folk musician John Kirkpatrick to create a unique archive of traditional music from Shropshire, the first ever collection of music that has its origins in the county.
The Rachel Hamer Band will record their debut album with the support of a songwriter’s bursary created in memory of the late Middlesbrough songwriter Graeme Miles. They will also perform alongside The Unthanks, The Wilsons, The Young’uns and more, at a special tribute show to Graeme.
In what was sure to be one of the most memorable collaborative events of Celtic Connections, kora master Toumani Diabaté and his Symmetric Orchestra teamed up with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra for a special arrangement of his masterpiece of solo kora, The Mande Variations.
Behave the Bravest is an all-encompassing piece of work that draws on Nuala’s significant experience as a writer, performer and collaborator; just as much as it draws on her deeply rooted love of Irish music. It’s set to be her best solo album yet.
Orkney duo Gnoss put on an impressive performance at the Mitchell Theatre for Celtic Connections which also marked the launch of their eponymous debut album which is sure to raise the profile of this promising duo.
Few debuts sound so fully formed, but this one shows an emergent talent whose work possesses a quiet intensity that moves you gently, but surely just as the moon tugs the tide.
