Performing at London’s Royal Festival Hall Steve Earle, with heartbreak, addiction, politics and go-go boots shows, he’s got the blues aplenty… Long may he have them.
The ever inventive Will Varley has just unveiled his new video for Talking Cat Blues. With feline tongue placed firmly in cheek it’s observational blues with a few punches thrown in.
Watch Scotland’s original acid crofters Shooglenifty performing ‘The High Road to Jodhpur’ which is where they are performing this weekend. Don’t miss their album tour and 25th Anniversary celebration at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay!
Afro Celt Sound System announce new studio album featuring founding members and guests including members of Shooglenifty, the piping, vocals and rapping of Gaelic language activist Griorgair and Amagh flutist and singer Rioghnach Connolly.
Listen to ‘The Great Divide’, the debut single from Edgar Wallace Exchange, a newly formed London-based alt-folk quartet, produced by BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winner Ben Walker. Don’t miss their upcoming live dates!
RANT, featuring four of Scotland’s finest fiddle players, are on tour (including their first London gig) and announce album preview at Celtic Connections with two special guests, Julie Fowlis and Ewan McLennan.
Fiddle player and BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician Of The Year Sam Sweeney has been named as the inaugural Artistic Director of the English Folk Dance and Song Society’s (EFDSS) new National Youth Folk Ensemble.
BBC Radio 2’s annual search for the best young folk musicians is now underway. Previous winners of the Young Folk Award include Bella Hardy, Jackie Oates, Lucy Ward and The Mischa McPherson Trio. Get those entries in!
John McSherry, Dónal O’Connor & Seán Óg Graham release their new album ‘Ulaid’ tomorrow. Watch them performing ‘Roll it there Roisín’ live on FleadhTV on TG4.
Something to brighten up your day from Tunna, a four-piece progressive folk music band from Dunkeld, Perthshire. Who comine traditional Scottish tunes with everything from Funk to Samba. Watch the video for their new (free download) single.
We pay a visit to April Verch’s latest album ‘The Newpart’, an album that rewards constant replay, as she heads for the UK shores for a set of November tour dates.
With their abundant enthusiasm, a mutual empathy bordering on instinct and, above all, a collective passion for the music they play; it’s as a single, cohesive unit that the Andy May Trio shines brightest and About Time is the superb result.
