With her new single ‘Alternate Reality’ out today (also our Song of the Day) Rob managed to catch up with Dutch-English singer/songwriter Gitta de Ridder for one of our ‘photo / interview’ features in which he spoke to Gitta about her new single and forthcoming album.
Joy of Living is a Tribute album to Ewan MacColl which features performances from an all-star cast including Waterson:Carthy, The Unthanks, Dick Gaughan, Martin Simpson and Jack Steadman & Jamie MacColl performing ‘The Young Birds’, our Song of the Day.
Like panning for gold, Stevenson and his producer Mike Scott (Waterboys) have pored over the contents of Freddie’s heart, washed away any excess and conjured small but perfectly formed gems from the stuff of life. And how they sparkle.
Barely, as the title suggests, is a stripped down affair with guest including Irish folk singer Mary Dillon. As well as suggesting something that’s hardly there, barely also means without disguise or concealment. As such, this is Barely Brilliant.
English Folk Expo kicks off later this month to a sold out event showcasing some of the best music on offer from the English folk music scene. Run alongside Homegrown, The Met’s annual festival of the finest English folk music it promises to be another great year.
We a great video premiere today from Boston-based Aerialists for their first musical release ‘Deep Toque’. The band features members from Canada, the US, and Scotland.
We rejoin Jonathan Day on the road for a series of guest posts written during his Atlantic Drifter launch tour as he arrives in Shanghai before heading to Beijng for the final part of his China tour.
There has never been a force of nature quite like the exhilarating juggernaut of bombastic, swaggering, buffed, multi-coloured big band folk that is Bellowhead and it is unlikely there ever will be again. Pandemonium presents highlights from Bellowhead’s incredible career.
With the reissue of Ryan Boldt’s ‘Broadside Ballads’ due out this month on Canadian indie label Big White Cloud Records we took the opportunity to chat to Ryan about his music, influences and future plans.
Bert Jansch’s eight studio album is re-issued by Earth Recordings, an overlooked gem from 1973 on which he is joined by an all-star cast including Danny Thompson, Tony Visconti, Mary Hopkin, Dave Mattacks, Ali Bain and more.
Whilst this album may seem like the vindicating culmination of the journey he’s been on, it’s actually just the start of what promises to be a very exciting and significant new arrival on the Americana scene.
