Listen to Death for the Decent, the first of three songs to be released for Bristol-based Campbell Sibthorpe’s forthcoming EP Sky Lily. Inspired by real-life tragedy, it reflects in sheer sadness for the afflicted.
Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin announce ‘Out of the Ordinary Tour’, venues will include churches, caverns, Iron Age roundhouses, ancient hostelries, steam museums and the labyrinthine Liverpool tunnels. Sounds fantastic!
Watch ‘Money,’ the new single from Brighton-based The Delta Bell. Inspired by the times we live in, it’s about the fleeting nature of money, the 99 and the 1%, and the boredom and frustration of being skint.
Watch a live recording of Kris Drever & Ian Carr performing When We Roll In The Morning which features on his latest album If Wishes Were Horses. Don’t miss Kris Drever’s upcoming tour dates.
We recently announced that Martha Tilston is to release her new album NOMAD via Squiggly Records on May 12th. We have the pleasure in premiering her beautiful new video for Nomad Blood which was filmed in Cornwall.
It’s been a while since we had any news on Cameron J Niven, so it’s with great pleasure we’re able to share his new single Indigo Hue, due for release on 27th February.
Alasdair Roberts reveals his new video for ‘Pangs,’ the title track of his new album due for release tomorrow. Also don’t miss his UK and Ireland tour dates on which he’s joined by Stevie Jones and Alex Neilson.
Hands Up for Trad and Creative Scotland have joined forces once again to launch song writing competition – Nòs Ùr. Gaelic and Scots song writers have the chance to win £500 and one-on-one mentoring with an established song writer – all they have to do is apply via the Hands Up for Trad website.
Purbeck Valley Folk Festival have unveiled the first names for 2017 including Badly Drawn Boy, Lady Maisery, Martha Tilston, Blue Rose Code, This is the Kit, Curtis Eller’s American Circus & many more.
Singer/songwriter/guitarist Sarah McQuaid is hard at work writing songs for her new album, to be produced by none other than folk icon Michael Chapman who she met when they both performed at Village Pump Festival in 2014.
Listen to The Food of Love Project, dedicated to Shakespeare’s legacy and featuring the likes of Alasdair Roberts, Kirsty Law, Rob St John, Dead Rat Orchestra, Stornoway, Thomas Truax, David Thomas Broughton and more.
Listen in full to Michael Chapman’s new record 50, titled to commemorate fifty years of touring, is his first “American record” and the first in years recorded with a full band under the watchful ear of producer Steve Gunn. It his undeniable late-career masterpiece.
