The second UK Americana Awards winners included Lewis & Leigh, Sam Outlaw, Yola Carter, Sturgill Simpson, Van Morrison, Albert Lee, Margo Price & Chris “CJ” Hillman. AMA-UK’s Lifetime Achievement Award went to Richard Thompson with Wildwood Kin picking up the Bob Harris Emerging Artist Award.
Tompkins Square have announced the reissue of a rare 1975 Private-Press LP by Philip Lewin. The debut album Am I Really Here All Alone, was described by Jeff Conklin (WFMU) as “a loner folk masterpiece; accidentally psychedelic, lit by heartbreak and timeless in its sadness and hope.”
Hailing from St. Louis, MO, now based in Nashville, we have a new track to share from Emily Roig’s forthcoming album Refuge, due for release on 10th March.
The Genders of Indian Music is an exhibition and concert exploring the different qualities and energies that men and women have brought to the evolution of Indian music. The concert features Uday Bhawalkar, Chirangana Agle-Reshwal, Manjiri Asanare Kelkar and Sanjay Deshpande.
The latest video from Chris Wood offers a lighthearted look at life on the road for a touring musician. It has one of the most original openings I’ve seen in a while…concerning the Marks and Spencer’s New York Deli Pastrami Sandwich.
Watch the new video from Benjamin Folke Thomas for his new single Copenhagen 30/6. Taken from his forthcoming new album Copenhagen, which by all accounts, is his best yet…and that’s saying something!
Modern-day musical alchemists – accordionist, Anne Niepold and hurdy-gurdy player Gregory Jolivet – join as a duo for the first time for their new project Nautilus. Don’t miss their UK concert dates which kick off this month.
The cast of The Transports – The Young’uns, Faustus, Nancy Kerr, Rachael McShane, Greg Russell and Matthew Crampton left a lasting impression with an Exter audience long after the stage lights had dimmed. One of the best stage performances I’ve seen in a long time.
Steve Tilston and Jez Lowe are touring their new album, The Janus Game, this Spring. As mentioned in our featured review “These two well-travelled veterans of the folk music scene have still got a great deal to say and can still say it with style.”
Listen to the first single from Stick in the Wheel’s collaborative album, ‘From Here: English Folk Field Recordings’ – Nicola Kearey singing Georgie…plus we have a bonus playlist from the band of contemporary and traditional folk music.
Cuban pianist, composer and producer Roberto Fonseca, one of the most inventive and creative Latin Jazz musicians of this new generation, announces UK tour following the release of his latest album ABUC.
