Alex Rex and Trembling Bells have released a split 10” for Record Store Day…the final two statements from Trembling Bells. Watch the accompanying video for Irish trad. “Night Visiting Song” filmed by Oliver Neilson.
The inaugural Wales Folk Awards was a triumph as The Trials of Cato, Vri, Calan and Gwilym Bowen Rhys performed to a packed hall at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff.
Our Song of the Day comes from the enigmatic North Wales trio Golden Fable with their stunning new single Finery which is out today, taken from their forthcoming new album Alchemy. The accompanying video takes it to another beautiful level.
Today marks the release of ‘Francis’, a powerful debut single from American singer songwriter and visual artist, Jon Campbell. Watch the accompanying stop-motion animation which was painted and directed by Campbell himself.
Norwegian artist Susanna has shared an animated video for “Wilderness” which forms a gorgeous fairytale based on her song and Hieronymus Bosch’s art; with colours, animals, spirits, different creatures and humour.
Cinder Well will tour England and Scotland from June 6th-22nd. Amelia Baker, Cinder Well’s brainchild, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist will be joined on the tour by Marit Schmidt of Vradiazei and Sangre de Muerdago.
Our Song of the Day comes from Nicholas Edward Williams, who previously performed under the folk-soul moniker of “Whetherman”. Watch him performing his new single “Happy Life” live.
Watch Steve Gunn performing the final instalment of the live acoustic song series from his critically acclaimed new album, The Unseen In Between. Filmed by The Mitcham Submarine in London’s Albert Memorial, watch him perform the stripped-back rendition of ‘Chance’.
Watch the captivating new video from Emily Jean Flack for Throwing Shapes. Filmed live at Riddels, Belfast, Northern Ireland it bridges the traditional sounds of her homeland in Ontario and those of her current home in Limerick, yet still sounding utterly fresh and contemporary.
Watch ‘The Waves are High’, taken from the new double A-side single from Hampshire, UK based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and reclusive genius Mike Gale who continues to endure as one of the UK’s most original, and now most hermetic musical talents.
John Smith has shared a captivating music video for Hummingbird, the title track of his latest album. Filmed by Simon Whitehead the video features John as well as dancer Adelie Lavail whose movements perfectly capture the magic of the song.
The National Youth Folk Ensemble are holding free sampler days across the country over May/June half-term which is open to all between the ages of 14-19.
