Our Song of the Day comes from Sam Brookes performing Pacify with the London Contemporary Voices for a Headphones Session. This is a new track of Sam’s not heard before which will be part of a new project of music coming out very soon.
We catch up with those northern folk experimentalist Harp and a Monkey to talk about their latest War Stories project. They also share some of their personal highlights from a tour which saw them perform in some very unusual locations, including bomb craters on moors.
Northern Ireland based five-piece traditional Irish band Connla recently released their debut album River Waiting. Watch their latest video for Daily Growing and catch them on their UK tour in September.
North Carolina’s bluegrass duo, Mandolin Orange announce new album Blindfaller and share their first single Wildfire ”a country dirge with soulful washes of pedal steel and mandolin, the song details the lingering, present-day devastation of slavery and the Civil War.
The Henry Girls have shared their latest video for Falling in Love Again, a song from their recently released EP Sketches. It was filmed around their homeland of Malin, Co.Donegal and also in the Men’s Shed in Moville.
We have a special video session from Ewan McLennan which commemorates the 80th anniversary of the start of the Spanish Civil War today. We also have news of his new album with Guardian journalist and bestselling author George Monbiot.
A jam-packed mix of folkie goodness from The Driftwood Manor, The FLK, The Memory Band, Incredible String Band, Fay Hield, Jim Moray, Jon Boden, The Owl Service, The Furrow Collective, The Woodbine And Ivy Band and many more!
We have a track premiere from BJ Barham, the front man of the increasingly popular US Americana band American Aquarium. O’ Lover, is taken from his forthcoming debut solo effort Rockingham, due for release on the 22nd July via At The Helm Records. UK Tour kicks off this weekend!
Seth Lakeman announces new album ‘Ballads of the Broken Few’ and reveals new video. A stunning combination of his dynamic songwriting and playing, the genius of legendary producer Ethan Johns and the sublime harmony vocals of emerging young female trio Wildwood Kin.
Download Towersey Festivals Free Album: features singles, exclusives and album cuts from some of the best artists scheduled to appear at the festival this year, including the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Best Group 2016 & 2015 The Young’uns, Steve Tilston & Jez Lowe, Dublin’s Lynched and more.
Georgia Ruth is all set to make a return with her new album Fossil Scale on October 7th which finds her switching out her previous go-to writing tool – the harp – for a piano in search of a more expansive yet ambient sound. Listen to lead track ‘The Doldrums’
Hoodman Blind are an Irish trio hailing from Limerick, Clare and Wexford who create a musical landscape that brings an array of colours and shades to the tradition. They are Finn Harper on Button Accordion, Niamh Ní Bhriain on Harp and Sean O’Dalaigh on Fiddle.
