Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our readers and listeners. Here’s a folkie treat with a Winter Solstice Mix from Michael Tanner featuring Bob Copper, Shirley Collins, Jean Ritchie, Waterson:Carthy and more.
Our Song of the Day is from Loren Auerbach alongside her husband and creative partner Bert Jansch with Snowflake. From ‘Colours Are Fading Fast’, due for reissue in 2016 on Earth Recordings.
More great news on Gate to Southwell lineup for 2016 – this time with a fantastic lineup of homegrown and international rising stars – one you don’t want to miss!
In our ‘Guest Feature’ The Shee tell us all about their tenth anniversary Continuum project and their nominated collaborators. For their final post Amy Thatcher tells us about her choice – Andy Cutting
Three Cane Whale announce the release of their third album ‘Palimpsest’ from which we have the pleasure of premiering ‘Moon in a Bottle’. Plus watch a great live session recorded for the independent book publisher Little Toller who provided the artwork for the album.
Emily Barker composes music for heart-warming new film ‘Hector’ – a story of a homeless man who makes an annual pilgrimage from Scotland to a London homeless shelter. Watch Emily performing the title track ‘Anywhere Away’, also our Song of the Day.
Breabach announce new album ‘Astar’. Celebrating a world theme they take melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ideas from five different cultures and merge them with their own sound, aided by some special guest artists.
We have a stunning video premiere and Song of the Day from Nive & The Deer Children for ‘Tulugaq’ which is sung in her native Greenlandic tongue and features on her new album Feet First – released in the UK on 5th Feb 2016 via Glitterhouse Records.
We have an exclusive live video session from Elle Osborne performing the Christmas carol In The Bleak Midwinter. It was recorded in the back room of The Horse House, Bedford, Sussex this month.
Priddy Folk Festival announce first acts for 2016 including Belshazzar’s Feast, Lady Maisery, Lucy Ward Band, Beth Porter and the Availables and Rory McLeod. Check our festival preview here.
The good people at Lost Map Records recorded this lovely session recently featuring Withered Hand, James Yorkston & The Pictish Trail performing ‘Life of Doubt‘ which we’ve chosen as our Song of the Day. They are all on tour together in January.
Read part 2 of the Echo Bloom Tour Blog from Kyle Evans – songs of death and addiction for a room of 200 8-year olds, the band almost miss their show in a 600-year old cathedral, and they step their toes into Austria.
