“Deli”, a song about friendship, is the first single from the forthcoming Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba album ‘Miri’, the fifth album by Malian ngoni maestro. UK Tour dates in January including Celtic Connections.
Yesterday evening Mike Vass shared ‘They never found me’, the opening track from his forthcoming solo album ‘Save His Calm’. He announced on Twitter that “This is the first time the world will hear my singing on record!” It’s also our Song of the Day.
Songs of our Native Daughters is a new release on Smithsonian Folkways in their African American Legacy series featuring Rhiannon Giddens (Carolina Chocolate Drops), Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell (Birds of Chicago), and Amythyst Kiah.
Commisioned by Folk by the Oak, Spell Songs brings together eight remarkable musicians, whose music already engages deeply with landscape and nature, to respond to the creatures, art and language of The Lost Words.
Listen to Fly, the second single by London-based folk duo Copper Viper. The song is taken from the forthcoming album “Cut It Down, Count The Rings”, which was recorded at Bear Creek Studio, WA, USA.
In 2010, Philadelphia group and American underground psych veterans Bardo Pond released their self-titled eight album on Fire Records. The album is to be re-issued on silver vinyl on 18th January 2019.
Part Two of our Best Folk Albums of 2018 includes Ben Glover, Faeland, Shooglenifty, Brona McVittie, Emma Tricca, Glenn Jones, Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage, Rachael McShane, John Smith, Kacy & Clayton and lots more.
On February 22nd, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings will release The Social Power of Music, a new box set that examines these roles of music in our lives from many angles and through many voices.
Buffalo Blood is a US/UK music collective made up of Dean Owens, Neilson Hubbard, Joshua Britt and Audrey Spillman. Watch their video for ‘I’m Alive’ from their upcoming album which will premiere at Celtic Connections.
Part One of our Best Folk Albums of 2018 includes Brigid Mae Power, Anna & Elizabeth, Aidan O’Rourke, Eamon O’Leary, Buck Curran, Cath & Phil Tyler, Dom Flemons, Kitty Macfarlane, Mike Vass, Toby Hay, Duncan Chisholm and more.
Watch Ryley Walker performing ‘Spoil With The Rest’ live at Sonic City, taken from his latest album Deafman Glance. He will be playing in the UK during April 2019 including Guildford, Leicester and Sheffield.
Brother Green is the debut EP from Leeds-based old time acoustic trio Redwood River Band. The three-part harmonies are pristine and sublime throughout as they call to mind that whole Coffee House era.
