We re-join the Dead Rat Orchestra on their canals and waterways tour ‘The Cut’. Today DRO member Robin Alderton shares his thoughts with us in this special guest blog feature.
Watch the video première from alt-country husband and wife duo Martin and Kerraleigh Child, AKA The August List for ‘Cut Yr Teeth’ from their new double A side single.
We have a very special Song of the Day and video exclusive from Gramercy Arms along with a Q&A with Joan Wasser and Lloyd Cole and some words from Reveal Records head man Tom Rose.
Our Song of the Day is a moving live video of Lucy Ward performing Lion, a new WW1 themed song which was commissioned by Billy Bragg for 14-18 Now. Watch it here.
Our Song of the Day is a track première from Naomi Bedford’s forthcoming album ‘A History of Insolence’. Listen to her lovely version of Gypsy Davy featuring Justin Currie of Del Amitri on backing vocals.
Arborea who recently performed at the Fanø Free Folk Festival on the Island of Fano in Denmark have revealed a surprising cover of CCR classic ‘Bad Moon Rising’ and transform it entirely.
We come to the end of our Sidmouth Folk Week Memories interviews as the festival is now well and truely underway. Our final guests are Oysterband and Steve Knightley.
In the first of a series of feature guest posts from the Dead Rat Orchestra we join them on The Cut – a canals and waterways tour from London to Bristol, crafting music from extensive research into these industrial and leisure arteries.
Our Song of the Day is from Rachel Newton’s forthcoming album Changeling. The Fairy Man was written by Scottish poet Sydney Goodsir Smith and features Adam Holmes on lead vocals.
Watch our exclusive video première from Edd Donovan & The Wandering Moles for ‘The Stone’, the title track from his new EP. Plus UK tour dates, one of which will be broadcast live on the internet.
