Olivia Chaney signs to Nonesuch Records and will release her long awaited debut album in 2014. Plus she has received two nominations for the 2014 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards!
Recorded in a Cornish church, ‘Word of Mouth’ is a defining album for Seth Lakeman’s storied career which features guests including Leon Hunt and Lau accordion player Martin Green. Get a taster here.
Get a taster of the forthcoming new release ‘The Mark Radcliffe Folk Sessions 2013’. Featuring Fairport Convention, Eliza Carthy, Mike Heron, Heidi Talbot, Olivia Chaney, John Smith, Lisa Knapp and many more.
In Myles O’Reilly’s latest short film Ronán Ó Snodaigh of Kíla joins Thomas Doran The Street Singer as they set out on on horse and cart somewhere in the thick of Kildare.
The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014 return on Wednesday 19 February and are to be held in London at the Royal Albert Hall. Star guests include Bellowhead, Suzanne Vega, Clannad and The Fisherman’s Friends.
Sadly this is the final India Tour Blog entry from Kan who spent their final day in Calcutta which had its fair share of sparks and I don’t mean the fireworks for Diwali.
In anticipation of her forthcoming live album ‘We Followed Every Sound’ later this year, Dear Reader aka Cheri MacNeil has unveiled a beautiful new live video for track ‘Back From The Dead’.
To coincide with Bob Dylan’s The Complete Album Collection Volume 1 an interactive video has been released for his 1965 classic Like A Rolling Stone. Watch it now.
KAN head to Calcutta for Day 5 of their India Tour blog, they have an interesting discussion on folk music and meet Tanmoy Bose who toured for many years as Ravi Shankar’s percussionist!
Northamptonshire neo-psychedelic band Temples reveal their new single ‘Mesmerise’ which will feature on their forthcoming debut album ‘Sun Structures’. Listen to it here.
