Inspired by life on the road together, Jim Ghedi and Toby Hay announce collaborative album The Hawksworth Grove Sessions – Duets for 6 & 12 String Guitar. Listen to the track Night, Moon, Dance.
Some 44 years later, Earth Recordings opens the door to Bagpuss & Co. once again, revealing for the first time the original music in all its newly-mastered splendour featuring Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner’s superb musicianship.
Among the many great performances at this year’s Shrewsbury Folk Festival was a performance of The Train by Show of Hands who were joined by Dayam Khan, a member of Dhun Dhora of Rajasthan who were at the festival performing with Shooglenifty.
Watch the new video from The Poozies – Soaking In The Bathtub – sung in her ‘grittily stunning’ Orcadian burr and accompanied by a strikingly original and unpretentious video, beautifully filmed on the island of Eigg.
Hot on the heels of their new album Queen City Jubilee, Canadian bluegrass band The Slocan Ramblers return to the UK next month to showcase their unique blend of bluegrass, old-time and folk.
Purbeck Valley Folk Festival put on another great festival this year with great performances from Siobhan Miller Band, Sam Kelly and the Lost Boys, Trad.Attack!, Naomi Bedford and Paul Simmonds, Jez Hellard and the Djukella Orchestra, Jenn & Laura-Beth and more.
Watch Botany Bay, the title track of Kelly Oliver’s forthcoming new album set for release this month on September 28th – a release full of freshness which does the English folk song tradition proud.
Scottish quartet FARA announce second album ‘Times from Times Fall’, a celebration of their homeland packed with self-composed tunes and songs primarily drawn from the words of Orcadian poets. On Tour September/October.
With their long–awaited second album Magic Ship due for release 21st September via Bella Union, Mountain Man have shared a video for current single “Rang Tang Ring Toon.” A great dinner party and a fine vinyl collection.
Earlier this year Irish/American supergroup The Gloaming played seven sold-out shows at the National Concert Hall in Dublin. Watch the live versions of ‘Fáinleog’ and ‘The Old Favourite’…….these performances stretch out and roam in unexpected new directions.
Jon Boden embarks on a solo tour of Scotland in September and October and then in March 2019, Jon will hit the road with the three phenomenal string players from the Remnant Kings – Morven Bryce, Lucy Revis and Helen Bell.
Our Song of the Day comes via a brilliantly uplifting video premiere for Great Blue Heron, the new single from Alt-folk-rock band Billy Wylder which features on their forthcoming album, “Strike the Match” out Sept. 7, 2018.
