An exceptional album from Sophie Cooper & Ben Nash (recorded back in 2009 and released on Sheffield’s Blackest Rainbow Records) made available digitally for the first time.
Ideologic Organ have released two new live albums featuring private recordings from 1986 of the late North Indian classical musician and dhrupad master Zia Mohiuddin Dagar.
Tim Linghaus’ Memory Sketches takes the listener on a very personal journey during which he takes precious personal memories from his own past and preserves them in music. An album filled with both melancholy and immense beauty.
Thanks to popular demand Music and Poetry of the Kesh, the soundtrack to Ursula K. Le Guin’s Always Coming Home, originally released in 1985 and then re-issued in March this year has had a second pressing from the Freedom to Spend label.
Our Song of the Day comes from Spirit Fest – an impromptu indie Avant-pop supergroup featuring Tokyo-based duo Tenniscoats (Saya and Takashi Ueno), Markus Acher (The Notwist), Cico Beck (Aloa Input) and Mat Fowler (Jam Money).
‘The Blacksmith and The Lady’ is the latest music video from Midland’s acoustic Trio Threaded featuring Jamie Rutherford, Rosie Bott and Ning-ning Li. They are currently busy working on new material for their third studio album.
Watch Kathryn Tickell and The Darkening performing live in concert at Get North 2018 festival. They are performing at a number of festivals this summer including Sidmouth Folk Week.
This month sees the Dead Rat Orchestra and Poland’s Sutari, two of the world’s most prominent avant-folk ensembles, join forces for a headline tour of the UK. We caught up with them both to talk about their own backgrounds and the tour.
Listen to Amaranthine, the new single from Joel Porter. Combining field recordings, minimalist electronics, acoustic guitar and brass, Amaranthine carries a genuine warmth and honesty, a response to nostalgia and the anticipation of what the future holds.
New Zealand’s Marlon Williams delivers a powerful performance of ‘Make Way for Love’ featuring The Pou Tiriao Singers whose swelling backing vocals take it to another level.
Bill Jones, whose last album was released in 2003, is making a comeback with live dates announced, a charity single and an album planned for later this year.
Watch the music video for ‘Playing cards in Late Night Bars’, the opening track from Dan Webster’s forthcoming studio album Devil Sky, due out August 31st.
