After offering a chance for film-makers to make a video to Junip’s ‘Without You’ they have finally picked a winner. Watch the winning video made by co-Dependency and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico on 40 plus year old equipment, a challenge in itself.
Following her mesmerizing performance at the Mercury Music Prize last week, Domino Records are excited to present Anna Calvi’s new video for Suzanne & I, the latest single from her self-titled debut released earlier this year.
Gardens & Villa have announced they’ll play eight UK dates in November as part of a wider European tour. Released this summer, the Santa Barbara quintet’s eponymous debut has also yielded a second eye-catching video in the shape of David South’s dimension-blurring clip for ‘Spacetime’.
★★★★★ The stirring vocals of St. Vincent return with the release of her third album, Strange Mercy. Reunited with producer John Congleton (Actor 2009) Annie Clark makes a departure from previous releases with her eletric guitar holding court on centre stage.
The third album from My Brightest Diamond, ‘All Things Will Unwind’ was composed exclusively with the chamber ensemble yMusic (Bon Iver, Antony & the Johnsons, The New York Philharmonic & Rufus Wainwright) and more folk-tinged than much of Shara Worden’s recent work.
★★★★★ Arctic is the first album by Swedish indie/folk-artist Thomas Denver Jonsson to carry the new moniker of ‘I’m Kingfisher’. The gentle nature of the music, experimentation and subtle electronica draw out his incredible voice and lyrics, this is just the beginning.
On the afternoon following her Mercury prize triumph, PJ Harvey talked to Guardian music editor Caspar Llewellyn Smith about her prize-winning album Let England Shake, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, her favourite films and more
The Shivers are a duo, based out of Queens, New York, comprising the exceptional talents of Keith Zarriello and Jo Schornikow. Their latest release titled ‘More’ is their first UK release and will be released on Fence Records this month.
Other Lives, the chamber-pop quintet from Stillwater, Oklahoma – have announced details of an autumn UK tour, including shows in Bristol, Leeds, Nottingham, Manchester & more.
Wilco have unveiled their video to the new single ‘Born Alone’from their forthcoming album, ‘The Whole Love’, which is released on Sept 26th via Wilco’s own label dBPM Records.
The use of projections onto buildings has in recent years gone way beyond everyday perceptions of what can be achieved. The concept for the following facade projection by Urban Screen was derived from the underlying architecture of Kunsthalle in Hamburg, a leading art museum.
As a small taste of some of the music we play on Folk Radio UK you can find yesterday’s playlist below. We continue to introduce new music on a weekly basis from well known independent artists to newly established acts.
