Toronto’s Luka Kuplowsky is the latest signing to Mama Bird Recording Co. On his new EP ‘Judee Justin Arthur Mary’, he taps into some strong influences on an exceptional series of covers. Listen to his cover of Mary Margaret O’Hara’s “Anew Day”.
Our Song of the Day is from Lou Rogai (Lewis & Clarke) with Arrival, a quartet performance recorded live at the beautiful studio/mill Susquehanna Studio above Fiddle Lake Creek in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
In a new EFDSS video series, Jon Boden heads to Cecil Sharp House where he delves through their record collection to select some favourites revealing some stories along the way including the revelation that he wanted to play the pipes.
It’s that time again where we look back at the past year to share with you what an incredible journey it has been. Here are our Top 100 Albums of the year for 2019 as well as the Best Live Albums, Reissues and Compilations.
Campbell Sibthorpe recently headed to Cadbury Hill in North Somerset to perform Father Carpenter, a stripped-back version of his latest single…a setting and delivery that takes his music to another level.
Jim Causley is a big fan of Christmas and is keen to get ‘A Causley Christmas’ tour underway. I caught up with Jim to chat about West Country carols, his tour and plans for the future… including his joining the group Narthen.
Our Song of the Day comes from Lewis born musician and composer Iain Morrison with the powerful Clogadh II. Taken from his new work titled SÀL, watch the accompanying powerful and moving video by Dalziel + Scullion.
Hands Up for Trad, organising body of MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards, has announced the artists and bands shortlisted for 2019’s prestigious awards, with voting opening 10am on Monday 4th November.
For this month and next, Emily Barker and Marry Waterson will be taking their album ‘A Window to Other Ways’ on the road. I caught up with Marry to talk about the album and how it all came about.
Our Song of the Day comes from Ida Wenøe and her new single ‘Change Me A Little’, a reminder that “If we are open to change, we are open to growth”, watch the accompanying video.
This month sees the launch of ‘Bright Field’, a new quarterly night of music and spoken word celebrating the start of each season from the borders and beyond. We chat to one of the organisers, Arts and Culture journalist Jude Rogers, about this new seasonal offering.
River Lea is a record label run by Geoff Travis & Jeannette Lee of Rough Trade along with music journalist Tim Chipping. We chat with Tim about how the label came to be which features Lisa O’Neill, Ye Vagabonds and Brìghde Chaimbeul, all of whom have picked up BBC Folk Award nominations this year.
