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In honor of Memorial Day 2010, Cat Martino releases her alluring song about Jennie Hodgers, turned Civil War Veteran, Albert Cashier. “Last May (2009), I woke up to read a story on NPR about Jennie Hodgers, a woman who changed her identity to Albert Cashier to fight in the Civil War,” says Martino. “Her story was so compelling, I went straight with my morning coffee to my guitar to write …
Widely-acclaimed British three-piece the Martin Harley Band return with a brand new album entitled “Drumrolls For Somersaults,” on Villainous Records. True to the band’s idiosyncratic “British Americana” sound, the record is a beautiful blend of melodic songs combining such styles as swinging jazz and more laid- back country-folk alongside striking three-part harmonies. The album title is inspired by Martin’s life experiences of, to use his own words, “getting twisted in …
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In his first live appearances since he was forced to cancel a US tour and some UK dates last June, Bert Jansch is set to go on tour in the US with Neil Young this month. Bert will be Neil’s special guest on his upcoming tour which kicks off May 18 2010 in Albany, NY. Having been Neil’s special guest, Bert is delighted to then play some solo shows on …
Back in 2008 we saw Anglo-American duo Cath and Phil Tyler release their debut album ‘Dumb Supper’ to great critical acclaim across all divides of the modern folk landscape – as Plan B rightly noted, “Dumb Supper is one of those rare modern folk albums that will find a home both in the longstanding ‘traditional’ music community and among those attracted to the form’s more experimental and lo-fi possibilities”. And …
One of the greatest things about running Folk Radio UK is the amount of time I get to spend searching out both new and old music. If I was given half the chance, I would happily spend most of the day doing it, OK, and night! I came across this one during another late night hunt. This time I was tracking down old albums through Smithsonian Folkways. The title of …
Mumford & Sons have unveiled their video for brand their new single ‘Roll Away Your Stone’, which is released on 7th June through Gentleman Of The Road/ Island Records. ‘Roll Away Your Stone’ comes backed with a live recording of ‘White Blank Page’ from one of the band’s recent headline dates at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire.
Jimi Hendrix’s former London Mayfair home is to be opened up to the public in September this year to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his death. Hendrix rented the top floor flat for the princely sum of £30 per week with his girlfriend, Kathy Etchingham. The opening will form part of an exhibition called Hendrix in Britain and includes rarely-seen as well as iconic photographic images of rock music’s greatest …
The Third & The Seventh is a short film by Alex Roman. Architecture through the cinematographic lens. The visual fusion between the Third and Seventh arts – this brief description defines the declaration of aesthetic principles that underlies the “Third and Seventh” project: A full-CG animated piece that tries to illustrate architecture art across a photographic point of view where main subjects are already-built spaces. Sometimes in an abstract way. …
I just came across this brilliant short film animation. I know there are a lot of John Martyn fans who visit us so I thought you might enjoy this. Future Shorts presents Elliot Dear’s inspiring short animation about the legend John Martyn, the latest animation in the Music Matters campaign. Stay tuned to Music Matters on Facebook and Twitter @whymusicmatters. You may enjoy:
The age of cabaret is not dead. Bellowhead did a fine job with a grand stage performance. Now check this! Kirsty Almeida brings Eccentricity and abandonment in heaped doses to bring an altogether new recipe and magical performance. Musical dresses, circular doors, chirping toy birds, sonic hallucinations: in Kirsty Almeida we’ve the return, at last, of the enigmatic true eccentric. Her music (like her life) is magical, the kind of …
Seth Lakeman was the last person I expected to turn up in our local pub, The Oak, Clevedon. But after a phone call from a mate saying, “Alex, come to the Oake, Seth Lakeman is here, this isn’t a wind-up, honest!” I went, arrived, and there he was sat playing fiddle with Benji Kirkpatrick along with a discreet couple of film makers to record the video for Hearts and Minds.