Taken from her forthcoming new album The Stranger, Amelie McCandless has revealed her new video for the lead single ‘Neil in Boredomland’ which is released this Friday, 27th April.
Tonight (25 April at 8 pm) in Putney, London, the Half Moon will be presenting The Clifftop Sessions with Martha Tilston & Guests incl. Wizz Jones. It promises to be a magical evening.
With Rachel Baiman & Molly Tuttle kicking off their UK & Eire tour this week, we celebrate with a double video session from them performing Banjo Pickin’ Girl / Hunting Around The Hill and Madison, Tennessee.
The Big Whistle Festival which takes place at The Met in Bury on Saturday 12 May, will feature five concerts performed by the Michael McGoldrick Big Band, Aizle, the Andy May Trio, Drop the Floor and Don’t Feed the Peacocks. All of this plus talks, classes and sessions.
Curated by Diana Collier (The Owl Service) ‘A Place to Dwell’ is a new album compilation featuring Alasdair Roberts, Alex Neilson, Sharron Kraus, Nancy Wallace and more. All profits go to Southend YMCA, a small local charity which works with vulnerable and at-risk young people.
Beth Porter and The Availables reveal a heartwarming new video for ‘Who We Are’. The first to be taken from her forthcoming new album which she’s hoping to make with the support of fans via an Indiegogo Campaign. Get behind it.
Last in the UK in 2013, the Swedish world touring folk vocal group Kongero return again this month for their fourth UK tour, this time with their new album KOM.
Cambridge Folk Festival announce the next batch of incredible artists to be added to the bill including Daoirí Farrell, Robert Vincent, The Poozies, Kris Drever, John McCusker and Roddy Woomble, Stick in the Wheel, Luke Daniels and more.
Bristol-based musician and songwriter Martin Callingham announces new album Assassins and shares video for the lead track A Toe on the Water. It was filmed from the back of Martin’s sister’s car near Hay Bluff on the Welsh borders, close to his childhood home.
Taken from his forthcoming sophomore album, Cliffhanger, watch the latest video from Grimm Grimm (the musical moniker of Koichi Yamanoha) for Ballad of a Cell Membrane, comparable to the sonic fragility of Syd Barrett’s later recordings and the cosmic folk leanings of Vashti Bunyan.
Light The Evening Fire is the debut album from Glymjack, an English folk act led by singer-songwriter Greg McDonald. They have celebrated the release (out today) with a new video for the title track featuring Phil Beer and Steve Knightley of Show of Hands.
Watch this superb live video from James Patrick Gavin’s album launch at London’s Union Chapel. “This was one of the most intensely emotional nights of my life with many people participating and a packed audience – and we pulled it off!”
