Lilly Hiatt’s Trinity Lane which was released in the US in summer 2017 to widespread critical acclaim is to have its UK release on February 2, 2018, via New West Records. It will be followed by a UK tour in April.
It has been twenty years since the passing of English composer and multi-instrumentalist Simon Jeffes (the founder of Penguin Cafe Orchestra). To mark the Anniversary, Erased Tapes have reissued Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s final studio album ‘Union Cafe’, including a vinyl edition for the first time.
PicaPica features the dual talents of Josienne Clarke and Samantha Whates accompanied by Adam Beattie and Sonny Johns. Spring & Shade is their new EP, a short but beautiful offering from two very talented singers who have no shortage of experience in creating dreamy harmonies.
This week sees the release of Snorri Helgason’s new album Margt býr í þokunni which has been four years in the making. The 10 songs which make up the album are all based on Icelandic folktales and traditional Icelandic folklore.
Mancunian Americana band The Travelling Band have unveiled a vibrant and uplifting new video for their forthcoming single Mopping Forwards due for release just before Christmas on 22 December.
For her fifth studio album Cusp (out 9 Feb, AllPoints), Alela Diane taps into the nurture, strength and emotion of motherhood, a sentiment that travels movingly through the eye of a lens on her new video for Emigré, our Song of the Day.
Legendary singer-songwriter, Ralph McTell, has re-recorded his timeless song, ‘Streets of London’, with a choir made up of clients from Crisis – the national charity for homeless people – and guest vocalist Annie Lennox.
This week’s Folk Show features new music from Melrose Quartet, Neil Young, Ross Ainslie, Band Of Burns, James Patrick Gavin, The Wailin’ Jennys and more.
John Oates announces new roots album ‘Arkansas’. A project which began as a tribute to Oates’ idol, the legendary American country blues singer and guitarist Mississippi John Hurt. For the album, he is joined by a strong stellar cast of musicians who go to make up The Good Road Band.
The Ben Miller Band have announced the release of Choke Cherry Tree via New West Records on January 26th, 2018. Watch their new video for “Akira Kurosawa”, a song about the influential Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Watch the music video for ‘Foolish Sea’, the new single from Yorkshire’s rising new folk talent Fran Wyburn. The single is released on 1st December right before playing on the Introducing stage at this year’s Great British Folk Festival on the 3rd December.
East London five-piece band Stick In The Wheel reveal video for their hypnotic and immersive title-track of their forthcoming new album ‘Follow Them True’. The film and animation were made by artist Teresa Elizabeth Lobos.
