Taken from their forthcoming second album No where In Time, Richie Stearns and Rosie Newton are well known for experimenting with traditional and original songs as they demonstrate so ably on Waterbound, a song by Dirk Powell.
Experimental folk artist Sam Amidon shares a new video for ‘Warren’ from The Following Mountain. Amidon will tour Europe this autumn. The tour includes his first headlining performance at London’s Union Chapel on October 26,
For Portland, Oregon songwriter Anna Tivel, the open road is more than a way to bring her songs to new places, it’s also a near-endless source of stories. On her new album, Small Believer she taps into the stories she hears every night, after every show. Listen in full here.
Over the next month, Kings Place will be hosting some of the very best Folk artists including Marry Waterson & David A. Jaycock, Faustus, Maddy Prior, Noel Hill as well as two Album launches from Leveret and Martin Simpson.
Australia’s The Mae Trio are set to bring their unique contemporary twist on folk music to the UK. Listen to their truly sublime cover of Karine Polwart’s ‘Waterlily’ and watch their latest video for Well Enough Alone.
In a Folk Radio UK Exclusive, watch Ewan McLennan performing Down the Line – a song he recently wrote, as yet unreleased and unrecorded. It’s also our Song of the Day.
Irish band Jiggy just entered the World Music Charts and have taken the internet by storm with their new video Silent Place clocking up more than 12 million views – watch it here.
Seamus Fogarty shares ‘Heel Over Head’, another new single and accompanying video from his forthcoming album The Curious Hand. He’s also announced the guest spots for his forthcoming tour.
James Keelaghan has just announced a UK tour for October/November 2017 on which he will be accompanied by Hugh McMillan. Watch an excerpt from his ‘History’ DVD on which he tells the story behind the song ‘Kiri’s Piano’.
The Weather Station, Toronto’s Tamara Lindeman, has shared “Kept It All to Myself” and its accompanying video from her self-titled album due for release on October 6th via Paradise of Bachelors.
