Our Tune of the Day comes from The Finnegan McSherry Project, recorded live at this year’s Fleadh. Featuring John McSherry and Brian Finnegan who are joined by their good friends Donal O’Connor, Niall Murphy, Sean Og Graham and John Joe Kelly.
Lovers of first-class Irish traditional music will be more than familiar with the name Dervish who have been delighting audiences across the globe for more than 25 years. Don’t miss them on tour in the UK this month. Watch them performing Farewell to Éireann, our Tune of the Day.
ECC Records announce the release of ‘Flight’, the 8th studio album from the Afro Celt Sound System. Set for release on 23rd November 2018, the release will be supported by a major 10 day UK wide tour. Listen to two new tracks here.
Having recently reviewed their impressive and innovative self-titled debut album which is set to drop on 28th September, we managed to gather the members of Bristol-based band Young Waters together for a chat.
Watch the new video from The Henry Girls for ‘Oh Why’ taken from their 2017 album Far Beyond The Stars. Next month, the Donegal sisters Karen, Lorna and Joleen McLaughlin head to Germany on tour.
Bristol band Faeland head out on tour at the end of this month. Songs will be performed on an all-acoustic line up of acoustic guitars, lush vocals, double bass, violins, accordion and Celtic harp.
Lisa O’Neill announces ‘Heard A Long Gone Song’, her first album for the new Rough Trade imprint River Lea. It’s a record that is personally political, uniquely beautiful, heartfelt and witty. And perhaps as timeless as the passed down songs Lisa sings as if they were hers.
Ten of the UK and Ireland’s finest traditional poets and musical artists join together in a music residency to re-invigorate and create new music inspired by past peoples and languages of Britain.
Folk duo Betse Ellis & Clarke Wyatt, from Kansas City, Missouri, will travel to Scotland in September-October 2018 to present their engaging musical show. Watch their new video, a free improvisation on the fiddle tune Farewell Whisky.
Watch Laura Victoria performing ‘I Can’t Stop Thinking About You’ with Jo Cooper and Josh Wolfsohn. The song is taken from her new album which she is planning to release in the Winter.
Consisting of Andy Cutting, Sam Sweeney and Rob Harbron, Leveret are a unique collaboration that has come to represent the very finest of English folk music. Their top-class musicianship and intuitive interplay have made them one of the most captivating trios on the scene.
