Watch the brand new video from O’Hooley & Tidow for ‘Gentleman Jack’. The dapper gentlewomen and purveyors of chamber folk, Belinda and Heidi, have no need for any fancy props as they perform this video backstage.
The Northwestern Series is a new independent record label based in Manchester, England, a sister label of Folk Police Recordings. Their first release is Adam Leonard – Nature Recordings. Get a taster here.
Nic Jones is to receive the Gold Badge Award of the EFDSS. To commemorate this event Nic will be joined by his son Joe, and many of his friends from the folk world in a special performance at Cecil Sharp House, London.
An Tobar will be working with one of Scotland’s foremost musicians, Aidan O’Rourke (Lau, KAN, Blazin’ Fiddles), who will be composing a new piece called TAT-1 for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Includes video interview.
The Forgotten Works have a unique sound that has a timeless quality and a familiarity, a feeling of belonging to the land, reminiscent of those early explorations into psych-folk.
In association with Pull up the Roots we are offering our readers a chance to win a pair of tickets to see Emily Smith & Jen Ord at the Slaughtered Lamb, London on May 14, 2012.
We recently offered a giveaway of five deluxe CDs of The Chieftains new album ‘Voice of Ages’, find out who those winners are. We also have a free track from The Chieftains album as well as tour dates!
This weeks Propermusic Podcast is the first of a two-part Topic Records special, David Suff and Tony Engle join Trevor Dann to discuss the folk label’s 70+ year history and some of its classic releases.
We interview Lisa Knapp about her new EP ‘Hunt the Hare – A Branch of May’. She talks about her fascination in folklore and some of her influences including Martin Carthy and Shirley Collins.
