Who knows how to stem the tide except through dreams? – One night an old seaman dreams the ocean into his bed. His sea green sheets become the polluted waters of his worst nightmare. His own mortality is at risk as his household objects begin to suffocate him.
Some of the UK’s finest folk artists (including Karine Polwart, Cara Dillon, Steve Knightley, Eliza Carthy, Sam Lee and The Young’Uns) will take listeners to the heartland of the places that have inspired their music in an engaging new podcast starting in August.
Third Man Records release their second Greek Folk Music compilation. Lament In A Deep Style 1929 – 1931 shines the light on folk musician and clarinetist Kitsos Harisiadis. The release features the artwork of Robert Crumb. Listen to the first track Skaros.
The Room in the Wood is the first joint project from Paul Cavanagh and Dave Jackson since their Liverpool post-punk band, The Room, split in 1985. Watch their music video for the first single Magical Thinking.
Watch the music video for Minnie Birch’s new single John Barleycorn featuring guest vocalist Cian Davis of Molly and the Beekeepers. She was commissioned to make the track for the film Heaven’s Rage – based on the novel of the same name by author Leslie Tate.
Dorset singer-songwriter Roo Panes today releases the video for his latest single ‘Sketches of Summer’, the fourth and purest track to be taken from his third album Quiet Man. Watch it here.
Watch the video for Will Stewart’s ‘Sipsey’ – The title references a place in northwest AL called Sipsey Wilderness Preserve. I wanted to use that as a sort of visual/tangible anchor to otherwise vague/impressionistic lyrics. I also just like the way it sounds.
Colour Film is the stage name of Hamilton, ON’s Matthew de Zoete. Watch his latest video for Open Road featuring Caroline Brooks of Good Lovelies, a song inspired “by a bike ride I took with my wife and two young daughters in the countryside one evening.”
Watch the new video for the single “A Man Of High Renown” by singer-songwriter Joshua Burnside which was filmed in various prominent locations in Belfast. He releases a new EP called “All Round The Light Said” on 29 June via Quiet Arch Records.
Strangers Again is the new single from Alexander Wren, a young singer and prolific songwriter who has a natural and unforced way of adding depth and credibility to his songs, a style that’s reminiscent of Willie Nelson.
Watch Midnight Shift, the new single from Jason McNiff taken from his forthcoming album Joy and Independence which is set for release on July 27th via At the Helm Records.
ANTI- Records have announced the release of Songs of Resistance 1942 – 2018, a political album of songs from acclaimed guitarist Marc Ribot featuring guest spots from the likes of Tom Waits, Sam Amidon and Meshell Ndegeocello. Listen to Srinivas featuring Steve Earle.
