Jim Causley is a big fan of Christmas and is keen to get ‘A Causley Christmas’ tour underway. I caught up with Jim to chat about West Country carols, his tour and plans for the future… including his joining the group Narthen.
Our Song of the Day comes from Lewis born musician and composer Iain Morrison with the powerful Clogadh II. Taken from his new work titled SÀL, watch the accompanying powerful and moving video by Dalziel + Scullion.
Hands Up for Trad, organising body of MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards, has announced the artists and bands shortlisted for 2019’s prestigious awards, with voting opening 10am on Monday 4th November.
For this month and next, Emily Barker and Marry Waterson will be taking their album ‘A Window to Other Ways’ on the road. I caught up with Marry to talk about the album and how it all came about.
Our Song of the Day comes from Ida Wenøe and her new single ‘Change Me A Little’, a reminder that “If we are open to change, we are open to growth”, watch the accompanying video.
This month sees the launch of ‘Bright Field’, a new quarterly night of music and spoken word celebrating the start of each season from the borders and beyond. We chat to one of the organisers, Arts and Culture journalist Jude Rogers, about this new seasonal offering.
River Lea is a record label run by Geoff Travis & Jeannette Lee of Rough Trade along with music journalist Tim Chipping. We chat with Tim about how the label came to be which features Lisa O’Neill, Ye Vagabonds and Brìghde Chaimbeul, all of whom have picked up BBC Folk Award nominations this year.
We rewind the clock to 2009 to one of my all-time favourite albums – James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players – Folk Songs. Watch them in session including a short documentary.
Rachael Dadd has just announced that she is to release a new album titled ‘Flux’ on 8 November via Memphis Industries the announcement for which was led by her new video for “Cut My Roots”, one of the most powerful statements she’s made to date.
While at Sidmouth Folk Festival, Canadian folk duo Mama’s Broke were led to one of Sidmouth’s iconic seafront shelters, where they performed “What Can May Come” from their debut album “Count the Wicked.”
Our Tune of the Day comes from the incredible Cormac Begley & Liam O’Connor performing Craig’s pipes and the Foxhunter reel live at The Sugar Club in Dublin. Together they reinforce the notion that we are in a golden age of Irish traditional music.
Karine Polwart’s Scottish Songbook album has reached number 34 in the UK Album Charts, her first-ever Top 40 Album. It also reached an incredible No 2 in the Scottish Album Charts. Don’t miss her Songbook tour.
