With her new album ‘Hundreds of Days’ set for release this Friday, May 18th, (via Ghostly International), LA-based composer/harpist Mary Lattimore has shared a third and final preview ahead of the record’s release which is also out Tune of the Day.
String Sisters announce tour dates in May – blending Nordic and Celtic traditions into a glorious riot of all-encompassing sound with band members from Shetland, Norway, Sweden, Ireland, Scotland and the United States.
Watch Na Jurnata ‘e Sole by Gnut, one of the finest young contemporary Italian singer-songwriters, taken from the first in a new discovery EP series from Piers Faccini’s record label Beating Drum.
Listen to Lydia Luce’s “Helen”, a song inspired by Mt. St. Helens and the iconic story of Harry R. Truman, who refused to leave the mountain when it was going to explode. In this extension of the story, he is perpetually drawn to the beauty of the destruction she brings.
Watch Appalachian songwriter Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno performing Time Is Everything, the title of Leva’s debut album. They arrive in the UK next month and they come very high up on our list of gigs to see.
Iron & Wine share ingenious stop motion video by Rachel Blumberg for ‘Last Night’, taken from their Grammy-nominated album, Beast Epic. They return to the UK later this year to headline Black Deer Festival in Kent, as well as perform in Ireland and Glasgow.
The Unconscious Echo features seven dynamic and original tracks, with moments ranging from Swan Arcade style unaccompanied harmony vocals, to swelling instrumental choruses reminiscent of Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
Dorset-born Roo Panes is to release his third album ‘Quiet Man’ next month. Listen to his lead single My Sweet Refuge which carries the album’s hallmarks that convey “a place of stillness, peace and contentment”
Folk Radio has teamed up with Vinyl 180 for a great vinyl giveaway of two white vinyl Record Store Day releases: June Tabor’s double LP ‘Ashore’ and Anne Briggs ‘Sing A Song For You’, originally released in 1973.
Our Song of the Day comes via the video premiere ‘Cut the Line’, the new single from AnnaChristie Sapphire – “She has a soulful huskiness and power that could break glass”.
The Innocence Mission reveal new animated video for lead single Green Bus. The video was animated by Karen Peris herself whose heartwarming vocals are at the heart of the trio. The single is from their forthcoming album Sun on the Square.
June 1, see’s the release of Songs for the Living and Otherwise, the third studio album from The Mulligan Brothers. Listen to the premiere of Great Grandaddy’s War. They are on tour in the US now.
