John Oates announces new roots album ‘Arkansas’. A project which began as a tribute to Oates’ idol, the legendary American country blues singer and guitarist Mississippi John Hurt. For the album, he is joined by a strong stellar cast of musicians who go to make up The Good Road Band.
The Ben Miller Band have announced the release of Choke Cherry Tree via New West Records on January 26th, 2018. Watch their new video for “Akira Kurosawa”, a song about the influential Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Watch the music video for ‘Foolish Sea’, the new single from Yorkshire’s rising new folk talent Fran Wyburn. The single is released on 1st December right before playing on the Introducing stage at this year’s Great British Folk Festival on the 3rd December.
East London five-piece band Stick In The Wheel reveal video for their hypnotic and immersive title-track of their forthcoming new album ‘Follow Them True’. The film and animation were made by artist Teresa Elizabeth Lobos.
Scottish trio Salt House (Jenny Sturgeon, Ewan MacPherson and Lauren MacColl) announce new album Undersong and share new preview video. They have also announced a series of album launch shows kicking off with Celtic Connections on January 27th.
Six Organs of Admittance’s Ben Chasny returns with his third Hexadic instalment which conveys a shared mode from a wide span of performers including Meg Baird, Moon Duo, Jenks Miller (Mount Moriah) and more.
Watch Mirrors, the new single and video from singer, cellist, songwriter, and composer Wes Swing. Filmed at a historic island lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay, it features Diane Cluck playing the role of the historical lighthouse keeper Ida Lewis. It also features Devon Sproule.
Taken from their forthcoming album ‘Franklin’ on Hudson Records, Kings of the South Seas have shared their new video for ‘Death of a Gull’ which opens to some gorgeous banjo and highly intuitive freestyle drumming.
Watch Calexico’s new lyric video for ‘Voices in the Field’ – inspired by the poems on postcards from those uprooted by war and oppression. The new single is taken from their forthcoming ninth studio album, ‘The Thread That Keeps Us’.
Daria Kulesh presents her new single Vasilisa, featuring Jonny Dyer and produced by Jason Emberton, accompanied by a stunning new music video made by Elly Lucas and Adam Quelch. Inspired by the Russian fairy tale of Vasilisa and Baba Yaga.
Our Song of the Day comes from Cretan lute player George Xylouris and Australian drummer Jim White of Dirty Three. Forging is taken from their 2016 album Black Peak. Their new album ‘Mother’ is due for release on 19th January 2018 via Bella Union.
Secretly Canadian have released a new 7″ featuring covers of two Black Sabbath songs by Jason Molina. The release also features artwork by Rhode Island artist William Schaff whose work has adorned covers of releases by the likes of Allysen Callery, Brown Bird, Okkervil River and more.
