Author

Alex Gallacher

Filmed at the family-run, independent Chorlton Bookshop, watch the innovative and vibrant Good Habits performing ‘The Earth Has Moved’, their new single, written after Bonnie experienced her first earthquake.

Recorded live at RYP Recording studio and featuring French-born Easymess, watch Jessie Reid performing her stunning new single, ‘A Little Closer’. This is one you will keep wanting to revisit.

Esteemed Scottish singer and Gaelic language advocate Joy Dunlop is set to release her third solo album Caoir. Watch the accompanying video for her lead single ‘Mo nighean donn, ho gù’, a traditional Gaelic waulking song that is given a powerful contemporary musical twist.

Simon Emmerson, the founder of Afro Celt Sound System, core founder of The Imagined Village, record producer, guitarist, bird watcher and Honorary Bard, passed away on Monday, 13th March.

Our Song of the Day comes from Peter One, a 67-year-old country-folk musician originally from Cote d’Ivoire, West Africa, now living in Nashville. Listen to ‘Birds Go Die Out Of Sight (Don’t Go Home)’ featuring Allison Russell.

On 14th April, Yorkshire-based songwriter Phil Hooley releases his new album Provenance, the long-awaited follow-up to his debut solo release Songs From The Back Room. Listen to his latest single, ‘The Veteran’s Song’, on which a forgotten survivor examines the futility of war.

Taken from his forthcoming new album ‘Grief in the Kitchen and Mirth in the Hall’, Alasdair Roberts releases his new single today, ‘The Bonny Moorhen’. Watch the accompanying captivating stop frame animation video by Jonathan Farr.

We revisit the Welsh seaside village of Llareggub…the setting of Under Milk Wood ft. Nick Drake, Julie Murphy, Georgia Ruth, Lleuwen, Cate Le Bon, Little Arrow, Gold Valley Bench, John Renbourn & Wizz Jones, Michael Chapman and more.

The annual literary and arts festival, The Laugharne Weekend (24-26 March 2023), is to be live-streamed for the first time – including Martin and Eliza Carthy, PP Arnold, Vashti Bunyan, James Yorkston and more.

Taken from her new album ‘All Of This Is Chance’ (one of our Featured Albums of the Month), watch Lisa O’Neill’s new video for ‘The Globe’, here, just with guitar, she performs the song live on the coast of Kerry. She has also announced her headline US Tour dates.

To celebrate the Limited Edition Vinyl release of Kate Ellis’ sophomore album Spiral’s, watch her new video for ‘Hurt’, an iconic song by Trent Reznor, most famously re-interpreted by Johnny Cash at the end of his life.

Watch Australian guitarist Darren “D.C” Cross performing “Brumby”, a track that is featured on the new album ‘Solstice: A Tribute to Steffen Basho-Junghans’, which was curated by Buck Curran.

This site uses cookies. By continuing to use the site you consent to their use. Close and Accept Use of Cookies on KLOF Mag