The award-winning Israeli-Persian singer Liraz returns with a new single “Azizam” from her upcoming third album ‘Roya’ (due out on 7 October 2022 on Glitterbeat). Watch the accompanying video here.
Bonfire Radicals, Birmingham’s dynamic (un)traditional six-piece folk band, share their new video for ‘Freilacher Nashele’, the first single from their upcoming album The Space Between.
With Sonnets for Albert, Trinidad-born poet Anthony Joseph returns to the autobiographical material explored in his earlier collection Bird Head Son. Cafe Oto are hosting a special launch event on Thursday, 23 June 2022.
Rachael Dadd has announced the release of her new album ‘Kaleidoscope’, her second album for Memphis Industries (out on 14th October). She has shared a beautiful video for the album’s lead single ‘Moon Sails’ which was filmed on Severn Beach.
In a BBC Radio 4 series, Rhiannon Giddens looks at how African American roots music has been whitewashed from the history of American folk and country music. She looks at the contributions made by black musicians including Frank & Joe Thompson, Arnold Shultz & DeFord Bailey.
Welcome to the weird & wonderful world of The A’s, a new duo featuring Sylvan Esso’s Amelia Meath & Daughter of Swords’ Alexandra Sauser-Monnig. Watch the video for their lead single “He Needs Me,” a spectral reimagining of Harry Nilsson and Shelley Duvall’s 1980 Popeye classic.
Brazilian singer and guitarist Sessa has released his latest single Pele da Esfera, a laid back, transcendental funk, replete with lush vocal harmonies and a perfect example of Sessa’s intimate connection to the golden-era late ‘60s and early ‘70s bossa and tropicalia.
The Hug is the latest single from Michele Stodart which she wrote with her daughter Maisie. Watch the charming accompanying video which brings together her daughter’s original drawings to tell the story behind the lyrics of the song.
George Sansome and Sophie Crawford of Queer Folk are curating a series of nights to celebrate Pride Month. They talk to us about the origins of Queer Folk and guide us through a selection of queer traditional songs and talk about queerness in folk history.
Watch the accompanying lyric video for Belong to Heaven, the latest single from Cass McCombs on which he navigates the loss of a close friend. He is joined by Danielle Haim on drums and vocals, The Chapin Sisters on additional vocals, Shahzad Ismaily and more.
Taken from their new album Auf Wiedersehen, Me Duck, Anglo-German duo Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer share a live video for their cover of Joan Baez’s Diamonds and Rust.
Following the release of her recent Covers album, Cat Power has surprised all with a new cover single of The Rolling Stones’ “You Got The Silver” from their 1969 album Let it Bleed.
