Listen to Bróna McVittie’s new single – The Woman in the Moon, the title track of her new album, and Tiocfaidh an Samhradh, the first traditional Irish Gaelic song she has included in her solo repertoire, are truly visionary and refreshing.
James Yorkston and Jon Thorne are looking forward to creating something new on their latest tour. Due to visa issues, Suhail Yusuf Khan is to be replaced by Tanpura & Harmonium player Ranjana Ghatak.
Following on from the release of M G Boulter’s highly acclaimed album Clifftown, he announces ‘A Shadow Falls Over New Brighton’ EP that delves further into seaside suburbia and vignettes of ordinary life. Listen to the opening title track.
Joan Shelley’s new album The Spur will be released on June 24th. Today you can hear the new single titled ‘Amberlit Morning’ featuring Bill Callahan and watch the accompanying music video directed by Cyrus Moussavi and Brittany Nugent.
Pharis & Jason Romero share a video for their lead single Souvenir, taken from their forthcoming album, Tell ’Em You Were Gold, out on 17th June 2022 on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
James Vincent McMorrow is to showcase some of Ireland’s most exciting young musicians for an evening of the vibrant sounds of modern Ireland on Thursday 26 May 2022 at London’s Barbican.
Edinburgh Tradfest (29 April to 9 May 2022) has launched its 10th festival programme of traditional live music, talks, podcasts, storytelling, ceilidhs, dance, workshops and new commissions taking place at various venues across the City.
Award-winning American folk-roots artist Jake Blount and his band are heading to the UK for a two-week tour in late May/early June 2022, culminating with performances at Fire in the Mountain festival.
Taken from Charlie Dore’s 2020 album ‘Like Animals’, watch Charlie and Michele Stodart’s stunning and surreal new video for ‘A Hundred Miles of Nothing’ filmed at Didcot Railway Centre. The pair are planning to do some live gigs together in 2022/23.
An exceptional and meticulously crafted single, listen to ‘Sweet Joan’, the latest offering from Bay Bryan, taken from their upcoming debut concept album, The Meadow, due for release in 2023.
To celebrate the 90th anniversary of the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, members of the Sheffield and Leeds folk scene perform Ewan MacColl’s The Manchester Rambler on Kinder Scout in Peak District National Park.
Anna Tivel has signed to hometown label Mama Bird Recording Co. and shared a new song called “Astrovan”. She performs the song in the first of the label’s new series, The Schoolhouse Sessions, shot at their new headquarters outside Portland.
