Rachel Baiman and Kris Drever have announced a co-billed tour this spring across the UK. This week they are releasing a new single, a stunning remake of Eliza Gilkyson’s “Hard Times in Babylon”. The accompanying video premieres on Folk Radio UK.
Mags’ 21st is the funky new roots single from Corner House, a young American quartet with Scottish ties featuring Orkney-born fiddler Louise Bichan, mandolin player Ethan Setiawan, cellist Casey Murray and guitarist Ethan Hawkins.
Alex Rex announces new poetry/drone record “Mouthful Of Earth” featuring music from Richard Youngs, Alastair Galbraith & Lavinia Blackwall. Listen to the first cut from the album ‘Wastwater’ – “…a love letter written in light. It was inspired by the uncanny valleys of the Lake District.”
The award-winning Canadian bluegrass outfit The Slocan Ramblers return with their new album Up the Hill and Through the Fog in June. Taken from the album, watch them performing Harefoot’s Retreat, a toe-tapper from start to finish underpinned by their bold, dynamic sound.
Taken from their forthcoming new album Sorrows Away, The Unthanks have today released their first album single ‘The Bay Of Fundy’. Watch the accompanying video and don’t miss their album tour which kicks off today.
Taken from his forthcoming album ‘Fleeting Adventure’, watch the latest video from Andrew Tuttle for ‘Overnight’s A Weekend’ featuring Steve Gunn and Balmorhea.
Last Friday saw the release of Irish singer, Pauline Scanlon’s new album ‘The Unquiet’. It reimagines what it is to be an Irish woman in the context of music and song and it’s the subject of an upcoming documentary on RTE Radio 1.
The world’s biggest ceilidh, Hoolie in the Hydro, takes place at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow on Saturday 17th December with a lineup that includes Dougie Maclean, Mànran, Sharon Shannon Band, Skerryvore and Trail West.
Following his bittersweet slacker debut novel ‘Three Craws’, Jame Yorkston has announced his second: The Book of the Gaels, described by musician and broadcaster Jarvis Cocker as ‘An unsentimental and unflinching miracle of remembrance’.
Lisa O’Neill sings her version of Bob Dylan’s, All the Tired Horses at the end of the final episode of the final series, of Peaky Blinders, currently, the most-watched television series, in the world.
TG4 Gradam Ceoil 2022 Awards ceremony will take place in Dublin for the first time in the award’s history. This year’s recipients include Paddy Glackin, Diarmuid Ó Meachair, Dolores Keane, Connie O’Connell, Sarah Ghriallais, Edwina Guckian and Skara Brae.
On her new album, Galway vocalist/artist Ceara Conway collaborates with producer Seán Mac Erlaine and a top cast of musicians to bring you a collection of sean-nós songs that explore the beautiful sounds and sentiments of longing and loss.
