Steve Gunn releases ‘Nakama’, an EP featuring reinterpretations of tracks from his latest album ‘Other You’. Featuring close friends: Mikey Coltun and Ahmoudou Madassane, Natural Information Society, as well as remixes by Circuit des Yeux and Bing & Ruth.
Joined by a mix of Swedish and Irish musicians, listen to Mo Chuisle (My Pulse in Irish), the ethereal new single from Irish singer Eva Coyle, due on 25th January 2022.
Watch Molly O’Mahony of the art-folk group Mongoose performing ‘Remember To Be Brave’ in a new Resound session by West Cork Music who continue to shine a light on the musical talent of the area.
Celtic Connections have announced that they will now also run a digital programme showcasing performances from some of the most exciting acts spanning traditional folk, roots, Americana, jazz, soul and world music.
An Tinne (The Chain) is a project led by SEALL, and Skye Gaelic singer Anne Martin linking a collection of songs, stories and objects across the centuries between Scotland and Australia.
The organisers of Gate to Southwell have confirmed that the 15th festival will now take place from July 14th to 17th 2022. Names include Peat & Diesel, Dervish, The Spooky Men’s Chorale, Chris While and Julie Mathews, Greg Russell and Danny Pedlar and more.
During the summer of 2021, Northern collective ‘Harp and a Monkey’ worked on a commission to capture an aural representation of everyday life for inhabitants of the Peak District in Derbyshire. Watch the accompanying video ‘Birdsong and Bells: The Peak Sound Project’.
As part of the Unwrapped Series at Kings Place, London, Unity in Song is a weekend celebration of powerful voices from the folk tradition, and the joy of community singing. Ft. Martin & Eliza Carthy, Cara Dillon, Peggy Seeger, Green Ribbons and more.
The Sidmouth Folk Festival returns in grand style in summer 2022 with main stage headliners including Kate Rusby, Eddi Reader, Show of Hands, The Spooky Men’s Chorale, Spiers and Boden, Jez Lowe, Granny’s Attic, Yves Lambert Trio and more.
Josienne Clarke takes a more upbeat route on her new EP “I Promised You Light” following a fan pleading with her to write something more positive. Watch the accompanying video for lead single “Driving At Night” as she delivers on that promise.
Fresh from receiving the Musician of The Year award at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards on Saturday, listen to Iona Fyfe’s new single ‘Poor Ditching Boy’, a Scots translation of the Richard Thompson song which she also talks to us about.
