Irish roots five-piece outfit I Draw Slow have released a long-awaited new single. ‘Bring Out Your Dead’, is taken from their new album due for release in early 2022.
Bill Callahan & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy announce Blind Date Party featuring their series of covers with the likes of Alasdair Roberts, Meg Baird, Matt Sweeney, George Xylouris, Six Organs of Admittance, Sir Richard Bishop and more.
Taken from I’ll Be Your Mirror – A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico, watch Andrew Bird and Lucius performing a great cover of Venus in Furs. The album is out now on Verve.
Karen Matheson, Brìghde Chaimbeul & Aidan O’Rourke, Kim Carnie, Dàimh, Ross Ainslie and Tim Edey are among the artists performing at Blas Festival this month that will have their concerts live-streamed.
Jon Boden announces tour dates with The Remnant Kings (Sam Sweeney, Paul Sartin, Rob Harbron, Ben Nicholls and Richard Warren); the Remnant Strings (Helen Bell, Morven Bryce and Lucy Revis) and The Wassail with Eliza Carthy at London’s Union Chapel.
Written by Scottish composer and artist Erland Cooper for the women of the Chorus of Opera North, a new live score for the elemental 1928 silent film The Wind receives its world premiere at Sage Gateshead on 24 February 2022.
The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards returns to Glasgow this year, taking place live at Glasgow’s Engine Works and on BBC ALBA at 9.00pm on December 4th, 2021. Here is the shortlist of nominees.
Christy Moore has today shared a further single, Johnny Boy, from his new studio album, Flying into Mystery. The song is a Gary Moore cover, originally written as a tribute to Thin Lizzy bandmate, Phil Lynott.
Recently outrage has erupted in Dublin. The Cobblestone, a pub celebrated world-wide for its traditional Irish music is proposed to be, in part, demolished in favour of erecting a multi-storey hotel.
Widely regarded as the premier seasonal show, The Albion Christmas Band ft. Simon Nicol, Kellie While, Simon Care and Ashley Hutchings takes to the road once again in December 2021 for their 21st Anniversary Greatest Hits Tour.
Watch Mdou Moctar: Live at the Niger River – filmed at dawn beside a campfire and a pot of Tuareg tea, the set captures stripped-down generator-powered performances of tracks from their new album Afrique Victime.
