Ten years ago today, avant folk duo Arborea released their critically praised album ‘Red Planet’ – in celebration, Buck and Shanti share their personal recollections of that album along with personal insights into its making in a special guest post.
Sidmouth Folk Festival announce they will return to their beloved seaside home this year with a celebratory event. Headline acts include Show of Hands, Eliza Carthy Trio and Talisk.
Taken from her new album ‘There Used to Be Horses Here ‘, watch Amy Speace’s video for ‘Down the Trail’ a joyful yet deeply emotional song that sets her apart as a truly gifted songwriter and storyteller.
Honey and the Bear celebrate the release of their new album ‘Journey Through the Roke’ with a beautifully animated video for ‘Buried In Ivy’. The animation draws a focus to our precious seas and oceans and the part we must play in their protection.
Hiss Golden Messenger shares Dylan-inspired video for Hardlytown – “Maybe the conversation that the mother and son have throughout ‘Hardlytown’ was my attempt to reckon with the tension that exists between selflessness and selfishness.”
This Friday, Farmer Dave and The Wizards of The West release a single version of ‘Babe Got Plans (For Me)’ – listen to the single and hear from Farmer Dave about love and loss.
Listen to ‘Wide World’, the beautiful new single from Sophie Janna of The Lasses which she describes as a hymn for the modern age. It’s also a lullaby for all ages…
In a BBC Radio 4 Documentary ‘Dancers at Dawn’, Martin Green traces a line from his early noughties rave epiphany back to his childhood memories of a dawn Morris dance as he explores the ancient associations of music and dance with altered states of consciousness.
Scottish quartet Gnoss share their video for ‘The River’. It’s the second single to be taken from their forthcoming new album ‘The Light of The Moon’ and an upbeat number that’s sure to be among the many album highlights.
To mark this year’s virtual Fèis Rois festival, two concerts will be shown on BBC ALBA, the first featuring Lauren MacColl’s The Seer and the second will showcase performances from SIAN, Mairearad & Anna and Project Smok.
Poet, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist Allison Russell (Our Native Daughters, Birds of Chicago), shares new single ‘Persephone’, taken from her first-ever solo project, the highly anticipated Outside Child.
Amythyst Kiah has announced her new album and Rounder Records debut, Wary + Strange. Watch her performing album track “Wild Turkey” live, a stark recounting of her mother’s death and its aftermath.
