New concert footage filmed in 1996 of Martyn Bennett touring his self-titled debut album has been shared. He would have celebrated his 50th birthday last week.
Listen to ‘Killer Whales’, the swooning new pastoral ballad from Catgod, the musical project led by Oxford-based sibling duo Robin Christensen-Marriott and Catherine Marriott.
TEYR are delighted to announce the release of their second album, Estren. Watch them performing a live version of album opener ‘Shannon Frisk Arrivals’ at the stunning Welsh Chapel in central London.
Sruth is a new BBC Alba series about traditional music in the here and now, it’s a debt to the past masters, known and unknown, and to the bright future flowing ahead of us.
Bill MacKay and Nathan Bowles offer us a further gem from their forthcoming ‘Keys’ as they dip into the Country gospel songbook of E.C. and Orna Ball of Rugby, VA for their latest single.
Featured as a Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4, Scotland’s National Poet Jackie Kay brings to life the tempestuous story of the greatest blues singer who ever lived – Bessie Smith.
Malian kora virtuoso Ballaké Sissoko shares the title track of his new album Djourou on which he is joined by leading female kora player Sona Jobarte, from The Gambia. A poetic duet.
Virtuoso improv-folk duo The Ciderhouse Rebellion featuring Adam Summerhayes (fiddle) and Murray Grainger (accordion) announce their first music of 2021 with the release of an animated video for the tune ‘The Skinny Orphan’.
Listen to Mountain Man covering Fiona Apple’s Hot Knife – “If we followed Questlove’s advice and made gratitude lists before we went to bed every night, Fiona Apple would be at the top every time…”
Calling to mind Solid Air era John Martyn, listen to ‘Gravity’, the debut single from Hector Shaw, which explores the desperation of witnessing someone you care about suffering.
Rose City Band, the solo project of singer/guitarist Ripley Johnson, announces new album – Earth Trip, out 21 May. Listen to lead single ‘Lonely Places’.
February Sounds is the latest EP offering from UK and Ireland based musicians Laura Cannell and Kate Ellis and the second EP in their twelve-part series project ‘These Feral Lands – A Year Documented in Sound and Art.’
