Next month marks ten years since the release of Lipreading the Poet, the debut album by Peter Knight’s Gigspanner. They will be celebrating with an anniversary tour which kicks off this month.
Our Song of the Day comes from TK & The Holy Know-Nothings – their affectionately dubbed “psychedelic doom boogie” is strongly influenced by Doug Sahm, The Holy Modal Rounders, The Flatlanders, Dan Reeder, and Jeffrey Frederick & the Clamtones.
Tunng announce Magpie Bites and Other Cuts, a collection of rare gems and oddities released from 2004 to 2018. These are the 7”s, special editions, b-sides and hidden tracks that would otherwise be lost in the ether.
Richard Thompson turned 70 this week and to mark the occasion he has announced a birthday celebration show at London’s Royal Albert Hall on September 30th 2019 which will feature some very special guests, who will be announced in the coming weeks.
Our Song of the Day comes from Pete & Crystal Damore, better known as Ordinary Elephant. Watch them performing The War, a song taken from their forthcoming album Honest.
Watch STANLÆY, the alter ego of Bath-based singer, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Bethany Stenning performing her single The Mountain Collector live.
We have the pleasure in premiering the beautiful video for ‘Hidden Things’, the new single from Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage that forms part of a trilogy exploring our connection to place and landscape.
Our Song of the Day is Gallatin Pike by San Francisco, folk artist Annie Bacon + Her Oshen. I encourage you to seek this one out for keeps. Some singers have a way of connecting with their audience and Annie Bacon’s storytelling is exceptional.
Last month saw the release of BBC Folk Award-winning Dublin singer and musician Daoirí Farrell’s A Lifetime of Happiness. His album tour is now underway and he is playing dates up and down the country so don’t miss out!
Listen to Be Your Man, the new single from Nashville singer-songwriter D.L. Rossi – “In it’s simplest form “Be Your Man” is just a love song, but what makes it unique is the perspective.”
We have the immense pleasure of sharing the brilliant new video (by filmmaker Laura Sheeran) for Crush from Dublin-based singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Inni-K who was named by RTÉ.ie as one of ten fierce women defining Irish culture.
Ahead of the release of their new album The Great Irish Songbook, Dervish announce the premiere of its ‘The Great Irish Songbook’ show at The Palladium in London which will feature very special guests. David Gray and Kate Rusby are first to be revealed with more to come over the next few weeks.
