Award winning Film documentary Bayou Maharajah which tells the extraordinary story of New Orleans rhythm and blues musician James Carroll Booker III will be screened across the UK and released on DVD for the first time.
Watch the video premiere from Stockholm-based trio Barbarisms for ‘Heaviest Breather’, their new single and opening track from their latest album Browser. They play a Rough Trade East instore this Wednesday 29th June.
Watch this short film on English psych-folk musician Simon Finn, a revealing and moving insight into his early life leading up to the release ‘Pass the Distance’ and the time he spent in North America before returning to the UK after 35 years.
Watch the new animated video from Neko Case, K.D. Lang and Laura Veirs’ for ‘Atomic Number’, inspired by a man searching for a soul mate with the same atomic number, 42.
Dr. Ralph Stanley, one of the key figures who helped establish and develop bluegrass has died at the age of 89. His family revealed that he had been fighting an ongoing battle with skin cancer and died peacefully in his sleep.
Lloyd Kahn is well known for inspiring many people the world over to build their own homes. This short film profiles his move from the geodesic homes he became famous for in the ’70s to the less complicated. The one thing they all share is proof that a home is more than just a shelter.
Lou Rhodes shares new single ‘All I Need’ taken from her forthcoming album ‘theyesandeye’ an album embroidered with a rich palette of stark piano, vocal layering, transcendent harp and strings all wrapped up within a heady smattering of vintage reverbs.
WOMAD announce more top names to this year’s line-up including Konono No1, King Creosote and a superb collaboration between Malian kora legend Toumani Diabate, double-bassist Danny Thompson and the young flamenco force Ketama
Nathan Bell is back with ‘I Don’t Do This for Love, I Do This for Love’, the third instalment in a potent trilogy that began with 2011’s Black Crow Blue. Watch him performing the title track live.
Norwegian singer songwriter Moddi announces Unsongs – an album featuring songs that have been censored, banned or silenced including songs by Victor Jara, Pussy Riot and Kate Bush.
Admiral Fallow teamed up with the chamber ensemble Auricle Ensemble at Celtic Connections this year for a very special performance at Glasgow’s Mackintosh Church. Watch them performing Bomb Through The Town.
Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra arose from a visit by the Master Drummer of Afrobeat Tony Allen visiting Haiti to perform with Haitian musicians at a public concert. The results are spectacular.
