Listen to the Keston Cobblers’ Club new single ‘Beam’ which is taken from their forthcoming EP ‘A Scene of Plenty’ released on 13th May. Plus catch them on their first 5 City Headline Tour in September.
Ceri Wade is in the hot-seat again this week with a Nest Collective Hour that will be celebrating May Day and its traditions with some summery tunes, new releases, upcoming events and a couple of old favourites too.
We introduced Douglas Dare in July last year and it looks like 2013 could be his year. Having just signed to the Erased Tapes he is about to emabark on a European Tour with fellow label artist Ólafur Arnalds. Listen to his latest demo ‘Scars’.
The 7-piece alt-folk London based troupe Patch & The Giant are gearing up for the release of their new EP The Boatswain’s Refuge which is released 20th May 2013 on Folkroom Records. Watch their new video for Love & War!
Although you may need to wait a bit for the release of an official video for Pand Su’s new single ‘Maps’ which is out today you can enjoy this live video which she recently revealed.
Celebrating the release of his latest album ‘Denatured’ Simple Folk Radio invited Texas native Tony Presley (Real Live Tigers) to join them for a second session which you can hear this coming Sunday at 5:00pm!
John Blek and the Rats are a six-piece band that hail from Cork City and deliver good old-fashioned folk and roots with a genuine home-grown feel. Check their latest video for Hand on my Heart, taken from their forthcoming album ‘Leave your Love at the Door’.
Back in February we reviewed The Willows fantastic album ‘Beneath Our Humble Soil’. We’re very pleased to be featuring them again: Watch this great live video session in which they perform three tracks from the album.
This week’s Nest Collective Hour is hosted by Ceri Wade which has a loose theme titled ‘Mixed Bag’ based on the title of Richie Havens album and in honour of him. Ceri will be playing new and much loved Artists from across genres and different parts of the world.
Juno award winning Cara Luft is set to released her third solo album, Darlingford in June followed by a UK and Ireland tour. Have a listen to her cover of that track made popular by Maddy Prior & Tim Hart in 1971: ‘The Ploughboy and the Cockney’.
Irish band Bell X1 shave the sonics down on their latest release Chop Chop which was produced by Peter Katis & Thomas Bartlett (aka Doveman). The results are spectacular….listen to ‘Starlings Over Brighton Pier’
French artist Cécile Schott best known as Colleen returns after a five years with a new album titled The Weighing of the Heart. Watch her new video which features the work of Japanese experimental film maker Makino Takashi and listen to album excerpts.
