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We’ve been catching up on news from some of our favourite artists today and came across this recent live performance by Sharon Van Etten. Sharon is due to release her second album in October titled Epic which will be a seven song collection. This video was filmed at the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto and it’s one hell of a powerful performance.
We are big fans of Emily and the Woods here on Folk Radio UK. We first heard her at a Communion Night in Bristol. Since then she has been busy finishing her studies at University and has managed to release a great music video for Never Play. Watch the video now and listen again to the exclusive acoustic session she recorded for us back in May this year
Momentos is a new short film from Nuna Rocha. Nuna wrote and directed it for LG Portugal. The concept, “Life’s good” was the main theme. Despite being made for a commercial company, you could easily be unaware of this. It is both a sad and moving short film, one you would not maybe expect to be used commercially. Enjoy
Many of you will be aware that Mumford and Sons and Laura Marling visited India in December 2009 to share and create music with Rajasthani musicians. There is no doubt that such a trip and musical experience will leave a lasting impression; whether it’s the experience of a new culture, acceptance as fellow musicians or the creative energy gained from such a collaboration, this is a journey that will have …
Indie folk lovers out there know we love Communion. We have been getting excited about this project ever since it kicked off in Notting Hill and then landed on our home turf in Bristol. It’s now spreading and will be part of the Open House Festival this year in Belfast which we are media sponsors for!
To hear that an Indie Folk artist is to have their music featured in a TV commercial should be no real surprise…you can’t watch a commerical break without hearing one of them. However, this one may be new to many Indie folk lovers in the UK as Jil is Lucky is a new pop-folk french artist whose single The Wanderer is to be featured in a new world campaign for …
Vincent Moon has given Mumford and Sons the Blogotheque treatment. With only an hour to spare, Moon set up whilst Mumford attempted to translate one of their songs as well as find a nearby filming location that hadn’t been used before. As always, they succeeded in pulling it off along with the help of Johnny Flynn improvising on violin! This was the result:
Legendary singer-songwriter Graham Nash’s emotionally charged solo debut ‘Songs For Beginners’ was first released in 1971 and came on the heels of a temporary split with his CSN band mates, David Crosby and Stephen Stills, and a permanent break with his then-love, Joni Mitchell. The album was a hit, climbing to #15 on the Billboard chart and introducing the now-classic songs “Military Madness”, “Simple Man”, “Used To Be A King”, …
Frukie listeners will be familiar with the 2007 Grinderman side project of Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos which has graced our playlist in the past. A follow-up (Grinderman 2) has been announced with a single release titled Heathen Child on 30th August and an album release on 13th September titled Grinderman 2: Here Come the Wolfman.