Neil catches up with the progress of Mike Vass as he embarks on his project to re-create a sea journey around the Western Isles, the mirror of a journey taken by author Neil Gunn in 1937.
As dark, brooding and beautiful as the Welsh landscape, 9Bach venture into new songs on Tincian, inspired by the heritage of their homeland and a trip down under with thrilling results.
What started as a solo project aiming at a distinctly English sound is turning into a band in its own right and Wenlock Hill, the second album from Merrymouth proves the wisdom therein.
We have an exclusive video première today from the fabulous Polly and the Billets Doux. As well as being our Song of the Day ‘Money Tree’ is the title track of their new album out this month.
Billy Bragg and his band played a milestone show last night at London’s Hammersmith Apollo along with special guest Seth Lakeman…warmth and comradeship washes over the Apollo.
They say there’s no place like Home and by following her heart Hafdis Huld proves the wisdom with a sublime and serene CD recorded in the rural outskirts of Reykjavik where she resides.
Martin Green offers FRUK an exclusive glimpse of the other side and the commissioning and stage production of Crows’ Bones with all its ghostly chills and musical thrills.
After making what many are calling the best album of her career we catch an evening with Rosanne Cash along with husband and musical collaborator John Leventhal.
The Moulettes make another quantum leap and Costellations is quite possibly a worm hole to a parallel universe. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 – Houston we have lift off.
Helen catches a rare opportunity to see Beverley Martyn, our Artist of the Month, perform live at London’s Bush Hall… “a musical phoenix rising from the ashes.”
We have an the an exclusive première of the brilliant new video from Gramercy Arms for ‘Always in Love’, the first single to be taken from their forthcoming album ‘The Seasons of Love’.
We have a great video première today of ‘Amazing Robot’, the new single by one of the UK’s finest songwriter’s: Boo Hewerdine, from his forthcoming album ‘My Name In The Bracket’s’.
