Still As Your Sleeping is the stunning new album from singer Karine Polwart and pianist Dave Milligan. Shortly before the record’s release, we sat down with the duo to chat about their new release, babysitting each other’s children and the hunt for patrons with pianos.
We chat to John Spiers and Jon Boden (our Artists of the Month) about their new album Fallow Ground that finds them reunited and revelling in the sheer fun of music-making rooted in the English folk tradition.
Read the final guest post from Ye Vagabonds for their ‘All Boats Rise’ canal boat tour…they are joined by Leo O Kelly of Tír Na nÓg, Laura Quirke and Joshua Burnside and Brigid Mae Power. Don’t miss their Vicar Street gig on 25th September.
We chat to Simon Moreton about his book “Where?” Following his father’s death in 2017, the author went back to his childhood home in rural Shropshire trying to process his grief by revisiting his family’s time as transplants to the countryside.
We rejoin Ye Vagabonds who are currently on their ‘All Boats Rise’ tour. They update us on their journey after Belmont as they make their way to Ballycommon via Pollagh and Rahan playing gigs with Feli Speaks and John Francis Flynn along the way.
Ye Vagabonds share their first weekly postcard from their inland waterway tour of Ireland. “Everyone we met along the way, auld lads driving tractors, cyclists, couples with prams, all greeted us with smiles and waves. They all move faster than us too.”
David Weir catches up with John Francis Flynn, also our Artist of the Month, to chat about the inspiration behind and making of his debut album ‘I Would Not Live Always’. “…one of the most deeply affecting folk debuts of recent years.”
We chat to LA-based singer songwriter Marina Allen (also our Artist of the Month) about her debut album ‘Candlepower’, the challenges of songwriting, her eclectic influences, and the LA music scene.
We chat with internationally acclaimed artist David Suff about his new book “Walking on Skylark Ridge” – part nature diary, part autobiography, this collection of writing and drawings documents our relationship with the local natural world through one year.
We talk to Katherine Priddy about the finer details of her songcraft, how she’s withstood the recent highs and lows, and why she should never be left alone with your mum’s finest china.
John McMahon interviews Simon Costin, Founder/Director of the Museum of British Folklore, about “Ritual Britain”, a spellbinding new exhibition on British calendar customs – a collaboration between the museum and the artist Ben Edge which is running at London’s Crypt Gallery now.
Alula Down share their journey through the year via Postcards from Godley Moor – the latest in the series, Spring 2021, is released today and they have written a personal piece which reflects on their music and their deepening reciprocal relationship with the natural world.
