This wonderful film from director Austin Wilson looks behind the scenes at Alela Diane and her forthcoming album. Shot entirely in her Portland home the film offers a very down to earth view of everyday life as well as a little insight into her inspirations and her new album.
PJ Harvey has released the 5th Film, from a series of 12 short films, By Seamus Murphy. Murphy, an award winning photographer, has spent over two decades uniquely documenting conflict through his lens. Watch the video below
HI54LOFI attempted to cram over 10 years of Patrick Porter creativity into one free digital mix tape. It comes in at an amazing 40+ minutes. I wouldn’t know where to start! All that aside, it is now your chance to explore –the man, the myth, the mystic– further.
Elysian Fields performed for LaBlogotheque recently. As is normal with many sessions on LaBlogotheque things never quite go as expected. The arrival of the New York duo was not exactly uneventful. The session, despite a jet-lagged-fatigued couple was still exceptional and beautiful!
We were introduced to Nataniel Rateliff by the good folks at Open House Festival, Belfast. This is his latest session on which he sings Boil And Fight.
A short film by Myles O’Reilly following Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh and Kate Ellis to Iceland to meet with band Amiina. The first chapter in a project to develop closer relations between artists living in Ireland and Iceland.
A new feature on Folk Radio UK is a favourite weekly video. We decided to start at the top rung level, and this will be hard to beat. This is from a 1989 edition of “Aly Bain and Friends”, with none other than Dick Gaughan performing ‘Both Sides of the Tweed’ from his 1980 “Handful of Earth” album.
This weeks ‘Album of the Week’ is Fernhill’s latest release: canu rhydd which features eight new pieces which really shows their talents off to their fullest. Fernhill have been described as cultural ambassadors for Wales and its music.
Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts have released their official video for ‘Fleetwood Fair’ which is taken from their 2010 album, Up from the Deep which was self-produced, mixed by Andy Bell and mastered by Megson’s Stu Hanna.
Folk-roots acoustic guitar duo Hickman and Quinn embark on their first UK headline tour during February and March to promote their debut album, Times. Co produced by Andy Bell (Sea Sick Steve and KT Tunstall) Times contains all original material from the singer-songwriters.
You only need to read through The Bothy Band history to realise how big they were. All the names are world famous now and there is no escaping that they changed the face of irish traditional music forever.
Watch John Martyn performing with Kathy Mattea along with Danny Thompson on bass and Jerry Douglas on dobro! A classic moment in the Transatlantic Sessions!
