Rhiannon Giddens announces new solo album ‘You’re the One’. “Blues, jazz, Cajun, country, gospel, and rock—it’s all there” she says; listen to the title track and lead single, inspired by a moment she had with her son not long after he was born.
Kacey Johansing has announced her new album, Year Away, to be released on July 28th via Night Bloom Records. Watch her video for Daffodils, a song that reflects on mortality.
One of the best Tiny Desk Concerts I’ve seen in a long time; watch the Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet with Wendy Eisenberg, Ava Mendoza and Shane Parish. Four musicians at the frontier of creativity and having fun while they’re there.
Our Song of the Day is ‘Spring’, a seasonal new single from Arny Margret, on which she is joined by fellow Icelandic singer-songwriter Júníus Meyvant. It’s a soothing yet delicate heart-rending offering with opening flowers and dewy mornings set against a song of broken love.
Our Tune of the Day is ‘Second Guess’, the latest single from Chicago trio Black Duck, featuring Douglas McCombs, Bill MacKay and Charles Rumback. It’s taken from their self-titled debut album, out on June 23rd via Thrill Jockey.
Our Tune of the Day comes from Jim O’Rourke with an edited version of “A Man’s Mind Will Play Tricks on Him”, taken from the film soundtrack to Kyle Armstrong’s ‘Hands That Bind’. This is also his first film soundtrack to get a worldwide release.
The latest song in the Bring Your Own Hammer series comes from Carol Keogh (aka The Wicc). Watch the accompanying video for ‘A Pair of Packed Valises (before the Dunbrody), 1849’ which offers a striking and rich re-imagining of the departure of two women from Ireland to the United States.
Our Song of the Day comes from Blurry the Explorer, the project of Jeremy Gustin – featuring Ricardo Dias Gomes, Ryan Dugre and Leo Abrahams (plus a number of special guests). Watch the video for the title track of their new album ‘Angel Ecology’.
Ahead of the release of Archangel Hill, Shirley Collins’ third album for Domino, she shares a second track from the record, “Hares On The Mountain”. Watch the accompanying video.
Jim Ghedi & Toby Hay share a live video for Gylfinir (‘curlew’ in Welsh), the final single from their second collaborative record, out May 26th on Topic Records. Shot in Sheffield’s Abbeydale Picture House, the video displays the wonderful interplay of Ghedi & Hay’s unified talents.
With a psychedelic soulful swell, we are greeted by Opal Eskar’s ‘The Woodsman’, the latest collaborative project from the prolifically diverse DIY icon Karl Blau – lo-fi and musically wonky but warm and inviting.
Sara Wolff’s new single ‘Homesick’ is our Song of the Day – her hushed vocals encourage you to lean in, rewarding you with her tack-sharp wordsmithery and narrative-rich lyrics
