Folk In The Park have announced the return of their one-day festival to Sutton this summer featuring Nick Lowe, Del Amitri, Iain Matthews, Danny and the Champions of the World, Hannah White, Roseanne Reid, Matt Owens and more.
UK guitarist Dean McPhee has announced the release of his fifth LP ‘Astral Gold’, which combines influences from Dub, Underground Electronic Music, Kosmische, Post Rock & British Folk. It is his first release on his new ‘Bass Ritual’ label.
A crate-diggers delight arrives on September 15th from Jalopy Records. ‘The Secret Museum of Mankind – Atlas of Instruments, Fiddles, Vol. 1’ features fiddle music recorded in the first half of the 20th century from Oxfordshire to Madagascar.
Pōneke/Wellington-based Ebony Lamb has just announced she’s signed with Nadia Reid’s label Slow Time Records, and to celebrate, she’s sharing her brand new single and video ‘My Daughter My Sister My Son’.
Sally Anne Morgan announces her third solo album ‘Carrying’ and shares lead single ‘The Center’, on which she showcases her more lush, elaborate arrangements; it’s also our Song of the Day.
The innovative Scottish smallpipes player and experimental music purveyor Brìghde Chaimbeul has a busy few months ahead. She’ll be making plenty of festival appearances, delivering both solo and collaborative performances. We take a look back at her album releases to date.
Watch the mighty Pentangle performing ‘Blues In Time’, recorded in January 1971 by the BBC. Jacqui McShee sits out this one, leaving Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Danny Thompson and Terry Cox to work their instrumental magic.
Taken from their second album, ‘The Beautiful Road‘, Rónán Ó Snodaigh and Myles O’Reilly share a beautiful video for their new single ‘King of the Kingdom (Rí A’Ríocht)’. Rónán says after his dance, “…it’s like a medicine”…it is.
The Mary Wallopers announce their new album, ‘Irish Rock N Roll’ and share their lead single ‘Wexford’, written by the legendary Irish travelling musician Pecker Dunne, whose songs were covered by the likes of The Dubliners…Anne Briggs also busked with him in Ireland.
Watch the animated video (by Pat Gubler and Mayuko Fujino) for ‘I Have a House’, the new single from P.G. Six, taken from his forthcoming new album Murmurs & Whispers – Modern folk music at its most psychedelically progressive.
Andrew Bird announces Outside Problems, a new album out 21st July on Loma Vista Recordings that emphasises the importance of environmental preservation. Watch the video for Mo Teef, made by Tyler Mason in partnership with Patagonia.
Our Song of the Day is from Scots singer Amy Leach and Highland guitarist Alasdair Paul. Listen to them performing The Twa Brothers – they present their folk songs beautifully and simply, allowing them to speak for themselves.
