Iona Lane recently participated in Making Tracks, an international music exchange programme. While there, she recorded a lovely session at Peaton Layo beach. She performs Western Tidal Swell on a beautiful Taran guitar, the song is taken from her stunning debut album Hallival.
Taken from her latest album ‘Out of this Frame’, watch the video for Rachel Taylor-Beales’s ‘Fire Girl’, a song inspired by fire spinner Steffi Wulf. There is also a short film in which Steffi responds to the song and tells her moving and inspiring story.
The first wave of artists set to appear at the 2023 Orkney Folk Festival has just been announced, with 24 acts from around the world revealed for the event’s fortieth anniversary.
Satomimagae breathes new vitality into Awa, her beguiling debut album, revisited and expanded for its tenth anniversary. Watch her new video for ‘Inu’ by Kanako Sakamoto.
‘The Wedding Above in Glencree’, is the much anticipated fourth solo album from Dublin’s own Daoirí Farrell. Listen to his first album single ‘Sonny’s Dream’ – a song by Ron Hynes about the hopes and dreams of a young boy.
Last month, James Yorkston, Nina Persson and The Second Hand Orchestra announced their new album The Great White Sea Eagle. Due for release on January 13th, they have today shared the second cut from the record, “An Upturned Crab”.
The Amish record label are to reissue P.G. Six’s 2001 solo debut ‘Parlor Tricks and Porch Favorites’ as an expanded and remastered edition that includes an eight-song bonus LP entitled ‘Live Cuts and Radio Favorites’ documenting performances from the calendar year just before and after the release.
Nonesuch has announced Natalie Merchant’s first album of new songs in nearly a decade. Keep Your Courage is to be released on 14 April 2023. The album features a number of collaborations including one with award winning Irish music band Lúnasa.
Watch the video for Harp & a Monkey’s new single ‘Poor People We’ which deals with such timeless themes as injustice, frustration and social protest. The accompanying lyric video is suitably gritty.
Watch Still Beauty, the second single taken from the Italian duo She Owl’s much anticipated new album Invisible Heart, due out in January 2023. The song ‘explores the ideal of beauty and attempt to pin down its origins’.
Taken from her forthcoming album Anarchist Gospel, Sunny War releases her new single ‘Higher’ featuring the legendary Dave Rawlings. As ever, she crafts her songs deeply and this is no exception… also our ‘Song of the Day’.
2022 saw a great alliance and friendship between the Show of Hands and Track Dogs. Watch them performing ‘Ruby’, their new single, taken from their forthcoming album The ‘Dog Show Sessions’ Live.
