Watch Sea Song Sessions (Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Ben Nicholls, Emily Portman & Jack Rutter) performing ‘The Dreadnought’. Catch them live at three, one-off harbourside and onboard performances as they sail by Tallship ’Anny of Charlestown’ along the Cornish coastline this month.
Paul Sartin, folk singer, oboist, violinist, composer and arranger and founding member of Faustus, Bellowhead, Belshazzar’s Feast, has passed away. We recall a few magical moments from his rich musical legacy.
Later this month Herman Dune releases ‘The Portable Herman Dune Vol 1’, the first of a three-part acoustic anthology. Watch the video for his new single and album opener ‘Why Would That Hurt? (If You Never Loved Me)’.
Joshua Burnside announces his new EP ‘Late Afternoon In The Meadow (1887). Watch the video for the stunning title track and lead single – a bleak picture of a city that also offers hope for a kinder society, a life that is softer on the soul.
You may have seen the elusive London 5-piece ‘Tapir!’ frolicking on grassy knolls in paper-mache creature-heads…Listen to their new single ‘Swallow’ and don’t miss their debut EP launch later this month.
Rozi Plain announces her new album PRIZE (13 January 2023 on Memphis Industries), featuring her widest cast of players to date and shares the video for her first single ‘Agreeing for Two’.
Bonny Light Horseman share ‘Sweetbread’, their fourth album single from their highly anticipated sophomore album, Rolling Golden Holy, due out on October 7th (37d03d Records).
Steeleye Span announce a new Autumn Tour throughout October and into November 2022, as they continue to celebrate their 50th anniversary, and revisit early albums from their formative years.
Watch the accompanying video for Dry Soul, the stunning new single from solo songwriter (and frontman of Randolph’s Leap) Adam Ross and featuring guest violin from Pedro Cameron (Man of the Minch).
Sam Sweeney announces new album “Escape That” which ties together all of his musical passions; an honest and fearless expression of himself, combining pop hooks and aesthetics with his pioneering work in the world of traditional dance tunes. Listen to his lead single ‘Ruby’.
Our Song of the Day comes from David A Jaycock, with The Merman & his Muse a track from ‘David A. Jaycock (2011-2022)’, an anthology of sorts, featuring lots of other things including wonky nursery rhymes, folk arrangements and a little synth-pop.
On “The Fire This Time”, the new single from Marisa Anderson, she nods to James Baldwin and his galvanising Civil Rights essay published in 1963. It is the most complex and moving translation so far to be taken from her forthcoming new album.
