Listen to London-based Gentle Stranger’s new track ‘Since the Plough’ – they are hosting their own mini-festival – ‘Two Nights Of Unlearning’ – at the Horse Hospital on 19th & 20th November.
Australian musician Gena Rose Bruce has shared a moving video for Deep is the Way, directed by Alex Badham, a student of the legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog. The song features Bill Callahan who co-wrote the duet.
Under the name of All The Brave Hunters, Galway songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Alain McFadden, a member of award-winning folk group Ye Vagabonds, has shared his first solo single ‘Rising’, also our Song of the Day.
Watch Scottish musician Alasdair Roberts and Irish musician Brigid Mae Power performing ‘The Blacksmith’ for the Museum of Literature Ireland as part of their Myth, Story, Song series.
Taken from her new album, watch Eliza Carthy’s new video for ‘Good Morning Mr Walker’ featuring The Sweet Rosemarys who include Jon Boden and John Spiers, Sheema Mukherjee, Rory MacLeod, Angeline Morrison and the Mighty Sparrow’s bandleader himself, Lane Steinberg.
Author, playwright, TV and Radio presenter, and journalist Colin Irwin has passed away. Best known for his folk music reviews, he really was one of the greats.
The winner of this year’s RTÉ Radio 1’s Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 goes to Mary Black. The shortlist for this year’s Folk Awards has also been announced including Junior Brother, Clare Sands, Inni-K, Ye Vagabonds, Anna Mieke and lots more.
Taken from her new EP ‘WAS’ (out now), watch Thea Gilmore’s new video for ‘Bones’, the visual concept for which was created by Thea with the help of visual artist Andy Goff using AI technology.
The 9-piece folk band Shovel Dance Collective announce their new album ‘The Water is the Shovel of the Shore’, exploring resonances of river Thames, and share their lead single ‘The Bold Fisherman’.
Inspired by the life and work of photographer Mike Brodie, Samana release their new single ‘Two Wrongs’, an ode to escaping and breaking free from the mundane.
Dezron Douglas shares the second single from his new album ATALAYA on International Anthem. “More Coffee Please” is ‘a muscular, hard-swinging tune with the energy of the celebrated beverage.’
Spencer Cullum shares his new video for Kingdom Weather (feat. Yuma Abe), the lead single from his forthcoming new album Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection 2, due for release in April 2023.
