Our Song of the Day comes from Anna Tivel with “Outsiders”, the title track of her new album, out on August 19 via Mama Bird Recording Co – A breathtakingly beautiful song and video inspired by the 69 moon landing.
Following the release of her recent Covers album, Cat Power has surprised all with a new cover single of The Rolling Stones’ “You Got The Silver” from their 1969 album Let it Bleed.
Joined by regular sideman Dan Moc on upright bass/vocals, watch Jerry Leger performing a live acoustic version of ‘Recluse Revisions’ from his recent tenth studio album Nothing Pressing.
Yasmin Williams & Gwenifer Raymond have a string of UK dates together in June. We look back at their unique journey so far. This will be an unmissable tour.
Watch Cristina Vane’s new video for Make Myself Me Again, the title track of her new album. Cloaked in resilience, this plucky number has a real delta blues charm and Vane plays it to the full in this fun video.
Watch Christy Moore at Glasgow’s Barrowlands performing Joxer Goes To Stuttgart, a song set around the Republic of Ireland’s 1-0 victory against England at Euro ’88 when Jack Charlton became an honorary Irish man.
Commissioned by some of the regulars at Larkin’s Pub in Limerick, watch Finn Harper creating an incredible lifelike drawing of Eamon Morrissey to the music of Daoirí Farrell and Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore.
Last year, The Felice Brothers released From Dreams to Dust, which we hailed as their most ambitious, densest and experimental work to date. Next month they are touring the UK and Ireland.
Taken from No One Seems To Notice That It’s Raining, listen to Jay Bolotin performing ‘It’s Hard to Go Down Easy’ from 1972. “LISTEN! You gotta hear this guy!” – Mickey Newbury
After three long years, the Orkney Folk Festival returns to a full-scale live event this weekend. Folk fans at home can also tune into this weekend’s festivities, with the addition of three recently announced live-streamed festival concerts.
