Bristol Americana Folk singer Lady Nade heads out on her “Willing” Tour in October and will be joined by special guest Simeon Hammond Dallas who hails from London’s Camden Town.
On the 26th of August, old-time musician Nora Brown returns with her third album ‘Long Time To Be Gone’ on Jalopy Records. Recorded in St. Ann’s Church in Brooklyn Heights, listen to her playing Little Satchel, a banjo tune collected by John Cohen in 1965.
Watch the accompanying video to ‘Black Umbrella’, the second album single from Anna Tivel and a song about all the ways we fail to really see each other and the systems in place that so often serve only a lucky few.
Jim Ghedi is out on the road with his full band in October 2022 and has also just published a small collection of poems & songs titled A Sprig of Yarrow. We also look at his past project with photographer Laura Merrill called The Estate.
The long-running Moseley Folk Festival has announced a bursary award “Hello You!” in honour of the renowned broadcaster, and friend, Janice Long to support new and emerging musicians.
Wicklow-based musician Anna Mieke shares her new single ‘Twin’, her first new music in nearly two years. Watch the accompanying video by filmmaker V Haddad. She is currently putting the finishing touches to her second album, due for release later this year on Nettwerk.
Featuring Lee Ranaldo, watch the video for Awal, the first single from Middle Eastern psych-rock collective Al-Qasar’s debut album ‘Who Are We?’ – an explosive mix of heavy Arabian grooves, global psychedelia and North African trance music.
Taken from her new EP ‘You Thought You Knew’, Lindsay Lou has shared a new video for her rootsy Appalachian-tinged lead single ‘Don’t Go Back’ featuring a host of talented fellow musicians.
Marlais, the stage name of Michael Culme-Seymour, returns in July with a tape of folk songs “The Nightingales Are Drunk”. Watch him performing ‘My Bonny Boy’ inspired by Anne Briggs.
Check out our latest Best New Music Playlist featuring Clare Sands, Joan Shelley, Mychelle, Jason McNiff, Son of John, Andrew Tuttle, Damien Jurado, Bonny Light Horseman, Wax Machine, Angeline Morrison, Jake Blount, Bella Hardy, Rachael Dadd, Diatom Deli and many more.
The Ulster trio TRÚ have released a new single, the Ukrainian Folk Song ‘Plyve Kacha’. All proceeds from the track will be going to Ukrainian and Palestinian charities.
Following the release earlier this month of ‘Howling Wind’, Alela Diane has today released another new single titled ‘Paloma’. Watch the accompanying video which features her two daughters providing her with a unique makeover.
