The Magpie Arc, the cross-Border band out of Sheffield and Scotland featuring the multi-award-winning talents and wide musical influences of Nancy Kerr, Findlay Napier, Tom Wright, Alex Hunter and Martin Simpson, take flight in 2022 with selected tour dates and festivals.
Contemporary Harpist BRÍDÍN releases her new single ‘Empty Room’ in which she expresses her happiness at being alone in her own company. It’s taken from her forthcoming debut album.
Watch Pharis & Jason Romero performing ‘Cannot Change It All’ and ‘Old Bill’s Tune’ from their forthcoming new album ‘Tell ’Em You Were’; out June 17th on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
Watch Kathryn Williams’ heartbreaking new video for “Moon Karaoke” the latest single from her forthcoming new album Night Drives. The dreamlike video is by the talented Marry Waterson. If you need evidence of top-class songwriting then look no further.
Watch Michael Chapman performing ‘In the Valley’ at the Green Man Festival in 2014. It’s from his 1970 album ‘Window’, his least favourite album. Watch how he uses his wedding ring as a guitar slide.
Watch the stunning new video from Adam Holmes for Hard Times, the first preview of his new album ‘Hope Park’ that also features Irvine Welsh. His best yet.
On Overheard, violinist, Composer and Sound Artist, Ruby Colley creates a unique place where nature and music fasten together. The results are quite staggeringly beautiful, one informing the other in unexpected ways.
L.A. Salami drops his much anticipated new single ‘Desperate Times, Mediocre Measures’ on which he tackles the cyclical nature of power and the need to cultivate love in this power-hungry world. His music is still a tour de force.
VXVW is the latest live offering from Texan ex-pats Cameron Knowler & Eli Winter. The concert was recorded in their former home state, a year after the release of their debut album Anticipation.
Shearwater share video for new single ‘Laguna Seca’, taken from their forthcoming new album The Great Awakening. Plus, news on their contribution to the hugely collaborative Birdsong Project.
Watch the video for ‘Train’, the new single from LA-based folk singer/songwriter Abby Litman. Acoustically vibrant, lyrically poetic, and calling to mind Joni Mitchell, Abby Litman is a name you will want to keep on your radar.
Wharfer is the ongoing, independent folk project from Kyle Wall. Taken from his seventh album In Due Haze, listen to his new track Plainstalking, a finger-picked folk strewn number with harmonica and colourful percussion from Ryan Jewell.
