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.
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.
