Scottish musician Hannah Read has teamed up with Edinburgh-based banjo player Michael Starkey for their new album ‘Cross The Rolling Water’. Watch them performing the opening track ‘Apple Blossom’ that’s also our Tune of the Day.
Our Song of the Day comes from O Deer, the musical project of Oisín Walsh-Peelo. Watch the accompanying video to Waterside, recorded live in the Cottage at Camus Farm, West Cork.
Made by band member Peter Timmins, The Cowboy Junkies reveal their new video for ‘Don’t Let It Bring You Down’, one of their Neil Young covers taken from their new album ‘Songs Of The Recollection’.
Joan Shelley will release The Spur, her first new album in 3 years, featuring contributions from Nathan Salsburg, James Elkington, Bill Callahan and Meg Baird. Watch the accompanying video for the title track, directed by The Forman Brothers.
Leigh Folk Festival (23-26 June 2022) have made their first lineup announcement. We preview some of our favourites from the list so far, including: Alasdair Roberts, Alex Rex, Eliza Carthy, Simon Finn, Burd Ellen, Gwenifer Raymond, MG Boulter, Serious Sam Barrett and more.
Ahead of their May tour, watch Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan performing ‘Come Away In’ live. The edit is taken from their ‘Live to Your Living Room’ live stream that was recorded at Castlesound Studio.
Dana Gavanski returns this month with her new album ‘When It Comes’. Watch the accompanying video for ‘I Kiss The Night’, “…an ode to the night, learning to lean in to its magic, and the spookiness of solitude in a winter storm.”
The world’s biggest ceilidh, Hoolie in the Hydro, takes place at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow on Saturday 17th December with a lineup that includes Dougie Maclean, Mànran, Sharon Shannon Band, Skerryvore and Trail West.
Following his bittersweet slacker debut novel ‘Three Craws’, Jame Yorkston has announced his second: The Book of the Gaels, described by musician and broadcaster Jarvis Cocker as ‘An unsentimental and unflinching miracle of remembrance’.
Lisa O’Neill sings her version of Bob Dylan’s, All the Tired Horses at the end of the final episode of the final series, of Peaky Blinders, currently, the most-watched television series, in the world.
TG4 Gradam Ceoil 2022 Awards ceremony will take place in Dublin for the first time in the award’s history. This year’s recipients include Paddy Glackin, Diarmuid Ó Meachair, Dolores Keane, Connie O’Connell, Sarah Ghriallais, Edwina Guckian and Skara Brae.
On her new album, Galway vocalist/artist Ceara Conway collaborates with producer Seán Mac Erlaine and a top cast of musicians to bring you a collection of sean-nós songs that explore the beautiful sounds and sentiments of longing and loss.
