USA folk-roots duo Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno are heading to the UK for a short tour in late May/early June 2022, including appearances at two festivals: Bluegrass Omagh in Northern Ireland and Fire in the Mountain in Wales.
Amythyst Kiah reveals her alt-rock influences on her latest single, a cover of Tori Amos’ ‘Sugar’, who is also one of her musical mentors. She has a number of UK & European dates this summer and later in the year.
Sitar player, composer and producer Anoushka Shankar is to host a 3-part show for BBC Radio 3 about Indian Classical Music – Exploring rhythms, melodies and stories of both Hindustani and Carnatic music.
Today sees the release of Simmerdim: Curlew Sounds, a unique double album, inspired by one of the UK’s most iconic and endangered birds, the Eurasian curlew. Featuring The Unthanks, Emily Barker, Cosmo Sheldrake & Talvin Singh – as well as project curator, Merlyn Driver.
The Imagined Village original lineup of Billy Bragg, Eliza and Martin Carthy, Simon Emmerson, Johnny Kalsi, Sheema Mukherjee, Jackie Oates, Andy Gangadeen, Simon Richmond and cellist Barney Morse Brown will reunite for a rare appearance at this year’s FolkEast.
Watch the accompanying video to Josh Geffin’s new single, ‘Hold On To The Light’; set in the stunning landscape of Pembrokeshire, West Wales. It’s also the title track of his forthcoming EP.
Taken from their new album Narrow Line, Mama’s Broke share a humorous new video for ‘How It Ends’ – a breezy fiddle-led ballad that is an out-and-out relationship break up song.
Neil Young’s 1974 Bottom Line concert – Citizen Kane Jr. Blues – is released as part of the Neil Young Official Bootleg Series. Watch the accompanying album trailer.
London’s own Miraculous Mule announce their first album since 2017’s critically lauded ‘Two Tonne Testimony’ with their haunting take on old traditional song ‘O Death’ accompanied by a spectrally beautiful video by Swiss artist Stéphanie Cousins.
Knockengorroch Festival, Scotland’s longest-running greenfield festival, returns next week with its long-awaited 2020 line-up and new additions for 2022 including Afro Celt Sound System, Newen Afrobeat, L’Entourloop, Kel Assouf, Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton, Callum Easter, The Poozies and more.
MC Taylor (Hiss Golden Messenger) stretches his wings on Revelators Sound System, a new collaborative project with Cameron Ralston. Watch the video made by Moses Sun and Bill Jones to accompany ‘George the Revelator’ that was composed the day after George Floyd was murdered.
Starting in July, James Yorkston’s Tae Sup Wi’ A Fifer takes to the road again featuring Gruff Rhys, Salena Godden, Brìghde Chaimbeul, Josie Long, Jeffrey Lewis and Kathryn Joseph.
