Orbury Common is a place rooted in the collective imagination of Bristol & Stroud-based Emlyn Bainbridge and Josh Day-Jones…songs to accompany ecstatic ceremonies and strange, fire-side customs, drawing parallels between ancient rituals and raves.
James Vincent McMorrow is to showcase some of Ireland’s most exciting young musicians for an evening of the vibrant sounds of modern Ireland on Thursday 26 May 2022 at London’s Barbican.
David Ford and Annie Dressner joined forces at the beginning of 2022 and are to release their debut album in July titled 48 Hours. The release is supported by a UK Summer Tour.
Taken from his forthcoming album ‘The Devil Knows How’, listen to Derek Piotr’s ‘Old Lady and the Devil’. These are untethered traditional ballads and folk tunes to delight in.
Watch ‘Blink The Sun’, the fourth and final in a series of videos/tracks heralding The Wave Pictures’ forthcoming double album ‘When The Purple Emperor Spreads His Wings’, due for 20 May release on Moshi Moshi and supported by a UK Tour.
Edinburgh Tradfest (29 April to 9 May 2022) has launched its 10th festival programme of traditional live music, talks, podcasts, storytelling, ceilidhs, dance, workshops and new commissions taking place at various venues across the City.
Taken from their Topic Records debut, ‘Ink Of The Rosy Morning’, watch the latest video from Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage for ‘Polly O Polly’. Hannah also recalls how she first heard the song performed by David Holt while at a festival with her parents.
Watch Karine Polwart and Dave Milligan performing ‘The Old Men Of The Shells’, a song by Alasdair Roberts that featured on his 2007 album The Amber Gatherers. Karine and Dave are on tour in May 2022 including the Edinburgh Tradfest.
Award-winning American folk-roots artist Jake Blount and his band are heading to the UK for a two-week tour in late May/early June 2022, culminating with performances at Fire in the Mountain festival.
Taken from Charlie Dore’s 2020 album ‘Like Animals’, watch Charlie and Michele Stodart’s stunning and surreal new video for ‘A Hundred Miles of Nothing’ filmed at Didcot Railway Centre. The pair are planning to do some live gigs together in 2022/23.
Lush have announced another triple vinyl folk compilation, this time covering the 1980s that includes Jackie Oates, Eliza & Martin Carthy, Marry Waterson, Teddy Thompson, Lisa Knapp, Stealing Sheep and more. Watch Martha Tilston covering Kate Bush’s classic Cloudbusting.
An exceptional and meticulously crafted single, listen to ‘Sweet Joan’, the latest offering from Bay Bryan, taken from their upcoming debut concept album, The Meadow, due for release in 2023.
