Norma Waterson and Martin Carthy now 82 and 80 years old have had their incomes severely impacted by Covid and illness and need your support to help raise funds until Martin and Eliza can return to touring and again become self-sufficient.
Sounding the Century is a projected ten-volume series of books by Mike Butler covering the life of Bill Leader, the sound engineer and producer who straddled the age of traditional song and the folk revival.
Taken from her eagerly anticipated new album of sean-nós song, ‘Iníon’, watch Dublin based singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Inni-K performing Éamonn an Chnoic as she takes you to the very heart of the song.
Watch Molly O’Mahony of the art-folk group Mongoose performing ‘Remember To Be Brave’ in a new Resound session by West Cork Music who continue to shine a light on the musical talent of the area.
Taken from her forthcoming EP “I Promised You Light”, Josienne Clarke dons her roller skates for her latest video ‘Workhorse’, one of her more experimental tracks, with Sharon Van Etten and Sylvan Esso being the song’s musical touchstones.
RTÉ Folk Awards winner John Francis Flynn is on tour in the UK now. Watch an incredible live performance of My Son Tim for Other Lives, taken from his solo debut album I Would Not Live Always.
Recorded in 1972 while on tour with Mike Seeger, The Old Church is a lost live recording of Roscoe Holcomb which finds him at his finest. “The recording itself is warm and mysterious, sounding like the room itself is alive with the spirit.”
Recorded during their first tour since coming out of Covid restrictions, watch Welsh trio ALAW performing Fill the House. It’s taken from their new album Drawn to the Light which will be launched with a run of live shows starting the end of January.
Released on the 14th January via Olive Grove Records, watch a short film on the making of ‘Staring at Mountains’, the solo debut album from Adam Ross of Randolph’s Leap, which was filmed at Todhead Lighthouse and Kinneff Old Church in Aberdeenshire.
Rura announce collaborative EP ‘Our Voices Echo’ featuring Michael McGoldrick, Duncan Chisholm, Ross Ainslie, Hannah Rarity and Julie Fowlis. Watch their latest video for ‘Dh’èirich Mi Moch Madainn Cheòthar featuring Julie.
Taken from ‘Let The Light In’, watch the new video from Spell Songs for ‘Bramble’, led by Karine Polwart and also featuring Julie Fowlis demonstrating beautiful Gaelic birdsong mimesis as she speaks the voice of Smeòrach, the song thrush.
Our Song of the Day comes from Mexican singer-songwriter Silvana Estrada with ‘Te Guardo’, taken from her forthcoming album Marchita. “I sing my songs and I feel good. And the miraculous thing is that they make the people who hear them feel good too.” Very true.
