West Wales-based band Sky Barkers are now a trio, a change that has given their music a whole new dynamic and drive, as can be heard on their new single “Beholden to None” on which they invite you into one of their regular daydreams.
Watch Joshua Burnell’s new single, The Snow It Melts The Soonest. “Throughout the past five…, I’ve been searching for where I fit into the world of trad music, and where the music fits in with me. This track is the moment I have found that place.”
Our EP of the Week is a joint collaboration between Cinder Well and Jim Ghedi who are also on tour together through March 2022. The songs are both haunting and emotionally stirring at the same time…”it’s as if the song chose them”.
This April, Eddi Reader, one of Scotland’s all-time greatest female voices and performers, returns to stages across Scotland, including dates in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Perth, with a special 40 Years Live Tour.
Inspired by the land and people of the East Yorkshire flatlands, Katie Spencer announces her second album ‘The Edge of the Land’. Watch the accompanying video to the title track and lead single that was filmed at Spurn Point, East Yorkshire.
Anglo-Irish luminaries Eileen Gogan and Sean O’Hagan recently released “Another Golden Day”. Taken from that EP, watch the video for “Wheels (Happy Cycling)” as Eileen, through childhood eyes, contemplates the freedom of the open road and pedal power.
Ye Vagabonds are to release their second album for Rough Trade’s River Lea label. Titled Nine Waves, the album will be released on May 13th and will be supported by a UK Tour. Watch them performing their lead single ‘Blue Is The Eye’ live.
Watch Roscommon-based Gatehouse performing The Gypsies…the tale of a rich lady who falls in love with a dark-eyed gypsy and elopes with him. While unashamedly traditional, their old-school approach is filled with an undeniable warmth and spirit that’s impossible to resist.
Haitian-American artist Leyla McCalla, announces her new album ”Breaking the Thermometer’ and shares video for new single ‘Vini Wè’, inspired by the love story of Radio Haiti station owner and journalist Jean Dominique and his wife and fellow journalist Michéle Montas.
Listen in full to The Wave Pictures “Winter” EP; five songs that make up the next instalment from their forthcoming double album “When The Purple Emperor Spreads His Wings”, set for release in May and supported by a UK Tour.
Dublin-based singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Inni-K turns her attention to the rich heritage of Irish traditional sean-nós singing on Iníon, an album of tremendous understatement, power and beauty.
Walton Folk Festival is returning to its usual May bank holiday slot for 2022 featuring Wildwood Kin, Polly Paulusma, Angeline Morrison, The Outside Track, Ellie Gowers and Jack Cookson.
