Myles O’Reilly has announced a new album, A collection of ambient folk songs called ‘‘Cocooning Heart’. The first taster from the album is out now, ‘The Most Colourful Thread in the Loom’.
Irish concertina player Cormac Begley releases his second solo album ‘B’ on which he explores the sound potentials of the Bass and Baritone concertina range. With this record being the first solo Bass concertina album of any musical genre.
Four-time Canadian Folk Music Award nominee Sarah Jane Scouten is currently on a short tour of the south of England with Ags Connolly whose last album Tom Russell described as “Killer”.
Friendship have shared news of their new album ‘Love the Stranger’ (29th July on Merge) with the track ‘Hank’ – coming in as if David Burman found his way onto one of those early Real Estate bumpers.
Featuring legendary Belfast piper John McSherry alongside fellow piper/whistler Tyler Duncan and Michael Shimmin & Joe Dart, the olllam return with their long-awaited second album elllegy on which they continue their exploration of the underbelly of Irish music.
Taken from Simon Flory’s new EP ‘Young Giants’, listen to ‘Little Oak Tree’, a story about an American girl’s life; from her childhood relationship with her dad to the struggles of adulthood.
Taken from their debut album Gin and Strathspey, our Tune of the Day comes from Lyre Lyre featuring ex-Breabach fiddler Patsy Reid, Marit Fält on Nordic mandola and cellist Alice Allen.
Taken from her sixth studio album ‘Yours Aye’, watch Jill Jackson’s latest video for “I Wouldn’t Do That”. Jill has a string of performances lined up for 2022 including support for Eddi Reader across the UK and Ireland.
Featuring a blazing mid-point entry on sax from Mikal Cronin, Ty Segall shares “Saturday Pt. 2” which concludes a mini-suite that forms the penultimate movement of “Hello, Hi”.
To celebrate their 10 years on the folk scene, Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith will embark on an anniversary tour this autumn. They will present a retrospective show with songs & tunes taken from across their 4 albums plus a few new offerings.
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.
