The Gigspanner Big Band have announced a collaborative project with Raynor Winn, author of The Salt Path, the Sunday Times best-selling memoir of walking the South West Coast Path. Saltlines is a Portrait of the South West Coast Path in Old Songs and New Words.
Fresh from performing two nights at the brilliant Celtic Connections, the Irish quartet The Jeremiahs have announced they will be bringing their live show to England for an eight-night tour this February 2022. Not to be missed!
Folk Radio UK have teamed up with Treadwells Bookshop for an online workshop, led by Hannah Sanders, that explores occulted meanings lurking in the shadows of the British folk song tradition.
Taken from Deer Scout’s debut full-length Woodpecker album, watch the video for Cowboy, an intimate and intricate number inspired by the naïve character Joe Buck of Midnight Cowboy.
Keston Cobblers Club are back and have shared a video for their new single Mrs Dixon that centres on escapism and the balance of work and fun in life. They have a new album in the works and are on tour in April/May.
Next month, County Galway songwriter Niamh Regan returns with the launch of her new EP ‘In the Meantime’. To celebrate the release Niamh has announced launch dates at The Grand Social, Dublin and London’s Green Note.
Taken from their forthcoming ‘Unknown’ Waters album featuring nine songs written by their favourite north eastern songwriters, Megson share the accompanying video for their cover of Chris Rea’s Road to Hell.
Watch ‘Navigation at Sea’, the latest video animation from Simon J Jones of Harp and a Monkey, inspired by the 1967 Ladybird title ‘Understanding Maps’ and taken from his forthcoming album ‘How Things Work’.
Norma Waterson one of the greatest voices of the British folk scene has died, age 82. We look back on her rich musical life and her enduring legacy. The intimacy and connection she made with an audience stayed with you long after she left the stage. There will be no other like her.
Featuring the striking and contemplative work of visual artist Amelia Kosminsky, watch ‘Seekers’, the latest video from Freedom to Roam featuring Eliza Marshall, Catrin Finch, Jackie Shave, Dónal Rogers, Kuljit Bhamra & more. Don’t miss their Spring tour which begins on 22 February 2022.
Watch “After the Rain”, the lead single from Dean Owens’ forthcoming “Sinners Shrine” album, recorded with members of desert noir Latin rockers Calexico. His music captures the very essence and spirit of the wide-open vistas of the American Southwest in splendid technicolour.
Steve Gunn releases ‘Nakama’, an EP featuring reinterpretations of tracks from his latest album ‘Other You’. Featuring close friends: Mikey Coltun and Ahmoudou Madassane, Natural Information Society, as well as remixes by Circuit des Yeux and Bing & Ruth.
