India Electric Co. head out on tour this April, joined by percussionist Russell Field of Midge Ure. The addition brings an exciting new dynamic to their music – watch them performing Heimat live at St Ambrose Church in Bournemouth.
Ahead of her debut gig at Cambridge Junction this Saturday (26th Feb), we have the pleasure of sharing a live session from Amy Hollinrake. Supported by her band, she performs It Draws the Same which highlights both her striking vocals and complimentary folk-jazz-tinged arrangements.
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.
