Robin Morton, founder member of Boys of the Lough, manager, producer and ‘fifth member’ of Battlefield Band, owner of Temple Records, enthusiast, author, song-collector and promoter of folk music has died at the age of 81.
Listen to ‘Ebb & Flow’ by The Little Unsaid from his new album ‘December Songs’. “I wanted to find simple songs that captured the melancholy of this time of year, but also the cosiness, the closeness…the promise of a different kind of year ahead.”
Our Song of the Day is The High Priestess and the Hierophant, the new single from Burd Ellen…inspired by finding parallels between interpretation of traditional song and the art of divination.
Taken from their debut album “The Impossible Wild”, watch the latest handmade stop-frame animation from The Last Inklings for ‘Vespers’ on which, the subtlety of the instrumentation is, as throughout the album, sublime.
Listen to “Prune”, the lead single from Sally Anne Morgan’s new solo album “Cups”, described as being in stark contrast to the traditional and pop-informed structures of her last album Thread.
Our Song of the Day comes from The Weather Station with “Better Now” which appears on the Deluxe Edition version of Ignorance that is digitally released today. The limited vinyl edition is being released in November.
Taken from their latest album The Missing Star, Lunatraktors have shared a video for their second album track ‘My Witch’ which is also our Song of the Day.
Taken from their new album, ‘Hell on Church Street’, the Punch Brothers share the accompanying video for their lead single Church Street Blues, a total gem that’s sure to leave fans eager for more.
While Christian Wethered’s award-winning poetry has come under the spotlight in Ireland, his new album”Mon Petit Jardin” looks set to significantly extend his reach beyond those shores. Listen to his beautiful new single ‘Don’t Be Surprised’; entrancing lyricism of the highest degree.
Taken from her forthcoming new album ‘Cocoon’, watch the accompanying video to Amy Duncan’s hypnotic new single “You Know Me”, a song about “remembering the close friendships from the past which have been lost through the twists and turns of life…”
Our Song of the Day comes from Martyn Joseph with ‘Born to Late’. It is the first single from Martyn’s much anticipated new album “1960”, due to be released on 19th November 2021.
