The fourth SEALL Festival of Small Halls kicks off officially on Friday 19 November featuring Mary Macmaster (Poozies), Angus MacKenzie (Daìmh), Ewan Robertson (Breabach), Seán Gray (Paul McKenna Band), Megan Henderson (Breabach), Inge Thomson, Marie Fielding and Mairearad Green.
This month, experience the ’Ten Steps’ UK tour with Max ZT (“Jimi Hendrix of hammered dulcimer”) and Dan Whitehouse. Watch their ‘Ten Steps’ video, the title track of their collaborative EP and also our Song of the Day.
Glasgow-based Gaelic singer Deirdre Graham launches Gaelic Song Stories, a six part podcast series featuring notable Gaelic singers Margaret Bennett, Kirsteen Graham, Rachel Newton and Gillebride MacMillan, as well as antiquarian bookseller Gilleasbuig Ferguson.
Described by Dónal Lunny as ‘one of the most important traditional singers to emerge out of Ireland in the last decade’, this month, two times BBC Folk Award-winning Dublin singer and musician Daoirí Farrell heads out on tour across the UK.
Jethro Tull have announced details for the group’s first studio album of new material in over 18 year titled ‘The Zealot Gene’. Watch the video for first single from the album, titled ‘Shoshana Sleeping’, accompanied by a stunning visual created by Thomas Hicks.
The magic of Spell Songs (Karine Polwart, Julie Fowlis, Seckou Keita, Kris Drever, Rachel Newton, Beth Porter, and Jim Molyneux) returns in December with Let The Light In. Taken from the album watch the accompanying video to their new single ‘Oak’, led by Kris Drever.
Our Song of the Day comes from Adam Ross of Scottish indie band Randolph’s Leap. Cairngorms is taken from his solo debut album ‘Staring at Mountains’ that will be released via Olive Grove Records in January 2022.
This month, Jenny Sturgeon takes her latest album ‘The Living Mountain’ on tour. From that album, watch her performing an acoustic version of The Recesses, recorded live at The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.
The Fawn is the first full-length release by Minneapolis folk singer/songwriter Greta Ruth. Watch her new video for the title track featuring her own editing and 16mm cinematography by Jim Melcher.
In the New Year, the North Mississippi Allstars return with Set Sail which features appearances by Stax Records legend William Bell. Watch their lyric video for ‘Set Sail Part 1’ featuring the mural artwork of Megan Kelly.
Taken from their latest album ‘Bitter Better’, watch Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards performing the beautifully moving “How Long”, Laura also shares the touching story behind the song.
Irish musician Aoife Doyle has released a video for Clare Sky, the second single from her upcoming album Infinitely Clear. Shot in Clare, the video captures the beauty of Clare’s skyline with epic contrast between the sky, the sea and the land…but the real magic lies in her voice.
