Our Song of the Day comes from Phil King with a gorgeous cover of Jackson C. Frank’s Blues Run The Game. The song, which featured on Frank’s self-titled debut album has attracted many covers including Bert Jansch, Martin Simpson, Wizz Jones, Eddi Reader and many more.
For health reasons, Martin and Eliza Carthy’s Autumn & Winter work went down. They now have a heap of early 2022 duo dates as well as Eliza Carthy Trio dates in April 2022. Don’t miss their online concert this month.
Filmed and produced by Terry McMahon, watch the video for Lorcan Mac Mathuna’s “A Bhean Úd Thíos”, a Sean Nós song about fairy abduction. It was filmed in a Belcarra Eviction Cottage besides Castlebar in Co. Mayo, a place that seemed to incite the film.
A new Sky Arts documentary, ‘Set The Night On Fire’, examines both the life and music of Ewan MacColl featuring interviews with Peggy Seeger and contributions from the likes of Billy Bragg, Barbara Dickson, Harp & a Monkey, Stick In The Wheel and more.
Listen to LA Electric, the new single from Richmond, VA-based Sun V Set whose songwriting is grounded in nature elements and paints a dreamy landscape interwoven with siren melodies, mystical chords, and understated grooves. A spellbinding fusion of folk, mysticism, and self-reflection.
Welsh trio ALAW make a welcome return in February 2022 with a new lineup and album titled Drawn to the Light. Listen to two beautiful new tracks from their upcoming single – Hiraeth and Fill the House.
Our Tune of the Day is The Green Light Set, performed by Ross Ainslie, Brìghde Chaimbeul and Steven Byrnes. It opens to three tunes by Ross and ends on a tune by Damien O’Kane called Castlerock Road.
Highland geology forms part of the inspiration behind ‘Gneiss’, a new album by fiddler Iain Fraser to celebrate 30th anniversary of the Fèis Rois nan Inbheach (Adult Fèis Rois).
Iconic UK Folk Rockers Fairport Convention are celebrating their monumental 55 year anniversary with their first Winter Tour in 2 years, taking in 30 dates throughout the UK.
Today’s tinsel offering comes from Sofia Talvik with her new Christmas single ‘A Memory of Snow’ – a rather soothing tale of lost love and memories of a snow-covered Copenhagen, a story that is told in both English and Swedish.
Mick Flannery and Susan O’Neill have released an official video for “Are we Free?”, their current single off their highly acclaimed collaboration album. Filmed partly on location at The Cork Opera House late October.
Bellowhead announce November 2022 Tour to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Broadside. Supporting on all 18 dates will be Sam Sweeney with his band. We wind back the clock to 2012.
