On their latest album, Raise The Roof, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss cover Bert Jansch’s ‘It Don’t Bother Me’, the title track of Bert’s second album, released in 1965.
Buck Curran of the duo Arborea returns to the UK in April 2022, his first dates here in support of his latest album ‘No Love Is Sorrow’. Watch him performing ‘New Moontide’ live with musical collaborator Jodi Pedrali (a.k.a Joud).
Amy Thatcher has teamed up with Fran Knowles who specialises in drums, percussion and keys for a new project and debut release. Watch them performing ‘Keep Your Eye on the White Ball’ live, also our Tune of the Day.
Phil Cunningham’s Christmas Songbook returns this December with special guests including Eddi Reader, Karen Matheson, John McCusker, Kris Drever, Ian Carr and Kevin McGuire.
North Carolina-based folk trio Mountain Man, featuring Alexandra Sauser-Monnig, Amelia Randall Meath, and Molly Erin Sarlé share ‘Play It Right’, taken from their debut album Made the Harbor which gets a deluxe reissue this month.
Taken from his forthcoming covers album ‘A Restless, Hungry Feeling’, listen to Jason McNiff covering Bert Jansch’s ‘Running from Home’. Plus, read how Jason fell under his influence and first came to see Bert perform at a weekly residency in London.
Taken from their latest album Tonebeds for Poetry, Stick in the Wheel have shared an accompanying video for Long the Day – somewhere between Flotus-era Lambchop and the hypnagogic avant-pop of Dean Blunt.
Watch Bird Queen Of Garbage Island, the new single from Canada’s garage-folk oddballs The Burning Hell. The accompanying video was created by the award-winning New Brunswick multi-media artist Graeme Patterson. They are on tour in the UK this month.
Megson are releasing a covers album in early 2022 titled ‘Unknown Waters’ featuring songs by Jez Lowe, Richard Grainger, Graeme Miles, Vin Garbutt, Chris Rea and Ruth Copeland. They are taking pre-orders now for those that want it early.
Taken from Malcolm MacWatt’s forthcoming new album “Settler”, watch the accompanying lyric video for Avalanche and Landslide, a protest song featuring Jaimee Harris – United we stand, divided we fall.
