Written by Scottish composer and artist Erland Cooper for the women of the Chorus of Opera North, a new live score for the elemental 1928 silent film The Wind receives its world premiere at Sage Gateshead on 24 February 2022.
The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards returns to Glasgow this year, taking place live at Glasgow’s Engine Works and on BBC ALBA at 9.00pm on December 4th, 2021. Here is the shortlist of nominees.
Christy Moore has today shared a further single, Johnny Boy, from his new studio album, Flying into Mystery. The song is a Gary Moore cover, originally written as a tribute to Thin Lizzy bandmate, Phil Lynott.
Recently outrage has erupted in Dublin. The Cobblestone, a pub celebrated world-wide for its traditional Irish music is proposed to be, in part, demolished in favour of erecting a multi-storey hotel.
Watch Martin Carthy in concert for the Library of Congress and watch a two part interview covering his early years, Dave Swarbrick, Steeleye Span, Norma Waterson, Lal and Mike Waterson, the making of Bright Phoebus, Eliza Carthy, The Watersons, forming Waterson:Carthy and more.
Widely regarded as the premier seasonal show, The Albion Christmas Band ft. Simon Nicol, Kellie While, Simon Care and Ashley Hutchings takes to the road once again in December 2021 for their 21st Anniversary Greatest Hits Tour.
Watch Mdou Moctar: Live at the Niger River – filmed at dawn beside a campfire and a pot of Tuareg tea, the set captures stripped-down generator-powered performances of tracks from their new album Afrique Victime.
Chris Wood is out on tour this month and early December. We look back at a past gig to highlight why you don’t want to miss this tour, learn about his sofa and share a lockdown session from his garden.
The RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Award nominees are proof enough that Ireland’s folk music scene is vibrantly alive and well. Read our preview feat. John Francis Flynn, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin & Ultan O’Brien, Dani Larkin, Laura Quirke & Joshua Burnside and lots more.
Watch the accompanying video to ‘Disco’, the new single from Scotland’s six-piece funky folk band HEISK – taken from their self-titled debut that showcases their festival party vibe and girl power.
Our Song of the Day comes from the Oysterband with their new single “The Time is Now”, a powerful rousing call for change in response to our rapidly changing world and tackling climate change. Taken from their forthcoming new album Read the Sky.
