Our Song of the Day comes from guitarist and composer Cameron Knowler with ‘Puerto Suelo’, the lead track from his forthcoming debut solo album Places of Consequence.
Watch Italian duo She Owl performing their new live version of “Paper Birds,” recorded late one night during a recent lockdown in Italy. The video showcases a new, more meditative arrangement of the song on which the striking contralto vocals of Jolanda Moletta are front and centre.
Listen to the 10th Anniversary Edition of Little Arrow’s debut 2011 album ‘Music, Masks & Poems’, released as a beautiful tribute to frontman, William Hughes, who was sadly lost to cancer in December 2018.
‘Dignity’ – a Livestream celebration of 80 years of Bob Dylan live from Dublin (Monday 24 May) is to feature Lisa Hannigan, Cinder Well, FeliSpeaks, Peter Broderick, Brigid Mae Power, Paul Brady, Mick Flannery, Susan O’Neill and more.
Following the recent release of her debut EP, Atlaness, Vicky Gray has released a music video for the lead track, Teif on da Lum…a beautiful collaboration with Shetland film-maker, JJ Jamieson.
The first-ever digital edition of Edinburgh Tradfest was a great success, reaching traditional music fans in America and Australia, as well as across Scotland and the UK.
Johanna Samuels’ debut album Excelsior! is out digitally today on Basin Rock. Arguably leaving the best to last, she’s sharing the music video for album opener “Sonny”.
Taken from Joshua Burnell’s forthcoming new EP Storm Cogs, watch the video for ‘Shelagh’s Song’, inspired by the life of Scottish singer-songwriter Shelagh McDonald, the Seventies folk singer who went missing for 30 years.
Martha Wainwright has announced her new album “Love Will Be Reborn”, her first release since 2016’s ‘Goodnight City’. Set for release on August 20th and followed by a UK Tour, she paves the way with a stunning title track single.
FolkEast is on course to return this August ft. Afro Celt Sound System, The Young’Uns, Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, Daoiri Farrell, Drever, McCusker, Woomble, Elephant Sessions, The Shee, Gigspanner Big band, Topette!!, Trials of Cato and more.
Our Song of the Day comes from Cork-born fearless feisty fiddler, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Clare Sands. She is joined by Steve Cooney and Tommy Sands on her outstanding new single ‘Abair Liom do Rúin (Tell Me Your Secrets)’.
Recorded at night in Highnam Woods, Gloucestershire, ‘Nightingale Soul Call’ expresses a suspended moment in time in which Adrian Freedman’s Shakuhachi flute met the nightingale, and together with Sam Lee on the shruti box, a meeting of kindred souls took place.
