With a new lineup, watch The Magpies video for ‘I Never Will Marry’, their brilliantly atmospheric new single. Plus, they have announced a 16-date UK tour and they are also to host their own festival!
Join Hudson Records to listen to ‘Clifftown’ in its entirety on Sunday morning with commentary and insights from M G Boulter, Pete Flood, Lizzy O’Connor, Tom Lenthall and Helen & Andy Bell.
A folksinger on Gabriola Island, British Columbia named Bob Bossin has got a bunch of folk heavyweights together to cover Scott Cook’s ‘Pass It Along’ for Earth Day, including Peggy Seeger, Leon Rosselson, Pharis & Jason Romero.
Further details of ‘Virtually’ Orkney Folk Festival 2021 are announced which promises numerous new concert performances and workshops, alongside iconic programme fixtures – including Saturday night favourite, The Stomp, and the annual Fiddlers’ Rally!
Our Song of the Day is My Son David, the sublime new single from Dónal Lunny’s Atlantic Arc featuring the man himself and Pauline Scanlon, Jarlath Henderson, Aidan O’Rourke, Sharon Howley, Davie Ryan, Ewen Vernal, Graham Henderson and Pádraig Rynne. Outstanding.
Watch ‘Babiche’, the new single from award-winning Orcadian fiddle and mandolin player Graham Rorie who is joined by an all-star house band. It’s taken from his debut solo album inspired by his fellow Orcadians who travelled to The Hudson’s Bay Company in Northern Canada.
For those that missed last nights Spell Song concert at London’s Natural History Museum, a fundraiser for the Urban Nature Project, it is now available to stream. You can also bid for and enter a raffle for some of Jackie Morris’ artwork.
Edinburgh Tradfest kicks off this week from Friday 30 April – Monday 10 May 2021. Find out about the brilliant nine-episode Podcast they have planned and all their special guests – not to be missed.
Taken from their Superwolves album, Matt Sweeney & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy share their video for ‘Resist the Urge’ made by legendary skateboarder Kevin “Spanky” Long and photographer/skateboarder Atiba Jefferson.
Watch ‘Maiden’s Call’, the exquisitely intense new single from Cambridge-based post-folk collective Fuzzy Lights who return after an eight-year hiatus. Taken from their forthcoming new album Burials.
Watch M G Boulter, our Artist of the Month, performing ‘Nights at the Aquarium’ outside the Three Shells Cafe in Southend. It’s taken from his new album Clifftown which is out now on Hudson Records.
Sidmouth Folk Festival announce they will return to their beloved seaside home this year with a celebratory event. Headline acts include Show of Hands, Eliza Carthy Trio and Talisk.
