Our Song of the Day comes from Boston-based singer songwriter Lisa Bastoni. Watch her performing ‘Pockets Full of Sighs’, taken from her latest album ‘How We Want To Live’.
Seán Purser shares his highlights and photographs from Cape Breton’s Celtic Colours International Festival, an unforgettable 9-day celebration that is Staged in more than 300 venues around the island.
Ye Vagabonds were the big winners RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards scooping three awards. Winners also included the incredible Lisa O’Neill, Saint Sister, Zoë Conway, Iarla Ó’Lionáird as well as Moya Brennan receiving a lifetime achievement award and Margaret Barry inducted into the Hall of Fame.
New Orleans-based Balkan band Blato Zlato return with new single ‘Vodata Teche’ taken from their forthcoming new album ‘In The Wake’ which, while musically rooted in Bulgarian tradition, reflects heavily on New Orleans’ tenuous yet binding relationship with nature.
Watch Ian A Anderson performing Everybody’s Killing Me, a song he wrote back in 1984 but has recently started performing again in his revitalised solo gigging career after having been struck by its scary topicality.
Next month, SEALL Festival of Small Halls once again brings the giants of Scottish traditional music to small rural communities around the Isles of Skye and Raasay.
Xylouris White’s video for “Ascension”, directed by Shelagh Hannan, relates to the Sisyphean theme of their forthcoming album. The Sisypheans is out on November 8th with a European & US Tour to follow.
Watch the stunning new video for Maz O’Connor’s ‘Cordelia’, taken from her new album ‘Chosen Daughter’. The video was made by Certain Light Films, a female-led, London-based film company.
Mancunian trio Harp & a Monkey have been pushing the boundaries of traditional British music for more than a decade, and we are delighted to have an exclusive video premiere from their long-awaited fourth album – The Victorians.
Seth Lakeman announces new album ‘The Pilgrim’s Tale’ and releases first single ‘Watch Out’. The album features Cara Dillon, Benji Kirkpatrick and Ben Nicholls as well as narration by actor Paul McGann.
Itasca shares video for her new single ‘Only a Traveler’ shot on Super 8 film in New Mexico and California. The single is taken from her forthcoming album titled ‘Spring’, out on 1st November on Paradise of Bachelors.
On Saturday, November 2, Walthamstow Folk Festival will be bringing acclaimed singers, musicians and dancers from England, Scotland, Ireland and the USA to the ancient church of St Mary’s in East London for a one-day celebration of traditional music.
