Red River Dialect shares video for “RV Kistvaen”, inspired by the “Money Pit” legend, one of many folktales from Dartmoor in South West England in which someone raids a pre-historic burial chamber seeking ancient wealth, but loses something more vital in the act.
Jason McMahon, former member of Skeletons, is to release an acoustic solo album, something he has never done before. Listen to the beautiful meditative track Book of Knots.
Thrill Jockey recently invited Charles Rumback to have a delve through their extensive archive of music and talk about some favourites including Brokeback, Sam Prekop and Town & Country.
Filmed in support of ‘The Amber Light’, a film documentary (in cinemas this month) about the lesser-known parts of Scottish culture and history through the lens of whisky, watch The Furrow Collective performing False True Love.
At the end of last month, Alt-folk artist Alex Bayly released his debut album Leylines. Watch the accompanying video for his single Animal, which touches on “relationships and how they shape you into the person you become”.
Piers Faccini joins the artists featured on his Hear My Voice project which aims to give a platform to a select group of exciting artists. Watch the accompanying video for the beautiful opening EP track.
David Thomas Broughton’s debut masterpiece ‘The Complete Guide to Insufficiency” is to be reissued on vinyl (plus bonus tracks feat. Rozi Plain, James Yorkston) to coincide with his November UK tour.
This week sees the release of Gill Landry’s new single, ‘I Love You Too’, taken from his upcoming album ‘Skeleton At The Banquet’. Watch the new video which contains some stunning noirish visuals.
Rife with longing, the new single from Ardentjohn, I Wasn’t There, is a melancholy look at events missed and lives lived separately. Watch the accompanying video here.
Taken from his new album Rose in June, we have the pleasure of sharing the video for Jon Boden’s Seven Bonnie Gypsies. The beautiful animation is by Marry Waterson.
Today, Lisa O’Neill follows her acclaimed album Heard a Long Gone Song with a new EP – ‘The Wren, The Wren’ released on Rough Trade’s traditional music imprint River Lea.
A tragic tale about a naked Victorian lifesaver! It can only be another song exclusive for Folk Radio UK from the experimental Mancunians’ Harp & a Monkey.
