Our Song of the Day comes from Nicholas Edward Williams, who previously performed under the folk-soul moniker of “Whetherman”. Watch him performing his new single “Happy Life” live.
Watch Steve Gunn performing the final instalment of the live acoustic song series from his critically acclaimed new album, The Unseen In Between. Filmed by The Mitcham Submarine in London’s Albert Memorial, watch him perform the stripped-back rendition of ‘Chance’.
Watch the captivating new video from Emily Jean Flack for Throwing Shapes. Filmed live at Riddels, Belfast, Northern Ireland it bridges the traditional sounds of her homeland in Ontario and those of her current home in Limerick, yet still sounding utterly fresh and contemporary.
Watch ‘The Waves are High’, taken from the new double A-side single from Hampshire, UK based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and reclusive genius Mike Gale who continues to endure as one of the UK’s most original, and now most hermetic musical talents.
John Smith has shared a captivating music video for Hummingbird, the title track of his latest album. Filmed by Simon Whitehead the video features John as well as dancer Adelie Lavail whose movements perfectly capture the magic of the song.
The National Youth Folk Ensemble are holding free sampler days across the country over May/June half-term which is open to all between the ages of 14-19.
Taken from his latest album The Route To The Harmonium, his first solo album since 2014’s Cellardyke Recording And Wassailing Society, James Yorkston has shared a video, which he made himself, for The Irish Wars of Independence.
Today marks the release of ‘New York Minute’, the new single from James Riley, taken from his forthcoming debut album ‘Transatlanctica’, out later this year. Watch the brilliant accompanying video filmed in New York.
Next month marks ten years since the release of Lipreading the Poet, the debut album by Peter Knight’s Gigspanner. They will be celebrating with an anniversary tour which kicks off this month.
Our Song of the Day comes from TK & The Holy Know-Nothings – their affectionately dubbed “psychedelic doom boogie” is strongly influenced by Doug Sahm, The Holy Modal Rounders, The Flatlanders, Dan Reeder, and Jeffrey Frederick & the Clamtones.
Tunng announce Magpie Bites and Other Cuts, a collection of rare gems and oddities released from 2004 to 2018. These are the 7”s, special editions, b-sides and hidden tracks that would otherwise be lost in the ether.
Richard Thompson turned 70 this week and to mark the occasion he has announced a birthday celebration show at London’s Royal Albert Hall on September 30th 2019 which will feature some very special guests, who will be announced in the coming weeks.
