February 1st, 2019 sees the return of Yorkshire musician Serious Sam Barrett with a brand new solo album. Watch his new video for the title track Where The White Roses Grow which is also our Song of the Day.
Watch the video for You Read My Mind, the joyous new single from Me and My Friends which features beautiful plucked cello and Latin-inspired strings. The single is set for release tomorrow on Split Shift Records.
Our Song of the Day comes from English folk trio Faustus. The Deadly Sands is from the Ruth Tongue Collection, a cheery tale…The sands of the Severn Estuary swallow up unfortunate sailors. Everyone dies.
Watch Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton in a ten-piece collective performing four tracks from their latest album Symbiosis II plus listen to Ross Ainslie’s new single with Runrig guitarist Malcolm Jones called Hope in the Chaos.
Watch the video for “Embers”, the opening track on the second Cubs full-length album “Darkr Earlyr”. The left-of-field folky group features members of A Lilac Decline, Phantom Dog Beneath The Moon, United Bible Studies, The Driftwood Manor and Loner Deluxe.
Festival of Small Halls will run for eight days and includes concerts, cèilidhs, workshops in halls and schools by some of the nation’s finest traditional musicians, including Jarlath Henderson, Duncan Chisholm, Mairearad Green, Innes Watson, Donald Shaw, Mike Vass and Seán Gray.
Watch Dick Gaughan performing Childhood’s End at the recent Far, Far From Ypres Stage Show. Dick had a stroke in 2016 which has prevented him from performing so this will be a real treat to fans of whom he has many. Great to have him back!
Our Song of the Day is Séadnadh Mór (The Lion and Fox) performed live by Preab Meadar (Lorcán Mac Mathúna and Daire ó Breacáin). They are joined by Sean Nós dancers Liam Scanlon and Caoimhe Ní Mhaolagáin.
Seth Lakeman is the star of the latest episode of Matthew Bannister’s beautiful podcast “Folk on Foot”, launching on Friday 16th November. Watch a preview here.
Watch the spectacularly scenic video for Feum thu a ràdh a rithist which is also our Song of the Day. The song is taken from Gillebrìde MacMillan’s new Gaelic album Freumhan Falaichte (Hidden Roots).
Currently mid-way through a 29 date UK & Ireland tour, John Smith has just announced further UK dates for January & February 2019. For the remaining 2018 tour dates John’s shows will be opened by Canadian singer-songwriter Rose Cousins.
