Currently, on tour with Mary Chapin Carpenter in the UK, watch Emily Barker performing a cover of Mary Chapin’s Oh Rosetta which is also our Song of the day. Both singers share a love for the pioneering blues guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
Watch Bear in a Den, the new video from Oliver the Crow who are Nashville-based fiddler Ben Plotnick and cellist Kaitlyn Raitz. Their self-titled debut album is due for release on June 22, 2018.
Watch the very first music video from Joe Broughton’s Conservatoire Folk Ensemble as they perform the title track from their new mini album Sleepy Maggie + Remixes Reworkings and Rarities which is released on 10 June 2018.
Listen to the new single “Bad Mind” from Erin Rae on which she shares a deeply personal account of coming to terms with a difficult event from her childhood, one that continues to shape her understanding of her own sexuality and mental health to this day.
For those craving the carefree lifestyle, look no further than Riley Moore as he sings ‘Sitting on a Boat’ waiting to see if our worries float…possibly the perfect way to end the working week.
Edinburgh International Festival have announced full details for Light on the Shore with Edinburgh Gin Seaside featuring: Karine Polwart, King Creosote, LAU, The GRIT Orchestra, Alasdair Roberts, Joan as Police Woman, Julie Fowlis, Brighde Chaimbuel, Landless, RANT and more.
Jeffrey Foucault’s 6th solo record ‘Blood Brothers’ is due for release on 22 June and includes a number of special guests including Kris Delmhorst, Tift Merritt and Kenneth Pattengale from the Milk Carton Kids. Listen to the title track here.
Dawn Landes has announced her anticipated new album ‘Meet Me At The River’ out September 14th on Yep Roc Records. The twelve-song collection results from an unexpected partnership with Nashville legend Fred Foster.
‘Frosted Candy’ is the latest single from We Are Muffy, watch the accompanying stop-motion animated video by Tom Hillenbrand, a hymn to the trancelike state inspired by the exotic names of makeup colours.
Things Change, the new album from American Aquarium will be released on June 1st via New West Records for which they will play three UK dates in the autumn. Watch their latest video Tough Folks.
Grammy Award-winning songwriter and guitarist John Oates has announced three UK/Eire shows in October in support of his recently released album, Arkansas (Thirty Tigers).
Bong Load Records announces a re-visit to one of its classic pressings, Richard Thompson – Mock Tudor. A decked out hardcover coffee table art book and double LP hybrid, second in the Bong Load Book series.
