Legendary artist Graham Nash, twice inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, brings a songbook created over six decades of his astonishing career to the UK for eight shows in July.
Hailing from Portadown, Northern Ireland, Ciara O’Neill shares the accompanying video for her new single Hurtin’, taken from her forthcoming album Arrow, set for release in July 2018.
The Song Collectors Collective is not just about song – it’s also about stories, family histories, yarns, knowledge, lore and experiences of social change. “what good is a culture or a memory of a culture when you can’t share it with anybody?”
Timed to coincide with her sold-out show at London’s Union Chapel yesterday, Alela Diane has shared her video for Move Us Blind from her fifth studio album Cusp – also our Song of the Day.
Olivia Chaney has announced a follow-up to her 2015 Nonesuch debut, The Longest River. Shelter is set for release on June 15th and was produced by Thomas Bartlett. Watch the accompanying video for her new single IOU.
Scott Matthews has revealed his video for Cinnamon (also our Song of the Day), the first single to be released from his forthcoming album The Great Untold which is set for release on 24 April.
Singer-songwriter and Bear’s Den touring member Christof van der Ven is to release his long-awaited debut album ‘Empty Handed’ this week. Listen in full and read his track-by-track guide.
Watch King of Catastrophes, the new video from Grant-Lee Phillips – “a bundle of anxieties, disguised as a lullaby. I tried to squeeze in every cataclysm I could think of in three minutes, all the ones that rhymed at least”
The creative director of a performing arts promotion charity on the Isle of Skye has been rewarded for a quarter of a century of dedicated service to his community and Scottish traditional music.
In the latest video from Aidan O’Rourke and Kit Downes, they are joined by author James Robertson who reads his short story ‘Imagination’ as they perform their musical response. They are on tour this month.
Next month sees the release of Ben Glover’s new album Shorebound from which we have the pleasure of sharing his new video for ‘Kindness’, a song with a simple and powerful message.
The 19th BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards at the Belfast Waterfront on the city’s River Lagan was a magical evening where the live entertainment was top-notch and the winners well-deserved – a fine reminder of how rich the folk scene is.
