Listen to (I Ain’t) Stupid, the latest offering from Les Johnson & Me – a musical experiment, formed by Kenny Macdonald, a Glasgow musician, to get the songs of the late great Les Johnson out to you.
Watch the new video from Bird in the Belly. ‘Verses on Daniel Good’ is a chilling real-life story that dates back to 1842 and has all the markings of a dark English folk song. The single was released digitally on 16 March.
Watch “Over Yonder”, the first single to be taken from Roberts Hall’s sophomore release entitled “2016” – The duo are a compelling and vital new voice in Canadian indie roots-rock and their audience is set to grow with dates planned in both the US and UK.
All The Better is a hushed, eerie folk song and the latest single from Jessica’s Brother. Channelling the spirit of the Brothers Grimm to an otherworldly atmosphere, rich in jagged, uneven, perfect harmonies.
Take a listen to ‘Surrender’, the new EP from Avi Jacob. Brothers James and Simone Felice holed up in a barn in New England in the dead of winter with Jacob to record this stunning new EP which is sure to bring his music to a wider audience.
Our Song of the Day comes from Rachel Newton. Watch her performing The Bloody Gardener with her band live on BBC Radio Scotland’s Quay Sessions. She’s on tour this month as part of the equally innovative The Furrow Collective.
Listen to The Vintage Martins (Bud Bierhaus and Eric Uglum with Ron Block, Rob Ickes, Austin Ward, and Christian Ward) performing Emmylou Harris’ Some Day My Ship Will Sail, from their forthcoming album Traveled.
Listen to ‘Planet’, the debut UK release by singer-songwriter Irene Skylakaki (out on March 16th), recorded in her adopted home of London and Produced by Danton Supple.
Topic Records announce the release of Anchor – a new album from mother and daughter, Norma Waterson and Eliza Carthy. Produced by Neill MacColl and Kate St. John, it will be released on 1st June 2018. Listen to them performing The Elfin Knight.
Willie Nelson has shared a new video for Me and You, also our Song of the Day. Taken from his new studio album ‘Last Man Standing’ he makes it clear he won’t be sitting on the fence.
A trust set up in memory of the Alan Surtees, the co-founder of Shrewsbury Folk Festival, is inviting applications for its first round of grant giving.
Uilliann piper Liam O’Flynn has died after a long period of illness. To most, he will best be remembered as a founding member of the groundbreaking Irish traditional group Planxty in which he played alongside Christy Moore, Andy Irvine and Donal Lunny.
