BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominated singer-songwriter Jack Cookson has recorded a new six-track EP titled Chamfer – ‘It’s really good and I’m really proud of it,’ says Jack – and he is looking for backers so it can be released on CD and vinyl in April.
On 2 March 2018 Ginger Wildheart is to release his new album, the aptly titled ‘Ghost In The Tanglewood’. A seamless mix of country, folk, roots and rock, the record showcases Ginger’s song-writing maturity as he wears his heart and influences on his sleeve.
Watch the new video from Xylouris White for Daphne (also our Song of the Day). It features both Jim White and George Xylouris’s mothers dancing in their separate homelands. May will see Xylouris White returning to Europe for a tour which includes a residency at London’s Café Oto.
Scottish folk singer songwriter Kris Drever announces Spring UK Tour including a headline show at London’s Union Chapel. Support for the tour will come from Hannah Read, whose latest album is currently a Featured Album of the Month on FRUK.
Listen to Beautiful Mistake, the new single from 23-year-old Dennis Kalla who was born and raised in Kiruna, the northernmost city of Sweden. While he has made a name for himself in the Swedish indie community this looks set to grow beyond his home country.
Americana singer, guitarist and songwriter Jarrod Dickenson is releasing the song ‘Your Heart Belongs To Me’, a duet sung with his wife Claire. Jarrod plays a long list of dates across the UK including a support slot on the UK tour of Americana luminary Don McLean.
One of Scotland’s most progressive outfits Modern Studies announce ‘Welcome Strangers’, an album of modernist pop weirdness for the 21st century, a bricolage where classicism meets experimentalism and repeated listening unearths new stories for this contemporary age.
Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage have launched a crowdfunding campaign for their new album Awake, one they believe to be their best yet, produced by David Travers-Smith and featuring musicians from both sides of the Atlantic.
Alessi’s Ark releases a warming video this winter for the single ‘DLD (Door Light Dream)’ from her new album Love is the Currency, produced by Jago Jago, and in collaboration with Felix and Will White of the Maccabees.
Lee Ranaldo embarks on a European tour this week with the Electric Trim Trio (Ranaldo, Raül Refree and Booker Stardrum) and has also announced a Q&A and screening of Hello Hello Hello.
The Handsome Family have announced the release of a 20th Anniversary Edition of Through The Trees on 9th March via Loose Music. To celebrate, watch their brand new music video for Weightless Again and don’t miss their European Tour which kicks off the beginning of March.
