Mancunian Americana band The Travelling Band have unveiled a vibrant and uplifting new video for their forthcoming single Mopping Forwards due for release just before Christmas on 22 December.
For her fifth studio album Cusp (out 9 Feb, AllPoints), Alela Diane taps into the nurture, strength and emotion of motherhood, a sentiment that travels movingly through the eye of a lens on her new video for Emigré, our Song of the Day.
Legendary singer-songwriter, Ralph McTell, has re-recorded his timeless song, ‘Streets of London’, with a choir made up of clients from Crisis – the national charity for homeless people – and guest vocalist Annie Lennox.
Once again, this year, the team at Hands Up For Trad presented a magnificent event, celebrating the very best in Scots trad music from 2017. Neil McFadyen shares the highlights and winners from the evening.
John Oates announces new roots album ‘Arkansas’. A project which began as a tribute to Oates’ idol, the legendary American country blues singer and guitarist Mississippi John Hurt. For the album, he is joined by a strong stellar cast of musicians who go to make up The Good Road Band.
The Ben Miller Band have announced the release of Choke Cherry Tree via New West Records on January 26th, 2018. Watch their new video for “Akira Kurosawa”, a song about the influential Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Watch the music video for ‘Foolish Sea’, the new single from Yorkshire’s rising new folk talent Fran Wyburn. The single is released on 1st December right before playing on the Introducing stage at this year’s Great British Folk Festival on the 3rd December.
East London five-piece band Stick In The Wheel reveal video for their hypnotic and immersive title-track of their forthcoming new album ‘Follow Them True’. The film and animation were made by artist Teresa Elizabeth Lobos.
Scottish trio Salt House (Jenny Sturgeon, Ewan MacPherson and Lauren MacColl) announce new album Undersong and share new preview video. They have also announced a series of album launch shows kicking off with Celtic Connections on January 27th.
Six Organs of Admittance’s Ben Chasny returns with his third Hexadic instalment which conveys a shared mode from a wide span of performers including Meg Baird, Moon Duo, Jenks Miller (Mount Moriah) and more.
Watch Mirrors, the new single and video from singer, cellist, songwriter, and composer Wes Swing. Filmed at a historic island lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay, it features Diane Cluck playing the role of the historical lighthouse keeper Ida Lewis. It also features Devon Sproule.
Taken from their forthcoming album ‘Franklin’ on Hudson Records, Kings of the South Seas have shared their new video for ‘Death of a Gull’ which opens to some gorgeous banjo and highly intuitive freestyle drumming.
