Watch Eliza Carthy performing Worcester City, accompanied by David Delarre on guitar, recorded during the Barbican Centre Music Library’s Topic Records Exhibition earlier this year.
Watch The Bara Bara Band’s new video for Plimsoll, an original arrangement of a broadside about the politician Plimsoll who, in the 1800s, canvassed for better safety on cargo ships where owners were sending sailors off to their deaths to cash in on insurance.
This autumn sees Sean Taylor, one of our most valuable and unique songwriters, embarking on a 30 date European tour across the UK, Ireland, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland and Germany.
The Breath, a collaboration between Ríoghnach Connolly and Stuart McCallum have released an acoustic EP via Real World Records. Watch them perform live in the studio. A powerful and moving set.
We have a real treat today from Emma Tricca with a beautifully dreamy cover of Graham Nash’s ‘Sleep Song’ (Also our Song of the Day). It was recorded by Ted Young in Echo Canyon West, Hoboken NJ on a Sunday evening while she was working on her forthcoming album
Listen to Jessica, the new single from Me for Queen (aka Mary Erskine). She tells us that “I just try to write songs that talk to people”. Such songwriting as this is all too rare, her sketches observe life from angles you’d maybe never considered before, beautiful imagery bringing them to life.
A decade after his beautiful series of concerts entitled The Songs of Nick Drake, Keith James embarks on an Autumn tour in which he celebrates the life and music of Nick Drake.
Musician Richard Dawson and artist Matt Stokes have collaborated on This Liberty, a cinematic and audio installation inspired by the oldest purpose-built prison in England, Hexham Old Gaol.
Today’s Tune of the Day finds mischief afoot during this session from Tim Edey and some of Scotland’s finest musicians – Charlie Mckerron, Ross Ainslie and Marc Clement.
Pons Aelius are set to deliver their debut album Captain Glen’s Comfort on 8 September. Bold arrangements and a rich and vibrant blend of traditional and contemporary folk music of Britain make them a must see band. Catch them at Bath Folk Festival next week.
Seamus Fogarty will release his new album The Curious Hand on October 6th via Domino Records. Watch his new video for ‘Carlow Town’ which recounts with Homerian flourish, a night spent sleeping in a church.
Our tune of the day comes from two Sheffield-based musicians Liz Hanks on Cello and Michael Walsh on flute performing Tribute to Peadar O Donnell, a tune composed by Donal Lunny and performed originally by Moving Hearts on their album The Storm (1985).
