Watch filmmaker Steve Sweet’s video of a January 2017 exclusive session (and sonically markedly starker and different) recording of Silver And Lead, the first track from John Murry’s A Short History of Decay.
After years of fan requests, Shakey Graves will officially release two EPs from his collection of rarities and early home recordings as a package set titled ‘Shakey Graves And The Horse He Rode In On (Nobodys Fool & The Donor Blues EP)’ on June 30.
Our Song of the Day is Moved On by Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith. The duo wrote the song about the residents of Newham in East London, and in particular, the campaigners in Focus E15 who are fighting a long battle to secure social housing in the area.
This May sees John Moreland making his 4AD debut with ‘Big Bad Luv’ his fourth album which will be released worldwide on May 5th. Watch his latest video for ‘It Don’t Suit Me…’ and don’t miss his tour dates beginning with Glasgow on 6th May.
Welsh band CALAN have released a video for Apparition, an original song from their new album Solomon based on some entries in the diary of Edmund Jones speaking about the fairy realm in south Wales. They are on tour now.
Cameron J Niven has released a video for his single Indigo Hue which features images from ‘Woman in the Dunes’, directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara in 1964. Watch it here.
Watch the video premiere of ‘Wrong Side Of The Road’, the new single from the 21-year-old songwriter Tally Spear, a song which sees her honing her musical skills and blossoming as a vivid storyteller.
Listen to Bang Bang, the new single from two-time Canadian Folk Music Award Nominee, Sarah Jane Scouten taken from her new full-length album When The Bloom Falls From The Rose, due for release on June 16th via Light Organ Records.
Skerryvore are excited to announce the introduction of a new member to their musician lineup. Scott Wood will join the band, playing pipes and whistles. His first on-stage appearances will be next month.
For those that missed it, ace guitarist Michael Chapman performed on Later… with Jools Holland on 18th April 2017. Watch him performing Sometimes You Just Drive which features on his latest album 50.
When she wasn’t cutting hair she was cutting tracks with music industry buddies Lee Hazlewood and Jack Nitzsche who were wowed by her deep, sultry voice and brilliant songwriting. Lynn’s songs have remained mostly unreleased and unknown, until now courtesy of LIGHT IN THE ATTIC.
FOLLOW THE SUN (mid May on Anthology) collects outsider pop, folk and psych from Australia in the 1960s and 70s. Check out Mata Hari’s ‘Easy’ and Megan Sue Hicks for a flavour.
