Having first played together in Tel Aviv in 2013, English folk-blues legend Michael Chapman and Israeli singer-songwriter Ehud Banai join forces once again for a series of UK Concert Dates.
This month Ewan McLennan will go back out to play his first UK solo tour of this year. After spending the last few months on collaborative projects, Ewan will be touring across England and Scotland in the coming months.
Taken from Alex Rex’s (Alex Neilson, Trembling Bells) forthcoming album Vermillion, “Song For Dora” is a skewed voodoo blues that combines Captain Beefheart style hoedown with Gregorian chant. Watch the new video which features traditional Tar Barrel Burning.
We have the pleasure in premiering the video for HAV’s (a Danish word for sea) new single – the traditional ‘Loch Tay Boat Song.’ It reimagines a conversation between two lovers whose time together is slipping away.
Nonesuch announces new Kronos Quartet album entitled Folk Songs on which they join forces with four labelmates—Sam Amidon, Olivia Chaney, Rhiannon Giddens, and Natalie Merchant.
The BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Winners included Kris Drever, Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton, The Furrow Collective, Daoiri Farrell, Rachel Newton, Josie Duncan & Pablo Lafuente and more.
For those that like their stomp swamp with a Southern Gothic twist – think of David Eugene Edwards raised in the bayou, check out New Orleans-based Old Nobodaddy who has released his new single ‘Bury the Hatchet’
Listen in full to Blanco White’s new EP Colder Heavens as he weaves together Anglo-American folk with an Andean and Flamenco sound. He also takes us through his EP Track by Track.
Parisian singer Camille takes inspiration from the Hindu ritual of dowsing Shiva in milk in her latest video for Fontaine de lait. The track is taken from OUÏ, her forthcoming album released on June 2nd.
A band that should be on everyone’s radar for 2017 is the new London five-piece Curse of Lono – catch their headline show at the Water Rats in London on Thursday 20th April. If you need convincing then watch their video for Pick Up the Pieces.
Our song of the Day comes from Edinburgh and London-based five-piece band Storm the Palace who combine elements of baroque-pop and traditional folk with menacing melodies and cinematic flare. Download lead track ‘DLR Dreaming’ for free here.
