The Mekons current and original line-ups will play together for the first time this summer at Mekonville, a three-day family-friendly arts festival which marks their 40th Anniversary. The festival runs July 28th-30th in Pettaugh, rural Suffolk.
Our Song of the Day is Stop Talking About It, from the long-awaited new studio album Cracks in the Room by fiddle/harp duo Twelfth Day (Catriona Price and Esther Swift).
Cormac Begley announces a solo concertina album using the full range of concertinas from bass, baritone, treble to piccolo. The album is a delight, highlighting some of the instrument’s possibilities spanning across seven octaves.
Eden Festival has been awarded £12,500 towards the creation of ‘The Great Mountain Stage’, which will showcase established and up and coming Scottish artists performing an array of trad, folk, Celtic music.
After becoming aware of Charlie O’Brien through a recent song submission we fell under the spell of his version of Eileen Aroon. But he has many strings to his bow…including a documentary film he made filmed over the last three years in Cuba, Ireland and the U.S.
Fairport Convention, Jon Boden and The Conservatoire Folk Ensemble are among the acts headlining folk and roots festival, Imagined Isle, which returns to the Birmingham’s iconic Town Hall from Friday 12 to Sunday 14 May 2017.
Listen in full to ‘Objects,’ the debut album from the Bristol-based musical ensemble The Nightjar. They use close harmonies, tight-interlocking guitars, deep bass and an intense lead vocal to paint fragile, haunting landscapes for their dream-like, ethereal songs of hope, loss and disaster.
Following his celebrated adventures in drama, translation, travel writing and prose poetry, Simon Armitage’s eleventh collection of poems, The Unaccompanied, heralds a return to his trademark contemporary lyricism. Watch Simon read ‘Thank You for Waiting’, an exclusive new poem.
Watch the video premiere for Mayfair at Rhayader 1927, a track from Toby Hay’s new album The Gathering to be released on 29th March 2017 via Cambrian Records. Both the tune and video, which features archive footage of the Rhayader Mayfair, are ‘wondrous and uncanny.’
In celebration of their tenth anniversary last year, The Shee commissioned six of their most favourite, influential composers to write original songs or tunes for the band. The results were spectacular, if you missed their tour last year then fear not…they are on the road again in April 2017.
Lucas and King are a Brighton-based duo who caught our attention following their video submission for Truly Not Yours.They sound refreshingly original and should be reaching a much wider audience.
Our Song of the Day comes from Manchester’s Ferocious Folk Foursome 4Square. It is a gorgeous cover of Richard Thompson’s ‘Farewell’ and it features on their new EP ‘X,’ released today to celebrate the 10th year as a touring band. On Tour Now.
