The Mekons, those sonic adventurers that formed in Leeds way back in 1977, have offered up a musical response to Brexit with Fear & Beer – also a sneak peak at MEKONS EXISTENTIALISM, a new album/book/video to be released September 2016.
Thrill Jockey, following the release of her LP, have revealed a documentary on the mysterious songwriter Jackie Lynn who will be making appearances around the world this Summer.
Listen to ‘Black Waves’, a track premiere from BD Harrington’s forthcoming third album ‘The Diver’s Curse’, an album whose bleakness is rescued from overwhelming darkness via its diversity and insightful story-telling…
Listen in full to the debut EP from Melbourne based singer & songwriter Kathleen Mary Lee. An inspired body of work that is deeply rooted in something raw, honest and nostalgic.
Celebrating their 10th anniversary as a band, The Felice Brothers have announced a European tour at the beginning of 2017 plus stream in full their new album Life In The Dark.
Jon Boden’s solo debut album Painted Lady is to be reissued on it’s 10th Anniversary with additional bonus tracks. To celebrate, we have a special video premiere of Jon performing a Bellowhead favourite – Roll Alabama.
Kings of the South Seas launch new ‘Free Folk’ series featuring an array of musical friends spontaneously creating music….Vol. 1 features squeeze box virtuoso Andy Cutting like you’ve never heard before…no boundary is sacred!
Award winning Film documentary Bayou Maharajah which tells the extraordinary story of New Orleans rhythm and blues musician James Carroll Booker III will be screened across the UK and released on DVD for the first time.
Watch the video premiere from Stockholm-based trio Barbarisms for ‘Heaviest Breather’, their new single and opening track from their latest album Browser. They play a Rough Trade East instore this Wednesday 29th June.
Watch this short film on English psych-folk musician Simon Finn, a revealing and moving insight into his early life leading up to the release ‘Pass the Distance’ and the time he spent in North America before returning to the UK after 35 years.
Watch the new animated video from Neko Case, K.D. Lang and Laura Veirs’ for ‘Atomic Number’, inspired by a man searching for a soul mate with the same atomic number, 42.
Dr. Ralph Stanley, one of the key figures who helped establish and develop bluegrass has died at the age of 89. His family revealed that he had been fighting an ongoing battle with skin cancer and died peacefully in his sleep.
