Pictish Trail, aka Scottish singer-songwriter Johnny Lynch, has revealed his first new music in three years with new single Far Gone (Don’t Leave). It is the first taste of his new album, due later this year. He’s touring throughout the spring and summer.
DM Stith returns with his long-awaited follow-up to his 2009 debut. If Heavy Ghost was invested in the power of catharsis and exorcism, Pigeonheart is engrossed with the ideas of transmutation and transfiguration.
We have the great pleasure in sharing this video premiere from David Ian Roberts for Grail (also our Song of the Day). It is the only live track on his forthcoming EP Sending Out Fires, the video for which was shot as the track was recorded at Fieldgate Studio near Cardiff.
We have an exclusive first listen to ‘Carolina’ the new album from Spain, the musical project of widely acclaimed LA singer / songwriter and bass player Josh Haden, son of Charlie Haden, one of the most celebrated jazz bass players of the 20th Century.
Awake Unto is the second mesmerising collection of songs by Rick Redbeard and comes three years after his delicately poetic solo debut No Selfish Heart. Listen to the opening track ‘Wild Young Country’.
‘From the Forest Came the Fire’ guides us past the forest’s edge, beneath the surface of the water, and up the base of the mountain. Take your first listen to the album here on Folk Radio UK.
Watch a video premiere from Yorkston/Thorne/Khan for ‘Song for Thirza’, the band’s reading of legendary songwriter and singer Lal Waterson’s original. They recently released ‘Broken Wave Live’ EP and are touring the UK & Ireland.
Emily Jane White has announced the release of her fifth album ‘They Moved in Shadow All Together’, the title for which was inspired by the opening line of Cormac McCarthy’s novel Outer Dark.
Tompkins Square will reissue two lovely cosmic folk slices of goodness from Bob Brown, both albums were produced by Richie Havens but failed to make a commercial impact in the ’70s.
For those that missed it last time The Dead Stations, written by Charlotte Hathaway with music and lyrics by Mike Vass, is back and and will be performed at Edinburgh’s Hidden Door Festival at the end of May.
The Low Anthem have announced the release of their fourth full length studio album…based around the “sonic mythology of a moth’s dreams which promises an unprecedented collection of multi-dimensional future folk crafted with uncommon vision and emotional depth.
Indie-folk quartet Darlingside, Artist of the Year at 2016’s Folk Alliance International, release their critically acclaimed album ‘Birds Say’ (Thirty Tigers) in the UK on July 15 and play their first UK tour in July and August.
