Three Cane Whale announce the release of their third album ‘Palimpsest’ from which we have the pleasure of premiering ‘Moon in a Bottle’. Plus watch a great live session recorded for the independent book publisher Little Toller who provided the artwork for the album.
Emily Barker composes music for heart-warming new film ‘Hector’ – a story of a homeless man who makes an annual pilgrimage from Scotland to a London homeless shelter. Watch Emily performing the title track ‘Anywhere Away’, also our Song of the Day.
Breabach announce new album ‘Astar’. Celebrating a world theme they take melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ideas from five different cultures and merge them with their own sound, aided by some special guest artists.
We have a stunning video premiere and Song of the Day from Nive & The Deer Children for ‘Tulugaq’ which is sung in her native Greenlandic tongue and features on her new album Feet First – released in the UK on 5th Feb 2016 via Glitterhouse Records.
We have an exclusive live video session from Elle Osborne performing the Christmas carol In The Bleak Midwinter. It was recorded in the back room of The Horse House, Bedford, Sussex this month.
Priddy Folk Festival announce first acts for 2016 including Belshazzar’s Feast, Lady Maisery, Lucy Ward Band, Beth Porter and the Availables and Rory McLeod. Check our festival preview here.
The good people at Lost Map Records recorded this lovely session recently featuring Withered Hand, James Yorkston & The Pictish Trail performing ‘Life of Doubt‘ which we’ve chosen as our Song of the Day. They are all on tour together in January.
We have a video premiere today from lo fi acoustic poet and song writer Owen Trowmans with his new video for Child Winter, taken from his new Winter Tape EP. The ‘found footage video’ rekindles that sense of yearning for home and childhood wonderfully.
Wth just over five months to go until the 34th Orkney Folk Festival the organisers announce some of their first acts: Julie Fowlis, The Unthanks, Liz Carroll and Frigg.
Our Song of the Day comes from the forthcoming Songs of Separation. This is London Lights featuring the gorgeous vocals of Hazel Askew and dreamy harmonies. This has a lovely Christmassy feel as well.
First issued over 25 years ago, and now remastered from original tapes, Avocet is a concept piece by Bert Jansch on which he is joined by Danny Thompson alongside the late Martin Jenkins. It’s often cited by fans as a favourite, it’s released on 5th February 2016.
