Our Song of the Day is ‘The Living Wage’ by Charles Latham. All digital sale proceeds go to The Scottish Living Wage Campaign, along with its “sister” organization, The Durham Living Wage Project in Latham’s hometown in North Carolina.
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy announces new album ‘Pond Scum’ – tracks chosen from John Peel Sessions spanning eight years. Plus a free download of ‘Rich Wife Full of Happiness’.
Listen to Follow Me Moon in full, the new album from Nashville-based, folk / Americana singer-songwriter Mia Rose Lynne who has been compared to the likes of Alison Krauss, Joni Mitchell and Patty Griffin.
Watch Emma Ballantine’s stunning new video for ‘Perfect Crime’. She will be celebrating the new single release with a special headline show in her hometown of Salisbury on January 8th.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our readers and listeners. Here’s a folkie treat with a Winter Solstice Mix from Michael Tanner featuring Bob Copper, Shirley Collins, Jean Ritchie, Waterson:Carthy and more.
Our Song of the Day is from Loren Auerbach alongside her husband and creative partner Bert Jansch with Snowflake. From ‘Colours Are Fading Fast’, due for reissue in 2016 on Earth Recordings.
More great news on Gate to Southwell lineup for 2016 – this time with a fantastic lineup of homegrown and international rising stars – one you don’t want to miss!
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.
