We have the pleasure in premiering a new track today from South London quartet Edgar Wallace Exchange whose first tune, The Great Divide, was featured on Folk Radio UK in October.
Our Song of the Day is Sufi Song from the experimental group Yorkston/Thorne/Khan which features James Yorkston, Suhail Yusuf Khan and Jon Thorne. It’s from their forthcoming new album ‘Everything Sacred’
Fairport’s Cropredy Convention music festival has announced the first acts booked for the 2016 including Ralph McTell and Steeleye Span. Tickets are on sale now.
Scottish folksinger Emily Smith has announced the release of ‘Songs for Christmas‘, an album that’s been inspired by her ever popular annual Christmas show. She’ll also be a guest on a Christmas special Mark Radcliffe’s Folk Show on BBC Radio 2.
Dawn Landes & Piers Faccini have announced the release of a new EP titled Desert Songs which will be released by Beating Drum on January 15th 2016. Listen to Heaven’s Gate, our Song of the Day.
We have great pleasure in premiering the doublesided single from Julia Meijer titled Ocean / England which was launched this week at The Jericho Tavern, Oxford. Although she will be a new name to most of you we don’t believe that will be for very long.
We have a video premiere today from Joan Shelley featuring Will Oldham, it was filmed recently at The Bomhard Theater in Louisville, Kentucky. She’s over in the UK touring in March ’16.
This year’s MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards at The Caird Hall in Dundee proved yet again it was the event of the year on the Scottish music calendar and we were fortunate enough to be there for it all!
We are very pleased to share with you a deeply moving new music video from Huw M for I wanted you to cry (also our Song of the Day). The song features on Huw M’s brilliant new album, Utica, which we recently reviewed.
As the Teeside folk trio The Young’Uns announce their biggest UK tour to date we catch up with David Eagle who tells us about the tour, what makes the North East so great and lots more – it is of course laden with humour throughout.
Wherever you are tomorrow evening you’ll be able to watch the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards. The Awards and Gala concert will be available to watch between 9pm and 11pm GMT from the iPlayer website.
We have a wonderful video premiere to share with you today from Marie-Claire Berreen & Her Husbands. The song ‘Come Home’ is also the title track of their new album which is out now.
