On “IN / OUT”, Violeta García explores and pushes the cello’s sonic possibilities. She recorded the album in a cave that once housed Geneva’s water reservoir, transforming it into a natural acoustic chamber.
James Yorkston announces a new collaborative album with David A Jaycock and Lina Langendorf (The Second Hand Orchestra). Due for release in May, listen to ‘Tide’, the first single from Yorkston / Jaycock / Langendorf.
A new live Arthur Russell album titled ‘Open Vocal Phrases, Where Songs Come In and Out’, recorded at Phill Niblock’s Experimental Intermedia Foundation on December 20th, 1985, is to be released by Audika and Rough Trade Records.
Sam Grassie has shared a video for the title track of his latest album, Jarabi, Winter has Gone, described as a marriage of celtic trad and malian blues. Dennis O’Brien filmed the video while they cycled across eastern Europe.
Estonian duo Katariina Kivi and Ann-Lisett Rebane, better known as Duo Ruut, have released a new single titled “Udu” (Fog). Watch the accompanying video by Ako Lehemets.
Mississippi Records announce the release of Church of Kidane Mehret, gathering Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru’s 1972 private press album of the same name with two previously unheard piano recordings. Listen to the lead single ‘Ave Maria’.
Jake Xerxes Fussell shares his new recording of Arthur Russell’s “Close My Eyes”, a number that has, not surprisingly, become a setlist fixture. He has also announced new dates in Europe and the UK, including End Of The Road.
Watch the video for Alex Rex’s latest single, My Old Self Again, a drunk country ditty that was hatched during lockdown. The single is taken from The National Trust, his new album, due for release on March 28th via The Barne Society (pre-order today).
Soundwalk Collective and Patti Smith have announced the release of “Correspondences Vol II,” a two-track EP. The announcement is accompanied by the release of the first fifteen minute track, “Children Of Chernobyl.”
Taken from his forthcoming new album, Catalan folk singer Ferran Orriols covers Roses Grogues (Yellow Roses) by the legendary 70s folk band Heron…and featuring Heron’s Steve Jones on piano. Totally magic.
Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver take us Track-by-Track through their new album Hinterland – a gloriously free-spirited album and the perfect example of folk’s potential for reinvention.
Hello Sunshine is a great new compilation album featuring Cosmic travelers Bobby Lee, Rose City Band, The Bures Band, Garcia Peoples and more, with all proceeds going to Music Cares to help artists dealing with losses from L.A. wildfires.
