Ahead of their European tour this May with Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Mess Esque share the video for their latest single ‘Crow’s Ash Tree’. Whatever emotions shaped these songs, the results are quite unforgettable.
Featuring Ruth Clinton of Landless, Cormac MacDiarmada of Lankum and John Dermody of The Jimmy Cake, Poor Creature announce debut album ‘All Smiles Tonight’ and share video for ‘The Whole Town Knows’.
Legendary outsider folk singer Michael Hurley has passed away. In a statement, his family said: “The “Godfather of freak folk” was for a prolific half-century the purveyor of an eccentric genius and compassionate wit. He alone was Snock. There is no other…”
Taken from his new album ‘time indefinite’, William Tyler shares his Carl Yung-inspired ‘Anima Hotel’; it’s one of the most tender and moving pieces I’ve heard him perform. I can see myself revisiting this album a lot.
Ahead of next month’s tour, watch Toby Hay and Aidan Thorne perform a track from their album ‘after a pause’ – music of sharply defined brilliance, brimming with consideration for the spirit of collaboration and the natural world.
Asthmatic Kitty announces a 10th Anniversary Edition of Sufjan Stevens’ Carrie & Lowell. The double-LP, out on May 30th, features seven previously unreleased bonus tracks and a 40-page Booklet. Listen to the previously unreleased “Mystery of Love (Demo)”.
Two decades after their initial foray into Zimbabwean music, Analog Africa revisits the fertile grounds where their crate-digging journey commenced with “Roots Rocking Zimbabwe – The Modern Sound of Harare’ Townships 1975-1980”.
To celebrate World Piano Day (March 29th), Georgia Ruth is releasing ‘Cooler Head’ today, a companion EP to her celebrated 2024 album Cool Head. Watch Georgia recording the tracks live and read her exclusive Track-by-Track.
Taken from their forthcoming album Remscéla, London-based duo Milkweed share the video for their latest single ‘The Pangs Of Ulster’ that tells of a curse that incapacitated the men of Ulster with the same pain felt by women in labour.
Taken from his latest album, End of the Middle, Richard Dawson shares the video for his unashamedly sentimental album finale ‘More than Real’. “There’s no holding it back,” admits Dawson. “It’s quite glorious, hopeful – and terribly sad.”
The Deep Dark Woods return with their first new music since Broadside Ballads Vol. III. Watch the accompanying video to Ruby, a tender psychedelic waltz in which late-evening thoughts swirl around your head, cut adrift with no point of anchor.
Watch Bridget Hayden & The Apparitions’ brooding live performance of ‘When I Was In My Prime’ at Todmorden Unitarian Church, where they’ll perform again in June for the Basin Rock all-dayer ‘Down Off The Tops’ also featuring Jim Ghedi, Juni Habel, Duncan Marquiss & Kevin Fowley.
