For those of you that miss breaking a few dance floors during the summer folk festival season there’s an opportunity to get warmed up for winter tomorrow (Fri 15t Nov) Ceilidh Soundclash in London!
The Furrow Collective brings together four of the finest, award winning musicians on the UK folk scene: Rachel Newton, Lucy Farrell, Emily Portman and Alasdair Roberts. Get a taster of their debut album.
Allysen Callery has recorded a new track on which she performs a very fine rendition of ‘The Deserter’, a traditional song that also appeared on that classic 1969 album Liege & Lief by Fairport Convention.
Wooden Shjips this week released their incendiary new album ‘Back To Land’. Watch the eerie video for the album’s title track where one new visitor instantly feels out of place…
My reasons for selecting Mick Turner’s (Dirty Three) ‘The Bird Catcher’ as our Song of the Day owes as much to the video as the music. The improvised performance by the late actress Karen Black is unforgettable.
The Gloaming features five well known virtuosic musicians: Iarla Ó Lionaird, Thomas Bartlett, Dennis Cahill, Martin Hayes and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh. Here’s a taster of their self titled debut album due out 20th Jan 2014.
Our Song of the Day is ‘Lariat’ from Wig Out At Jagbags, the new album by Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks. I admit I fell for the video because it made me smile all the way through, simple but effective.
Communion Records have teamed up with Ministry of Stories to present ‘Share More Air’, an album featuring lyrics by east London children and music by Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Matthew and the Atlas, Ben Folds and more.
Another video from that recent acoustic session that Marika Hackman recorded. Itchy Teeth is from her forthcoming EP, “Sugar Blind” which will be released on 9 Dec 2013
