This week’s Nest Collective Hour is hosted by Ceri Wade which has a loose theme titled ‘Mixed Bag’ based on the title of Richie Havens album and in honour of him. Ceri will be playing new and much loved Artists from across genres and different parts of the world.
Juno award winning Cara Luft is set to released her third solo album, Darlingford in June followed by a UK and Ireland tour. Have a listen to her cover of that track made popular by Maddy Prior & Tim Hart in 1971: ‘The Ploughboy and the Cockney’.
Irish band Bell X1 shave the sonics down on their latest release Chop Chop which was produced by Peter Katis & Thomas Bartlett (aka Doveman). The results are spectacular….listen to ‘Starlings Over Brighton Pier’
French artist Cécile Schott best known as Colleen returns after a five years with a new album titled The Weighing of the Heart. Watch her new video which features the work of Japanese experimental film maker Makino Takashi and listen to album excerpts.
Get a taster of Laura Marling’s new album ‘Once I Was An Eagle’…Master Hunter slings from the hip with attitude! Also get a sneak preview of her new short film When Brave Bird Saved which premiers this week.
Richie Haven’s has died at the age of 72. If there is one lasting memory that burns bright for me it is watching a film of him performing at Woodstock on August 15, 1969…the first act to perform in front of 500,000 people. He ran out of songs and improvised FREE-DOM!
Bella Hardy’s new studio album battleplan is released today. You can stream the whole album here courtesy of Deezer, don’t miss the official launch gig for the album at the Slaughtered Lamb in London on Wednesday May 1st.
Alt-folk sextet – Woodenbox release the single Courage from their second album End Game today. Listen to it now and catch their video for ‘Roll for Me’…we also indulge in some reminiscing on the track that introduced the band to us many moons ago.
Lau kick off tonight with a huge UK & Ireland tour taking in the likes of London’s Union Chapel as well as appearances at some big festivals such as Greenman and Larmer Tree, they’ll also be heading to Japan for a five date tour!
Watch a video of the David Thomas Broughton session that featured on the latest Simple Folk Radio. You can also listen to the whole show again on-demand via the Simple Folk Radio website!
Watch Cam Penner’s new video for ‘To Build a Fire’. “I’ve got to know that you’ll make it through the night, make it through the day, make it out alive, that you’ll always have water running down the mountain side, always have shelter and know to build a fire.”
Steady Pace is the next intrinsically southern, soulful single from Matthew E. White which is due for release on Domino Records on 6 May 2013. Watch it now.
