Watch the latest new video from Glenn Jones new album: Across the Tappan Zee is performed with Laura Baird (sister of Meg Baird) on banjo, interweaving her plaintive melodies with Glenn’s gentle picking.
After a two-year hiatus from the live circuit, Johnny Flynn has announced a July solo headline UK tour. Plus he reveals a new song in a video recorded in his kitchen. Watch it now.
Bristolian quartet Joyce the Librarian are to release Traps as a new digital only release on Folkwit Records on 3rd June. Watch their new video and get their tour dates.
We Are The West are an LA based duo I’ve just discovered. When listening to them there is an instant and very real perception of the world slowing down, a remarkable stillness and calm…listen for yourself.
Luxembourg’s Monophona are gearing up for their first UK live shows at The Great Escape this weekend, their blend of folk, trip-hop and other influences combine to make a catchy sound, one to watch out for in 2013.
New into the Folk Radio UK playlist this week is the new EP from Broken Twin, sparse and melancholic compositions that accentuate the beautifully moving vocals of 24 year old Dane Majke Voss Romme.
Vespers are a North London acoustic trio consisting of two guitars and double bass (with occasional flute), not forgetting some great silken harmonies. A wonderful find!
Another great video from the good folks at Harmonic Rooms. This was filmed back in March this year when Mike Heron (Incredible String Band) & Trembling Bells were touring.
This weeks Simple Folk Radio features Rennie Sparks, lyricist of legendary band The Handsome Family who will be sharing some of her favourite records and getting to the root of why we all love murder ballads so very much.
Darren Hayman has shortened his Long Parliament and returns with a new album of seventeenth century folk songs called Bugbears, which is due out on Fika Recordings in July.
As many of you will be aware Bella Hardy’s battleplan album was one of our Albums of the Month, she has just revealed a great new video for one of our favourite tracks ‘Three Pieces of my Heart’, watch it now.
Watch the official video for London based Die Mason Die’s ‘My Favourite Cave’, an original song that was written for Daniel Johnston’s SPACE DUCKS LP. We’re hooked!
