Watch Jazz Jamaica All Stars performing Bob Marley’s Catch a Fire. The band blend a great fusion of mento, ska, reggae and jazz styles to create a very unique and catchy style.
This weeks Nest Collective Hour will provide our listeners with a very special treat. They will be featuring the 2013 hot tipped British-Norwegian composer Sasha Siem in session with her string and percussion quartet.
John Peel once described him as “The finest songwriter of his generation”…he is James Yorkston and he will be taking over this weeks Simple Folk Radio show from his home on the east coast of Scotland! Tune in Sunday at 5:00pm!
Alessi’s Ark is back with her third album ‘The Still Life’ which will be released on Bella Union Monday 15th April 2013. Listen to the first single ‘The Rain’.
Grizzly Bear have announced their new single ‘Speak in Rounds’ and director Kris Moyes talks about their forthcoming video for “gun-shy” which explores where individual creativity comes from.
Madeleine Peyroux announces new album ‘The Blue Room’ and reveals the video for her new single, a cover of Buddy Holly’s ‘Changing All Those Changes’. Watch it now.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club are due to release their new album ‘Specter At The Feast’ in March…get your first taster as they release their first ‘free’ single “Let The Day Begin“.
Nick Hemming’s The Leisure Society are back with a new album ‘Alone Aboard the Ark’, watch the album trailer, get the tour dates and a free track: The Sober Scent Of Paper
Watch a collection of sessions that were recently recorded by the BBC at Celtic Connections, some of our favourites that we featured over 2012: Karine Polwart, Trembling Bells, Rachel Hair Trio and Jo Mango!
Hiss Golden Messenger have announced the release of their fifth album ‘Haw’, get your first taster here….pricklier and more unknowable than the places explored on ‘Poor Moon’ (2011)
In Episode 2: Day 2. ‘High up on the Ancient Ridgeway’ of ‘An English Love Story’ M.N. Hopwood continues on his journey from Ogbourne St George to high up on Uffington Hill.
Whilst I appreciate that mainstream radio may have tired out some of you from hearing Mumford and Sons I still found myself smiling when I saw this session. Reminded me of Open House Festival in Belfast.
