Iron & Wine announces his seventh full-length album, Light Verse, described as his most playful, with its title reflecting how the songs were born with joy after the heaviness and anxiety of the pandemic. Watch the accompanying lyric video for “You Never Know”.
In a follow-up to his homespun 2020 gem Bobby Joe Hope, Jon McKiel returns on May 3rd with Hex. Listen to the title track – “Sometimes observing systems and people on the brink of collapse, it feels as though there is a hex on all of us…”
In 2005 a film was made of the Green Man Festival in Wales. It has been unreleased and unseen for nearly 20 years and features performances by Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Alasdair Roberts and Joanna Newsom, among others.
Michael McGoldrick and Family put on a great show at Celtic Connections for the launch of their debut album, One For The Road. The passion, talent, and exceptional versatility meant they all had much to be proud of.
Taken from her new album ‘Coming Home’, watch Cara Dillon’s new video for her latest single ‘Giving’, inspired by her 92-year-old mother; within it lies a distilled reflection of Irish hospitality and generosity.
Transatlantic Sessions never fails to deliver, and with Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves now members of the house band, alongside guests that included Lindsay Lou, Kim Carnie, Joshua Burnside and Carlene Carter, it was another unforgettable evening.
An exceptional and quite mesmerising performance by Amy Laurenson, a pianist from the Shetland Isles, followed by Celtic Fiddle Festival’s top-class musicianship, all made for a highly engaging and enjoyable evening of music.
For Damien O’Kane and Ron Block’s Celtic Connections set, the dividing line between band and guests was appropriately blurred at this highly anticipated banjo-fest gig at the magnificent Barony Hall.
Hannah Rarity delivered a composed and confident excellent set before Galician musician Carlos Nuñez delivered what can only be described as an unforgettable top-class performance and jubilant extravaganza.
Angélique Kidjo proved to be a force of nature at Celtic Connections with a powerful stage presence throughout, gripping, insistent vocals and almost always a beat that had to be danced to.
Embracing Brazilian Tropicalisimo, Afrobeat and Ethiopian folk, Leyla McCalla announces her new album ‘Sun Without The Heat’. Taken from the album, she shares the introspective ‘Tree’ and music video for the upbeat and playful ‘Scaled to Survive’.
Allison Russell’s highly anticipated Celtic Connections show exceeded all expectations – supported by her powerhouse Rainbow Coalition, it was an unforgettable evening of first-rate music and songs inspiring resilience and hope.
