Julie Fowlis delivered a compelling and entertaining Celtic Connections set, supported by Duncan Chisholm, Éamon Doorley, Innes White, Alice Allen, Patsy Reid and Binneas, a Gaelic harmony collective.
Six Organs of Admittance, the long-running moniker of Ben Chasny, announces his 21st album, Time is Glass, out April 26th via Drag City, and shares its lead single/video, “The Mission” – a nod to the acid-folk of Current 93 and the cosmic pop of Chris Bell’s Big Star.
Dominik Traub aka Dandara is to release his debut solo album featuring the late Algerian vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Chakib Bouzidi. Listen to the lead single Muri.
Martin Hayes & The Common Ground Ensemble delivered a captivating concert, shifting in tempo and intensity, stretching the melodies, with ever-innovative accompaniment – the standing ovation more than deserved.
Watch the lyric video below for Lyonesse, the first preview from the album Lost Songs of Scilly, a new collaboration between Isles of Scilly-based composer Piers Lewin and John Patrick Elliott of The Little Unsaid.
Niamh Bury’s highly anticipated debut album, Yellow Roses, will be released on Friday, 29th March, via Claddagh Records. To celebrate the announcement, Niamh has shared her new single ‘Budapest’, accompanied by a dream-like music video.
In what was a landmark moment in the history of Celtic Connections, one that will leave a resounding echo for many years to come, The Bothy Band smashed all dizzyingly elevated expectations.
In a new single and video, visual artist and multi-instrumentalist Simon Jones of Harp and a Monkey tells the dark and disturbing tale of Joan Peterson, The Witch of Wapping, who was found guilty of witchcraft and sentenced to death in 1652.
To mark the limited lathe cut vinyl edition of Littoral States on Wayside and Woodland Recordings, Junkboy premiere their video Landlocked. “…our album seeks to elevate the everyday and venerate the beautiful rituals of normalcy, the gallant ongoingness of life”.
Jonathan Day has shared a beautiful animated video by Panadda Saetsai & Nuchteera Siwadune for In a Garden of Stones taken from his latest album Sakura.
Watch ‘Colour Of The Rain’, the new single from Irish songwriter Oisin Leech of the musical duo The Lost Brothers, taken from his new album Cold Sea, produced by, and featuring Steve Gunn, as well as contributions from M. Ward and Tony Garnier.
Jim White, one of the world’s greatest drummers, has announced his first-ever solo album, All Hits: Memories, and shares lead single and video ‘Names Make the Name’ – Tran and Masami Tomihisa’s video marches the viewer through an abandoned wonderland with serpentine fascination.
