Elspeth Anne

The final volume of Jacken Elswyth’s essential Betwixt & Between series features singer and multi-instrumentalist Elspeth Anne and the historic Welsh male choir Côr Meibion Gwalia. Anne offers a bleak, beautiful midwinter landscape of drones and dark carols, while the choir provides lo-fi, spirited wassails full of strange magic. It is a fitting conclusion to a project documenting British folk at its most raw and boundary-pushing.

We recommend Elspeth Anne on Bandcamp Friday – she has some live dates coming up supporting the excellent Jacken Elswyth. Also, watch a live video of her performing the traditional lullaby ‘Heap of Horses’ with Helen Melon.

Elspeth Anne’s ‘Mercy Me’ is her third album, and the subjects of many of its songs come from a series of dreams and nightmares prompted by the covid lockdown. It is an album full of ideas, but more importantly, full of feeling, a raw, moving triumph.

Watch the new video by KIDMILK for Elspeth Anne’s new album single ‘Wet Peace’ which is released today. It explores a connection with nature, the land and our ancestors…

Steeped in the rich imagery of the witch trials, watch the new video from Elspeth Anne for Mercy Me, her stunning new single and title track of her forthcoming third album; also our Song of the Day.