Next month sees the release of Piers Faccini’s seventh album ‘Shapes Of The Fall’. Watch his new documentary series titled “Songs of Earth and Sky” through which we gain an insight into his work and creative processes.
Even the keenest Karen Dalton fans have been surprised by the recently revealed new footage of her performing at The Montreux Golden Rose Pop Festival in 1971. It features her performing four songs with a backing band.
We return to sharing film with a unique short that offers an intimate portrait of Toke Broni Strandby, a Danish dance artist, based in London. It also presents a many-layered empathetic vision of those behind its making.
Ireland’s boutique festival, Body & Soul, announce ‘Éiru’s Threshold’ (premieres 13th February online) featuring an outstanding cast of renowned Irish female talent from the worlds of theatre, dance, film, literature, fashion design, and music.
A brand new Gaelic drama telling the remarkable story of a young girl from Guyana brought to the Black Isle in 1816 will be shown at this month’s Blas Festival.
Arbutus Yarns reveal new film project celebrating the life of Irish folk singer and songwriter Liam Weldon. Watch a clip in which Irish Traveller singer and song collector Thomas McCarthy pays tribute to Weldon.
From the makers of The Ballad of Shirley Collins, Southern Journey (Revisited) retraces Alan Lomax’s iconic song collecting trip from the late 1950s – A muso-geographic road trip through the American South by two outsiders…
With ‘Wake Up Calls’, Cosmo Sheldrake alerts us to the beauty of nature as well as the perils it faces. We join him in the woods for an immersive insight.
In the latest ‘In the Archives with…’ video series from EFDSS, Nicola Kearey and Ian Carter, from Stick in the Wheel, go crate-digging in the Cecil Sharp House archives.
FROM THE COOP: a celebration of the creativity that came out of one small suburban house in Bristol, home to eight musicians and four rescue chickens during lockdown.
As biog-documentaries go, All My Life’s Buried Here must be judged one of the finest and especially well realised. It is truly compelling viewing and something of a benchmark in its field.
John Jones of folk rock legends Oysterband delves through the Cecil Sharp House record collection to share some favourites from The Copper Family to Joseph Taylor.
Watch Somewhere South, a beautiful short film about Devon-based Lignum Surfboards who make eco-friendly hollow wooden surfboards. Their philosophy is that ‘every board can carve its own path when crafted with passion and soul.’
Voice of the Eagle is a box of treasures. Liam Barker’s film sheds some light on this unusual and remarkably gifted character, while also giving us plenty of examples of Robbie Basho’s spellbinding music to satisfy us throughout.
FIRE FILMS announce feature documentary THE BALLAD OF SHIRLEY COLLINS about the iconic English singer is now streaming for the first time via Vimeo on Demand, including the first-ever digital release of a host of bonus materials.
Canadian musician Dan Mangan shares short film With Me in which he stars alongside Canadian actress Chilina Kennedy. The short film is a new interpretation of Mangan’s song Fool For Waiting.
An incredible one-off celebration of the early music of Fleetwood Mac will be screened in cinemas across the country in June, as Mick Fleetwood and a stellar cast of guest stars pay tribute to the music of founding member, Peter Green.
