Hanna Tuulikki

Glasgow-based, British-Finnish artist, composer and performer Hanna Tuulikki releases wordless improvisation based on musical patterns of four songbirds, recorded at dawn in Little Drum Wood, Glen Finglas.

Our Song of the Day comes from Glasgow-based artist and composer Hanna Tuulikki with Songthrush which was recently chosen by author Helen Macdonald for her Private Passions on BBC Radio 3.

Our Song of the Day is new composition from Hanna Tuulikki for two voices (with Mischa MacPherson) which draws on the full cycle of working with wool and its associated musical traditions.

We talk to Hanna Tuulikki about her new project ‘Away with the Birds’ which explores the mimesis of birds in Gaelic song which will be performed on the Isle of Canna this month.

Away with the Birds is the Glasgow-based artist and composer Hanna Tuulikki’s most ambitious work to date. It will be performed on the Isle of Canna in the Inner Hebrides. Please support the project by making a pledge.

Two great acts are appearing at Cafe Oto on Saturday 12th January that we highly recommend. They are Cian Nugent and The Cosmos as well as the fabulous Family Elan.

Jo Mango has released a stuning new video for ‘The Black Sun’ which was based on the movement of large flocks of starlings in the winter sky. The track will feature on her new album ‘Murmuration’.

Stephanie Hladowski’s latest release ‘The High High Nest’ is a real gem of a record that manages to capture a sense of time and space that leaves you in awe.

The incredibly talented Glasgow based contemporary folk group, Two Wings, are taking to the road in June for a UK tour. We have a pair of tickets to giveaway to their London gig with Eric Chenaux.

Two Wings latest release ‘Love’s Spring’ is an impressive début which shows them to be a considerably soulful little group.

[rating=4] Thirteen Lost & Found is the second album by ex El Hombre Trajeado guitarist RM Hubbert (also known as ‘Hubby’). It’s produced by Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos and features collaborations with a baker’s dozen of friends and assorted Scottish musical royalty, including Arab Strap’s Aidan Moffat and The Delgados’ Emma Pollock; Kapranos himself guests on a couple of tracks. It certainly gives the impression that Hubby and his Chemikal …

Late last week a vinyl record arrived at Folk Radio, a Double A Side 10″ Single from an artist called Jo Mango. We don’t normally receive vinyl but this weighty package held great surprises. The album artwork was beautiful, lovely imagery…two records in white (the moon) and black (the black sun) vinyl each etched with detailed and delicate illustrations by Nalle’s Hanna Tuulikki, another amazing artist with a unique and …