As we prepare to welcome the arrival of Spring, multi-instrumentalist Simon J Jones has a few thoughts to share about it in his new single and video ‘What To look for In Spring’, from his forthcoming solo album ‘How Things Work’.
Watch ‘Navigation at Sea’, the latest video animation from Simon J Jones of Harp and a Monkey, inspired by the 1967 Ladybird title ‘Understanding Maps’ and taken from his forthcoming album ‘How Things Work’.
During the summer of 2021, Northern collective ‘Harp and a Monkey’ worked on a commission to capture an aural representation of everyday life for inhabitants of the Peak District in Derbyshire. Watch the accompanying video ‘Birdsong and Bells: The Peak Sound Project’.
Simon Jones of Harp & a Monkey shares Royal Mail, a song and video animation inspired by the vintage Ladybird book ‘The Postman And The Postal Service’. It’s taken from his debut solo album ‘How Things Work’ which he has just finished recording.
In 2010, a group of volunteers revived a neglected Victorian orchard. Now, after years of hard work, the trees are once again bearing fruit. The spirit of collectivism that made it possible is being celebrated in a new single by Harp & a Monkey.
Harp & a Monkey share a new animated video for the title track of their latest album ‘The Victorians’. Also, watch them performing ‘The Pilgrim’s Cross’ on the West Pennines in the summer.
Harp & a Monkey have been mining the memories of a former Warwickshire pit village to create a sound-tracked short film celebrating themes of camaraderie, heritage and community spirit.
Experimental folk song and storytelling trio Harp & a Monkey today release a new single that celebrates the value of our public museums, galleries and archives.
Experimental song and storytelling trio Harp & a Monkey have announced a new single to promote their forthcoming spring and summer tour – and we have a video premiere!
For all its range and variation, for all the subtle and beautiful musical flourishes and lingering sonic effects, The Victorians is essentially a call to arms. Harp & a Monkey have made a stunning album that pleads the case for folk song as a working-class mode of expression.
A tragic tale about a naked Victorian lifesaver! It can only be another song exclusive for Folk Radio UK from the experimental Mancunians’ Harp & a Monkey.
Mancunian trio Harp & a Monkey have been pushing the boundaries of traditional British music for more than a decade, and we are delighted to have an exclusive video premiere from their long-awaited fourth album – The Victorians.
