jo mango

Scottish songwriter Jo Mango returns on June 12th with her new album “The Lightswitch,” a concept album about her love for music, but also the fall-out of love, the shadow behind it, the emptiness left behind when the music draws to a close. Taken from the album, watch her performing her latest single, The Clock, co-written with Louis Abbott of Admiral Fallow.

Jo Mango & Friends offer a lament that simultaneously stirs action and offers a balm for the trauma of separation with her latest release, System Hold.

Singer-songwriter Jo Mango has teamed up with an array of songwriters, academic researchers and sustainability organisations to create the When Tomorrow Becomes Yesterday project. Listen to the first track released to promote the project which features Louis Abbott of Admiral Fallow and Craig Beaton of The Unwinding Hours.

Fran Wyburn and the Indigos are a Yorkshire trio that come high up on our list of new bands to check out. Listen to the opening track of their new EP ‘Postcards’, also our Song of the Day.

An extra long bonus mix featuring some of our latest favourites including: Trembling Bells, 9Bach, Stanley Brinks, My Bubba, Tom Rosenthal, jo Mango, Hiss Golden Messenger, Seamus Cater and many more.

Vashti Bunyan has revealed the first track from her new album Heart Leap. Listen to ‘Across The Water’ which also features guest musician Jo Mango.

When We Lived In A Crook Of A Tree is another gift to add to that treasured collection from Jo Mango. The title track is also our Song of the Day.

Watch a collection of sessions that were recently recorded by the BBC at Celtic Connections, some of our favourites that we featured over 2012: Karine Polwart, Trembling Bells, Rachel Hair Trio and Jo Mango!

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’.

Jo Mango has a new single out today titled ‘Cordelia‘ which is taken from her forthcoming album ‘Murmuration‘. It is produced and recorded by Adem, download it for free today.

A new mix featuring the poetry jamesreindeer and music inspired by his first official spoken word album ‘Shallow Pools’. Includes music from A Band Of Buriers, The Beguilers, Quickbeam, Meg Baird, David A jaycock, I Am Oak, Bard and more.

Jo Mango and the Madrigirls in a unique collaboration at Glasgow University Chapel on Thursday 23rd February.

Every Saturday night between now and Christmas there will be two Celtic Connections acts performing from 7pm at ‘Glasgow Loves Christmas’. Have a listen to them now.

Listen to our latest mix: Coasting is a journey. A journey from a market square in Rhodes, Greece ending in a cafe in Anstruther, Scotland. This is a very gentle musical odyssey by bicycle…enjoy!

Well it is the Bank Holiday and the sun is shining, at intervals admittedly, so I thought I’d dig back for a suitable tune and came up with this Belle and Sebastian one. I also stumbled across this great animation video that was drawn and directed by Nicole Benz.

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 …