john grant

These are exciting times for John Grant, following a chart position of #16 last week and endless acclaim for Pale Green Ghosts, here is the new video for one of Pale Green Ghosts many highlights, ‘GMF’.

Bella Union announce the release of John Grant’s second solo album ‘Pale Green Ghosts’ which was recorded in Iceland and features Sinead O’Connor on guest vocals. Watch the video for the title track.

Here are the Top 20 most voted for tracks over the past 30 days on Folk Radio UK. We’ve also included a recent playlist to give a flavour of what we’re playing.

What an end to a great year for Bella Union, their issue of John Grant’s Queen of Denmark debut successfully found itself in most magazine and national newspapers’ ‘Albums of 2010’ features, and he too headlined the last uniting of label artists at Union Chapel in the summer.

UK record label Bella Union, now in their 13th year are one of the most recognised independent labels going, not least for their discovery of Fleet Foxes which earned the label its first Platinum record, but also for their impeccable roster of artists ranging from the highly acclaimed Andrew Bird and Explosions in the Sky, to the lesser known likes of their new recruits exposed at their Evening at Union …

JOHN GRANT, former singer/songwriter with Bella Union cult favorites THE CZARS, finally returns in April 2010 with an extraordinary debut solo album made with MIDLAKE. Everyone has a favorite band or singer they reckon is subject to criminal neglect. That John Grant’s effortlessly rich, expansive baritone, couched in typically heartbreaking, lush melody, hasn’t found a wider audience many would consider a crime. But no longer. Because Grant’s first solo album …