Joshua Burnell’s music has always thrived on the blurring of boundaries. However, with Glass Knight, his most daring and deeply rewarding album to date, he’s written music that simply refuses to recognise their existence.
Watch Joshua Burnell’s new single, The Snow It Melts The Soonest. “Throughout the past five…, I’ve been searching for where I fit into the world of trad music, and where the music fits in with me. This track is the moment I have found that place.”
Taken from Joshua Burnell’s forthcoming new EP Storm Cogs, watch the video for ‘Shelagh’s Song’, inspired by the life of Scottish singer-songwriter Shelagh McDonald, the Seventies folk singer who went missing for 30 years.
Danny Neill chats to Joshua Burnell, our Artist of the Month, whose new album ‘Flowers Where The Horses Sleep’ is receiving many gushing plaudits, including our own. From creativity to prog…we dig deeper.
Joshua Burnell grabs our attention and imagination with this brilliantly accessible album, bursting at the seams with ideas, imagery and an assured ability with melody and song structure. Outstanding.
Watch the incredible animation for Le Fay, the new single from Joshua Burnell which finds him making a foray into new musical territory with this folk-fused baroque pop offering.
Our Song of the Day comes from Joshua Burnell, Skylark & The Oak sees a return to Joshua’s original songwriting, influenced by storytelling and folklore. He is joined on vocals by singer Frances Sladen, watch the accompanying video here.
On The Road to Horn Fair, Joshua Burnell pays homage to the sounds of the late sixties and seventies. Fun, lots of tongue in cheek but at the same time spot on.
Joshua Burnell tells us in his own words about his love for the song Dowie Dens of Yarrow and how the album Stargazer led to a folk quest that eventually led to him meeting his idol – the legendary Shelagh McDonald.
With Songs From The Seasons, Joshua Burnell delivers a collection of assured, dynamic takes on a wide range of folk songs. An album full of loving detail and exceptional musicianship, an album of genuine ambition, scope and variety.
