norman blake

The new album from Norman Blake, Day by Day, couldn’t come at a better time. An opportunity to savour the past through the hands of a consummate craftsman.

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings have today announced ‘Day By Day’, a new album from the legendary Norman Blake, who, now at the age of 83 years of age, has certainly earned his title of elder statesman of American folk music.

Scotlands most revered jazzist Bill Wells has assembled an all star cast from the weirder corners of the indie world including Deerhoof, Yo La Tengo, Isobel Campbell, Norman Blake, Bridget St John, to twist your favourite nursery rhymes into new compositions revealing the dark, violent and often hilarious message beneath the surface…

Our Song of the Day comes by way of a new video from the gorgeously quirky Sound of Yell which is led by Stevie Jones. The track Crescent features on the debut album Brocken Spectre.