BLIND PASSION is the journey of an artist who loves to sing and share her positive passion for music. 'Sunny Days', 'Fly Me To The Stars' and 'Things Have Changed' on BLIND PASSION exude a whole lot of jazz soul. But Katriona does not stop here. BLIND PASSION also...
British guitar hero Michael Chapman very sadly passed away on September 10th. His influence and impact on the wider and specialist music scene was immense and mostly unheralded. His music and his appeal crossed generations. To say he will be missed is nowhere near...
The long awaited album launch for Pete Josef's 2020 LP, 'I Rise With The Birds' is finally going to happen on Wednesday 22nd September at The Jam Jar in Bristol This homecoming gig will be the first performance by the full Pete Josef band for 3 years. Featuring a...
Hannah James first met Toby Kuhn in Summer 2018 at the Floating Castle festival in Slovenia and it was clear that these two musicians shared a common approach to music making and a real artistic chemistry. Award-winning folk musician, dancer and composer Hannah James...
An exciting and inspirational celebration of Gaelic language and music is promised at The Royal National Mòd 2021 in the city of Inverness this autumn. The eight-day event will hint at a return to normality as organisers of the prestigious celebration unveil a...
The Cauld is the new single from Scottish folk singer Iona Fyfe. A slight departure from previous releases, the song which follows a folk-pop structure is written by Iona in the Scots Language; one of Scotlands three national languages with over 1.5 million speakers...
ACCLAIMED SONGWRITING DUO TO TOUR MATERIAL THROUGHOUT SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER Songwriting duo Jacob & Drinkwater have announced their new album ‘More Notes From The Field’ will be released on the 29th October through Polyphonic Life Records and shared the...
The Furrow Collective are excited to be finally getting together again this Winter to share some new, old songs. The English/Scottish band, BBC Radio 2 folk Award winners, consist of four talented and individually prominent performers: Lucy Farrell (viola, voice &...
Back on track after a two-year wait, England’s most easterly folk festival, FOLKEAST, pulled off a spectacular and emotional reunion last weekend (August 20-22). The delayed ninth FolkEast returned to Suffolk’s glorious Constable-esque grounds of Elizabethan Glemham...
Reading in Berkshire, is a modest, down-to-earth sort of place; it doesn’t readily boast about its treasures but tucks them away. Even the townsfolk are largely unaware of its Museum Of English Rural Life, or the painstakingly accurate reproduction of The Bayeux...
One of Scotland’s most loved trad-rock bands Mànran have hailed the release of brand new album with the news they have a new single to share with fans today. Crow Flie is Mànran’s first material to be released since Scottish songstress Kim Carnie and guitarist Aidan...
Westcountry folk singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Seth Lakeman was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2005 for 'Kitty Jay'. It catapulted Lakeman into the forefront of the new British folk movement and his follow up was the gold-selling ‘Freedom...
An educational children’s storybook has been brought to life in the form of an exciting new album and audiobook featuring some of Scotland’s finest musicians. The book Mr Goose – Risk & Reward, originally created and written by an Ayrshire business consultant in...
Due out on 20th August, Vapour Trails is the first single to be released from Kelly Bayfield’s much anticipated debut album. The song features guest appearances from Paul Sartin (oboe) Beth Porter (cello) and Ben Please (ukulele), and explores mankind’s seemingly...
Much to the delight of fans and the band, Fairport Convention are back on the road again following the forced hiatus of the past year-and-a-half.Fairport Convention has been entertaining music lovers for over half a century, and during that time, the band that...
The remarkable intimate solo performances Martin Simpson gives go from strength to strength – every gig is a masterclass. He travels the length and breadth of the UK and beyond, giving rapt audiences passion, sorrow, love, beauty, tragedy and majesty through his...
She didn’t believe in genres and actively crossed styles to the delight of thousands who cherished her tumbling homespun melodies. Nanci Griffith who has very sadly passed reflected her roots and home so charmingly and with such grace she easily cruised to star status...
Piano and voice isn’t a combination that you hear much in the folk idiom and yet it can be just as potent – if not more so – than a full band. Karine Polwart’s new album ‘Still As Your Sleeping’ is just this, a duo album of piano and voice. Deceptively simple, yet...
LAST CHANCE FOR WEEKEND & DAY TICKETS -Free admission for children aged 11 and under- Hugely popular North-West folk rockers Merry Hell have been announced as Sunday headliners at England’s most easterly folk festival, FOLKEAST (August 20-22). The 8-piece...
Opportunity comes from unlikely places. This past year it came to guitarist-singer-songwriter Brooks Williams in the shape of a ghostly, stealth-winged flyer with a heart-shaped face. The Barn Owl, Hoolet, Billy Wix or Ghost Owl. It all started when Wildlife...
