Gone though anything but forgotten, Tony Hooper (above) alumni of The Strawbs and Roger Burridge briefly fiddler with Fairport. At 81, Tony Hooper had once been at the eye of the commercial reality of British pop, however he was terribly uncomfortable in such a world...
If you rifle through Steve Tilston’s back catalogue there are albums with titles which, should you be only a casual acquaintance of his work, might well give totally the wrong impression. ‘Acoustic Confusion,’ being one ‘Life By Misadventure,’ yet another. He’s just...
Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne as been a musician since the age of 6 and took to squeezeboxes in his teens. He has since developed into a fine player of both the melodeon and anglo concertina. Having won the Bromyard Folk Festival's Future of Young Folk Award for...
Wardruna release their fifth studio album KVITRAVN in January. Postponed for a year due to you-know-what, the album continues and expands upon the themes and soundscapes the band have created in their previous work. In a recent interview with Einar Selvik we talked...
Jaw-dropping Anglo-Irish multi-instrumentalist Tim Edey, newly crowned Musician of the Year at the 2020 MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards, has released the first single from his forthcoming new album I Got Rhythm due out in January 2021. A sublime and shimmering...
Jon and Jay celebrate the launch of new album A Pocket Full of Acorns by planting 1000 trees in their home county Award-winning Dorset duo Ninebarrow will celebrate the launch of their fourth studio album A Pocket Full of Acorns next spring by fulfilling a long-held...
West country 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...
On Friday 18th December, lively English trad folk trio Granny’s Attic will be streaming a professionally-recorded concert premiering on Facebook and YouTube at 7.30pm GMT. The gig, filmed at Edge Studios in Cheshire, will feature live favourites from the past few...
Cherry Red Records will issue a new album from folksy rockers Strawbs on February 26th next year. Ex Strawb and Bee Gee - Blue Weaver - has produced the album titled ‘Settlement,’ fitting together the elements from all five musicians at his studio during the...
Gryphon, medieval prog rockers par excellence, have quietly issued a new album oddly titled ‘Get Out Of My Father’s Car,’ their seventh. It's the follow up to ‘ReInvention,’ which marked their studio return after some forty years. The band has lately undergone...
The video speaks for itself ... enjoy ?! x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-f4PyD_OzM&feature=emb_title Sam says: "This is the fourth in our series of covers since lockdown began in March 2020… Jenn, Rob and I thought it would be fun to collaborate and be a bit...
Multi award-winning band Skerryvore have announced that they are going first footing around the world this 1st January as they take to people’s living rooms internationally this New Year’s Day! It’s first footing with a twist, as the eight-piece won’t be knocking at...
Celtic Connections has announced the first list of artists who will perform as part of their digital-first festival this January. Across 19 days, the festival will present online performances every night between Friday 15th January - Tuesday 2nd February 2021. World...
Originally calling it a day in 2016 after a very successful career, various Bellowheads have gone onto solo work, Jon Boden in particular, some joined other groups, Jon Spires in Gigspanner and Benji Kirkpatrick with Steeleye Span or just carried on with whatever they...
Songwriting virtuoso's Boo Hewerdine and Findlay Napier have today announced the launch of a series of songwriting workshops aimed at creative people in Scotland whose livelihoods have been negatively impacted by the corona-virus pandemic. Funded by Creative Scotland,...
Multi-award-winning Scottish band Skerryvore release a brand new, high energy single, ‘You & I,’ at 7pm this evening, Friday, 27 November. Composed by lead singer Alec Dalglish, the new track has all the hallmarks of a pop anthem, showcasing Skerryvore’s...
‘J.T.,’ is the new album from Steve Earle & The Dukes which is dedicated to Steve’s late son, Justin Townes Earle who died in Nashville on August 20, 2020. The recording will be issued digitally on his 39th birthday, January 4, next year through New West. “The...
Acoustic guitar maestro Michael Chapman, has announced a special concert recorded at York’s Merchant Adventurers’ Hall, to be broadcast on the web Sunday 29th November. The concert has been titled ‘Ancient & Modern’, it's a look back over his five decade career,...
The extraordinary story of legendary bluesman Joe ‘GUITAR MAN’ Bonamassa is filled with an abundance of music, live concert footage and interviews with music industry legends. It pulls back the curtain on his dazzling career, allowing us to see his remarkable musical...
To celebrate his 40th birthday this December, Highland born accordionist Gary Innes has announced the release of his first ever tunebook. Packed full of over 80 self-penned tunes and songs, The First Forty Years spans from the first tune Gary ever wrote at just 13...
