Folk Archives - Page 59 of 83

Track / Video

Track: Gurrumul – Djolin (Musical Instrument), plus album and film news

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island readers of this post are advised that the following media release and links within contains images and voices of people who have died. The…

View Post

View Post

Music
News

News: Anti- to re-release Tom Waits’ 1970s Elektra albums, plus RSD exclusive and curated 76 song playlist

Tom Waits’ first seven albums, originally released through Elektra Asylum Records in the 1970’s are now available digitally and are available on CD HERE. All seven titles – many of…

View Post

View Post

Live Review: Handsome Family – Plug Sheffield 19.03.2018

Poor Rennie Sparks. Snowed in the previous day at a carvery somewhere outside Barnsley, only to find that the rearranged gig was in Britain’s coldest venue. She shuffled onstage a…

View Post

View Post

Album Review: The Hanging Stars – Songs for somewhere else

Since their first album London’s The Hanging Stars have changed band members and opened their eyes a little beyond the charming indie/americana of their first full length. For their second…

View Post

View Post

Playlist: Trembling Bells pick ‘tour bus jammers and tequila slammers’ playlists

On the verge of the release of seventh album Dungeness on March 30th, we asked Alex Neilson and Lavinia Blackwall from the band to come up with a playlist of…

View Post

View Post

Track: Damien Jurado – Over rainbows and Rainier, plsu album / tour dates

Singer/songwriter Damien Jurado has been growing his craft to new heights over the last few years with albums like St. Bartlett, Maraqopa, Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son, and…

View Post

View Post

A buyers’ guide to The Waterboys 1981-1990

The Waterboys are an act that for too long have laboured with being associated with just one song and one album, at least by the majority of people outside their…

View Post

View Post

Not Forgotten: Jethro Tull – Heavy Horses

Where to begin? The beginning I guess. My beginning. Or at least as far back as I can remember. You might be surprised to find out that I didn’t get…

View Post

View Post

See: Trembling Bells reveal new video for I’m coming

Glasgow psych/freak folkers Trembling Bells have followed the brilliant Christ’s Entry Into Govan with a new track, I’m coming. Described my main man Alex Neilson says of the track “This is…

View Post

Promo image of Martha Ffion for Take Your Name single

View Post

See: Martha Ffion releases new video for ‘Baltimore’

With her new album ‘Sunday Best’ out on March 9th via Turnstile Music, Irish born – Glasgow based Martha Ffion has just released a new video for the track Baltimore.…

View Post