Folk
Track: Black Water County – The Only Life Worth Living
Hailing from the South West and now celebrating a decade making music together, the award-winningBlack Water County have released a new single, ‘The Only Life Worth Living’, which is the first newmusic in almost three years. The track sits as the first in a series of singles the band are set to release over the …
Track: Gemma Hayes Returns With New Single ‘High & Low’
Irish singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes beautiful new single ‘High & Low’ sees her return with her first release in nine years. The Mercury Prize nominee’s last release was the critically acclaimed album Bones & Longing in 2014. Co-produced with long-time collaborator David Odlum (The Frames), the track is about the quest for connection. “High & Low” is about feeling disconnected …
Gallery: The Swell Season / Leah Moran – Vicar Street, Dublin 13.07.2023
On Thursday, July 13th, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, or The Swell Season, took to Vicar Street to celebrate the 15th anniversary of their Academy Award winning musical film ‘Once’. The Irish-Czech duo have reuinted after quite some time away from touring together for a string of shows accross America next month. However, Hansard said …
Track: Bishopskin – Stella Splendens
Had anyone told me that the catchiest song of Summer 2023 would be a postmodern folk take on a 14th century hymn, complete with lyrics in Medieval Latin, I would have been more than a little taken aback – but this is what happens when you bring into play Bishopskin, one of the most unexpected …
Album Review: Me Lost Me – RPG : folk music of the future now
Folk music for today, what’s that then? Playing the old songs in new ways? Playing new songs in the old ways? Maybe the one tradition that’s certain is that the discussions will circle on and the definitions remain distant while the possibilities of the folk labelled soundscape remain endless. Step up once more Jayne Dent …
Gallery: Damien Dempsey / Starsailor – Iveagh Gardens, Dublin 07.07.2023
Last night, July 7th, Damien Dempsey kicked off this year’s ‘Live At The Iveagh Gardens’ series with the first of his two sold-out nights. The self-proclaimed ‘Irish Royalty’ took to the beautiful scenic garden grounds for a two-hour jam-packed set full of song, dance, emotion, and passion. The night kicked off at 7:45 with support …
Track: Ida Mae – Lost On Your Time
British duo Ida Mae have shared their new single ‘Lost On Your Time’, taken from their eagerly-awaited third studio album ‘Thunder Above You’ due on the 25th of August. Adding about the new track, Chris Turpin explains “When I wrote ‘Lost on your Time’ I’d been diving deeper into the folk roots of my childhood. I …
News: Goat Release The Soundtrack For The BBC’s ‘The Gallows Pole’
Goat return with ‘The Gallows Pole’, their second soundtrack album, following their score for the 2017 British independent horror film ‘Double Date’. The Gallows Pole is a three-part Element Pictures production, written and directed by Shane Meadows that is being aired in the UK on BBC Two with all episodes available to watch BBC iPlayer. This album includes five brand new tracks from the score and three existing tracks Shane …
Track: Huck Hastings and Tesse have an ‘Unreasonable Doubt’ and it’s definitely a luscious and languorous track.
Huck Hastings has a permanent place in the heart of Backseat Mafia’s antipodean outpost with his always delicate and yearning tracks – whether as a solo artist, part of the group Hollow States or through his collaborations with other exciting artists such as Charlie Gradon. This time, Hucks has collaborated with Tesse for the beautiful …
Track: Juice Webster is ‘Returning’ with a heart-breakingly beautiful track and news of debut album.
It seems to have been a while since we reviewed the epic 2021 EP ‘More Than Reaction’ from Juice Webster and while we might have missed material since then, it is brilliant to see her back with the ethereal and majestic single ‘Returning’. Floating over gently dappling instrumentation and graced with the most delicate and …