March 2010

New guest Mix by Arran Arctic

by Alex 23 March 2010 Features

Yes folks we have a new guest mix, this time from Arran Arctic who can be heard on our Frukie stream. So a bit about this mysterious character:

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A Broken Consort – Crow Autumn

by Alex 23 March 2010 Folk Music Reviews

Crow Autumn is the latest album by English composer Richard Skelton, who releases haunting and evocative music under a variety of guises through his own much-acclaimed Sustain-Release Private Press.

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Wooden Shjips Vol. 2

by Alex 23 March 2010 Folk Music Reviews

Strap in for travels beyond the galaxy, to tranced-out cosmic bliss! Sick Thirst presents Vol 2, the second compilation of hard-to-find Wooden Shjips tracks.

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A short documentary following Adrian Crowley, Alasdair Roberts and James Yorkston on a tour of small venues around Ireland. HOMELIGHTS was a weekend of music & visuals held on the last weekend of november, co-curated by Irish recording artist Adrian Crowley and independent music promoters Foggy Notions.

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Orla Wren

by Alex 22 March 2010 Folk Music Reviews

Orla Wren is Tui. North East bred, Tui broke away early from the unnecessary trappings of the modern world ( little things, like bank accounts and living in buildings ), becoming that most unlikely ofindividuals ; a be-dreadlocked, lap-top wielding, soundscape creating Neo-Gypsy.

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defintion and a living Legacy

by Alex 22 March 2010 Video

Excuse the rambling introduction, but it was Gil Scott-Heron that got me thinking about all this and why I play what I play, so I’ll kick off with a bit of philosophising before hitting the ground running.

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Pictoplasma – Berlin

by Alex 22 March 2010 Art and Culture

Pictoplasma is a Festival of contemporary character design and art with screenings, lectures and presentations which takes place on 9. + 10. April 2010 in Berlin.

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Arborea – Live Session in Paris

by Alex 22 March 2010 Video

This Oliver Peel session with Arborea, who are Buck Curran and his wife Shanti was recorded recently in Paris. We have been playing Arborea on Folk Radio Uk for what feels like many years. I am still as moved by their beautiful music today as I was when I first heard them.

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Tribute to Robbie Basho

by Alex 22 March 2010 Folk Music Reviews

We Are All One, In the Sun represents a humble tribute to Robbie Basho, a truly original and passionate American guitarist, musician and composer.This labor of love curated and realized by musician, producer, and acoustic guitar maker Buck Curran (along with his wife Shanti performs as the duo Arborea) who after first hearing Basho, many [...]

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The Almanac Singers

by Alex 21 March 2010 Folk Music Reviews

The almanac singers – Which side are you? contains virtually everything The Alamnac Singers released of note between 1941-42. This release is a refreshing reminder of what the folk music scene was like in 1940′s America. Although this album may sound tame by modern standards, they were considered dangerously radical back then.

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The Black Keys

by Alex 21 March 2010 Folk Music News

The Black Keys release their sixth full-length album, entitled Brothers on v2 / cooperative music (UK) on 18th May. Recorded at alabama’s legendary Muscle Shoals Sound with additional sessions at Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound System in Akron and The Bunker in Brooklyn,

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Bill Callahan – New Live Album

by Alex 21 March 2010 Folk Music Reviews

Some good news for Bill Callahan fans. He has a new live album out on Drag City on 23rd March called Rough Travel For A Rare Thing. It’s a career spanning selection of live performances which is no easy feat.

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Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM

by Alex 21 March 2010 Folk Music Reviews

The press have managed to shape a large hook of Charlotte Gainsbourg’s past to hang her latest album IRM from. So I’m not going to over indulge in this, only to say, it had people clambouring for video clips of her infamous musical debut with her father, Serge Gainsbourg, as well as clips from her [...]

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Bombay Bicycle Club

by Alex 21 March 2010 Folk Music Reviews

I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose is the debut album by Jack, Jamie, Suren and Ed, four old schoolfriends from North London, known collectively as Bombay Bicycle Club.

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Jason Steel – Fire Begot Ash

by Alex 20 March 2010 Folk Music Reviews

Following on from his previous solo outing Baby, Wolves Abound, Owl Service guitarist Jason Steel continues to fingerpick his way through classic bluegrass and Americana on this massively enjoyable new full-length.

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Lykke Li – New Video to Possibility

by Alex 20 March 2010 Video

The new video to Lykke Li’s Possibility has just been released on her Birthday. Possibility features on the Twilight: New Moon soundtrack. The Twilight books and movie seem to have taken the world by storm…or at least it has in my household.

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Lail Arad Interview

by Alex 19 March 2010 Features

Lail Arad is a young up and coming folk singer/songwriter and engaging performer who has played with the likes of Devendra Banhart and has a growing reputation on the London folk scene. She releases here debut album ‘Someone New’ later this year. So, being intrigued by new and wonderful talent I managed to catch up [...]

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Stornoway

by Alex 19 March 2010 Folk Music News

Stornoway have newly signed to 4AD and their pastoral pop-folk and crystalline four-part harmonies have been getting a lot of attention with references to them being the Mumford and Son of 2010.

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