April 2010

Etran Finatawa

Etran Finatawa – free download

by Alex 15 April 2010 Downloads

Niger is a West African country located south of Algeria and north of Nigeria. For thousands of years, the region has been a crossroads between the Arabs of North Africa and the sub-Saharan cultures, so it is not surprising that Niger has a very rich cultural heritage. The Tuareg and the Wodaabe people are just [...]

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Jim Moray's New Album 'In Modern History'

Jim Moray’s New Album

by Alex 15 April 2010 Folk Music News

Multi award-winning folk artist Jim Moray will pre-release his new album exclusively through the June issue of Songlines magazine. Never a musician to stick to the prescribed routes, Moray’s world-exclusive partnership with Songlines will see him join only a handful of artists to pre-release albums in this way.

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Salsa Celtica 15th anniversary tour

by Alex 15 April 2010 Folk Music News

After 15 years of touring the globe and playing major stage in countries including Malaysia, Algeria, US, Germany, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Czech Republic, Spain, Belgium and many more, Salsa Celtica decided that a celebration was in order.

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David Owen's 5000 Morris Dancers at The Southbank

David Owen’s 5000 Morris Dancers

by Alex 15 April 2010 Art and Culture

I‘m sure some, if not many of you have come across the work of designer David Owen which continues to attract attention with his amusing, provoking and beautiful folk-related pop art images. The one above features Morrissey as a Morris Dancer.

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Electric President - The Violent Blue

Electric President – The Violent Blue

by Alex 14 April 2010 Folk Music Reviews

Ben Cooper and Alex Kane are back as Electric President with a new album under their arms called The Violent Blue. I was introduced to Electric President through a compilation put together by a great music mag called Foggy Notions…it was a lush publication that has long since fallen by the wayside, just like Plan [...]

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OK Go

OK Go – their best video yet?

by Alex 14 April 2010 Video

OK Go have a reputation for very inventive videos. If you haven’t seen this one for ‘This Too Shall Pass’ then you need to watch it to believe it:

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Trips and Falls

Trips and Falls

by Alex 14 April 2010 Folk Music Reviews

Trips and Falls are a new band to Frukie who have just released their album: He Was Such a Quiet Boy on Song, by Toad Records. Describing them is no easy task. There was some struggling with filling out the press release due to a lack of detail provided by the band.

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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

by Alex 13 April 2010 Folk Music Reviews

First, Up from Below should have been my last years summer record. Second, their music videos are some of the best I’ve seen, so why the bloody hell haven’t I come across them before…another one of lifes little mysteries to dwell upon…I don’t know is the simple answer, but I’m glad I crossed their path [...]

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Matthew and The Atlas

Matthew and The Atlas

by Alex 13 April 2010 Folk Music Reviews

To the North is the second Communion Label release and debut EP from Matthew and The Atlas. For those of you that follow Communion, you’ll know that he featured on the groundbreaking Communion compilation. The album caused a big swell across the net with rave reviews and excitement on what would unfold in the future. [...]

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James Lidell

by Alex 12 April 2010 Folk Music News

The Ring is the first single from the upcoming new Lidell long player Compass and it has a serious stomp to its swagger. Jamie and fellow musicians including Chilly Gonzales and Dan Rossen (Grizzly Bear) lift their hammers in this Anvil blues, whose lyrics describe a bedraggled beachcomber as he is seen desperately searching for [...]

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Alessi's Ark

Alessi’s Ark – New EP

by Alex 12 April 2010 Downloads

Bella Union have released Alessi’s Ark’s new EP ‘Soul Proprietor’. Alessi Laurent-Marke is one of those singer/songwriters who are able to sound great with what sounds like so little effort. Folks were not slow in recognising this as she signed her first record deal the day before her 17th birthday.

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Johnny Flynn - New Album

Johnny Flynn – New Album

by Alex 12 April 2010 Downloads

Been Listening, is the new album from Johnny Flynn, which is due for release through Transgressive Records on 7th June 2010. The album has already been Zane Lowe’s Hottest Record In The World on his Radio One show and picked-up a host of early radio plays on 6 Music, the track, ‘Kentucky Pill’ is the [...]

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The April Thief

The April Thief – Half Moon, Putney

by Alex 12 April 2010 Folk Music News

The April Thief is a new, and free, eclectic night of music and entertainment with a carnival heart. The first one kicks off this Thursday 15th April at 8.00pm. The venue is the Half Moon in Putney.

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Watch the Mumford and Sons Toad Session

Mumford and Sons Toad Session

by Alex 12 April 2010 Video

The splendid Toad has worked his magic and put together a cracking Mumford and Sons Session which as he points out on his site, was a great accomplishment as Mumford turned up and got the whole session done and dusted in an hour an a half! Not bad going, and they throw in the added [...]

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Communion take over Notting hill Arts Club

Communion to take over Notting hill Arts Club

by Alex 8 April 2010 Folk Music News

Communion have announced details they will be taking over Notting Hill Arts Club on Sunday 2nd and Monday 3rd May for an epic celebration of the Bank Holiday Weekend!

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Peter Lawrie

Peter Lawrie’s Long Welsh Weekend

by Alex 8 April 2010 Downloads

One of the UK’s most talked-about young singer/songwriters Pete Lawrie has announced plans to tour his native Wales performing impromptu acoustic sets in a host of unique and beautiful locations from tomorrow.

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The Avett Brothers

by Alex 8 April 2010 Folk Music Reviews

There is no harmony like brotherly harmony. Something indelible in the weave of voices and play of sensibilities is stamped into the fraternal DNA and also stems from a lifetime of shared experiences. You can hear it in classic brother acts across the musical spectrum, from the Louvin Brothers to the Everly Brothers

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Songs from the past

by Alex 8 April 2010 Folk Music News

We will be introducing some music from the past that hasn’t featured before on Folk Radio UK, or if it did, it was in the early days when we ran three channels, yes, we ran three at one time, madness!

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