June 2010

Tapestry Club presents: Supersonic Sunday July 4th

Tapestry Club presents: Supersonic Sunday July 4th

by Alex 11 June 2010 Folk Music News

From The people who brought you ‘Tapestry Goes West’ Wild West and Medieval Festivals from 2003 through to 2008 in Cornwall and Wales respectively comes a one day event in the walled garden at Shenley Park in the Hertfordshire countryside. Half an hour north of London, 1 mile from Radlett Station with trains from Kings [...]

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Fuaim Chonamara

Fuaim Chonamara @ Stirling/Galway Sessions

by Neil McFadyen 11 June 2010 Live Reviews

The Cunningham family (Brian, Irene, Ashline, Michael and Lorraine) of Sean Nós dancers from Connemara in County Galway have performed with many of Ireland’s greats; Sharon Shannon, De Dannan, Altan, The Chieftains to name just a few. Recently they’ve been wowing audiences in Ireland with their own show, Fuaim Chonamara (Connemara Sound). This energetic show [...]

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Blitzen Trapper - Destroyer of the Void

Blitzen Trapper – Destroyer of the Void

by Melanie McGovern 10 June 2010 Folk Music Reviews

Portland, Oregon sextet Blitzen Trapper released their fifth LP Destroyer of the Void this week. Following on from predecessor Furr (2008) and the Black River Killer EP (2009) their latest is again released on Sub Pop. The recording took place in an attic studio in the Januarys of 2009 and 2010, where frontman Eric Earley [...]

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Live Review: Communion @ Notting Hill Arts Club

Communion @ Notting Hill Arts Club

by Melanie McGovern 10 June 2010 Live Reviews

A tiny sticky-floored venue which I had shamefully never been to before, hidden somewhere between the fast-food chains of Notting Hill Gate, lies this shabby-chic club: battered leather couches and a stage area that is more akin to a garage practice space…but perhaps is it this that gives the venue and the on-going night Communion [...]

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Blazin' Fiddles Tour and News

Blazin’ Fiddles Tour and News

by Alex 10 June 2010 Folk Music News

Blazin’ Fiddles, Scotland’s award winning group, head out on a major tour this month, taking in venues including Newbury Corn Exchange, The Theatre Royal in Bury St. Edmunds, Cornerstone Didcot, The Theatre Royal Winchester, The Stables in Milton Keynes and more. Running through mid June to early July, some dates are already sold out. Two [...]

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Richard Thompson Meltdown Giveaway

Richard Thompson Meltdown Giveaway

by Alex 9 June 2010 Folk Music News

The Southbank Meltdown is an annual event at the Southbank Centre that is curated by an artist. Last year it was curated by Ornette Coleman. If anything the event is always fresh, challenging, revealing and provocative. This year’s event has included Islamic Punks, Cajun Legends, Blues Hobos to a talent contest from hell, songs about [...]

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Spiers & Boden: tours of Scotland and Ireland

Spiers & Boden: tours of Scotland and Ireland

by Alex 9 June 2010 Folk Music News

English folk music crosses borders: Next month – thanks to the Scottish Arts Council Tune Up touring scheme – Spiers & Boden will hit the road with their first full tour of Scotland on a double-headline bill with Orkney traditional Scottish duo Saltfishforty. Look out for them at Oran Mor in Glasgow, The Lemon Tree [...]

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Seth Lakeman – New Hearts and Minds Video

by Alex 9 June 2010 Folk Music News

Seth Lakeman today unveils the video for his beautiful single ‘Hearts & Minds’, which is released on Monday 21st June. ‘Hearts & Minds’ is taken from Seth’s forthcoming new album of the same name which is released the following Monday 28th June. The video features Seth busking his way up from his Dartmoor home to [...]

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Jim Moray – In Modern History

by Billy 9 June 2010 Folk Music Reviews

Following on from his third album, Low Culture, Jim Moray has delivered another outstanding work which flawlessly mixes traditional song with modern sensibilities and musical arrangements. In an entirely characteristically brave move Moray has taken the decision to pre-release In Modern History to a wide audience as a free 8 track CD through Songlines Magazine [...]

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Damien O'kane - Summer Hill

Damien O’kane – Summer Hill

by Neil McFadyen 9 June 2010 Folk Music Reviews

Given his work with Flook, Shona Kipling and, more recently, his partner Kate Rusby, I expected Damien O’Kane’s debut solo album to be a collection of perfectly executed banjo tunes with the occasional song. Oh how I love to be educated. I was wrong; very, very wrong. In Summer Hill Damien has given us something [...]

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Upcoming Hot Gigs for the week

by Alex 8 June 2010 Folk Music News

Some great gigs coming up that are worth getting a ticket for if you can over the next week, including: Nancy Kerr and James Fagan, Goodnight Lenin and The Old Dance School, Martin Carthy, Ade Edmondson and the Bad Shepherds, Annabelle Chvostek, Dave Swarbrick, Vicki Swan And Jonny Dyer and more

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Captain Kennedy new EP

Captain Kennedy new EP

by Alex 8 June 2010 Folk Music News

Captain Kennedy are a 7-piece band from Northern Ireland. 2009 saw the band establish their position on the Irish music scene with a number of high profile festival appearances, the highlight being two dates at the prestigious Open House Festival. Other impressive gigs including sharing the stage with the likes of Alela Diane, Noah and [...]

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Feel the Folk presents

Feel the Folk presents

by Alex 8 June 2010 Folk Music News

Feel the Folk are ready to roll again on Friday 2nd July at the Grain Barge in Bristol. It’s going to be quite a night, one that I’m sure many Frukie fans will enjoy as The Hand, Ichi and Evening Chorus are all going to be performing.

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The Water Tower Bucket boys

The Water Tower Bucket boys

by Alex 8 June 2010 Folk Music News

Turns out that the Pacific Northwest is a bubbling cauldron of activity in the folk music world. Leading this vibrant community of square dancers and bluegrass fanatics, The Water Tower Bucket Boys have a unique vision of traditional music in a brand-new century. They know the roots of the music inside and out and have [...]

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Andy Cutting – Andy Cutting

by Neil McFadyen 7 June 2010 Folk Music Reviews

Andy Cutting is much in demand, and has been for some time, even more so since he won the BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician of the Year award in 2008. At last, though, he’s found time to put together a CD in his own name. This first release on Lane Records from Derby is available [...]

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Matt Sage - Let the Music Out

Matt Sage – Let the Music Out

by Melanie McGovern 5 June 2010 Folk Music Reviews

Described by Gilles Peterson as “a great artist” Matt Sage started out in a band with musicians who moved on to find success working with Faithless and Dido, after which he turned his efforts to solo projects while holed up on a canal boat in Oxfordshire. Since then he has played at WOMAD, started up [...]

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Mr McFall's Chamber / Fraser Fifield and Guests - Birds & Beasts

Mr McFall’s Chamber – Birds & Beasts

by Neil McFadyen 5 June 2010 Folk Music Reviews

This release by Mr McFall’s Chamber on the classical label, Delphian, is the result of a long planned collaboration between Martyn Bennett and Robert McFall that was never realised during tragically short life of one of Scotland’s most admired and accomplished musicians. What may be one of the most innovative albums of the year gets [...]

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Caitlin Rose

Caitlin Rose announces new album

by Alex 3 June 2010 Downloads

Caitlin Rose releases her highly anticipated debut album Own Side Now in August 2010. The Nashville born singer appeared amidst a whirlwind of praise at the start of the year with her stunning first offering, the critically acclaimed ‘Dead Flowers’ EP. Hailed as a new artist to watch this year, Independent on Sunday judiciously deemed [...]

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