April 2011

Josh T. Pearson on boulevard de Belleville

by Alex 30 April 2011 Video

Watch this latest session of Josh T Pearson from La Blogotheque. The results were beautiful and somehow very suited to the blind faith of the Josh T pearson of today, he seemed incredibly at home on boulevard de Belleville.

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Amanda Jo Williams – Mary’s Big Feet

by Melanie McGovern 29 April 2011 Folk Music Reviews

Amanda Jo Williams sounds entirely out of place and time. A musician born and raised in Hogansville, Georgia she has been likened to classic country stars such as Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris for her countrified drawl and raw, ragged musical approach. But it’s her voice that really makes her stand out from the LA [...]

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New PJ Harvey Video: Bitter Branches

by Alex 28 April 2011 Video

Another new video has been released for PJ Harvey’s album Let England Shake. Watch the video for Bitter Branches below and read Seamus Murphy’s comments on its making.

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FRUK Giveaway: The Great Folk Jukebox @ Royal Festival Hall

by Alex 28 April 2011 Giveaway

Folk Radio UK in association with the Southbank Centre are giving away two pairs of tickets to the The Great Folk Jukebox which will be held at the Royal Festival Hall on Saturday 7th May.

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Introducing Michael Kiwanuka

by Alex 27 April 2011 Folk Music Reviews

Michael Kiwanuka takes classic raw soul and country blues elements and transforms them with some clever modern arrangements. If it wasn’t for the more modern stylish embellishments and arrangements I’d swear I was listening to an old legend, you can hear the essence of the likes of Otis Reading and Marvin Gaye, brilliant!

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Alexander – A Million Years

by Alex 27 April 2011 Video

Watch: Alexander – A Million Years, directed by Benjamin Kutsko. I knew it would be something very different but this really clever.

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FRUK Exclusive Video: Arborea – Phantasmagoria in Two

by Alex 26 April 2011 Video

Arborea’s new album, Red Planet, is released today and to celebrate we’re very proud to be offering this first exclusive viewing of their new video for Phantasmagoria in Two, a beautiful and ethereal Tim Buckley cover which features on the album.

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Album Review: Mount Moriah

by Melanie McGovern 26 April 2011 Folk Music Reviews

This self-titled release captures the timelessness of artists like Neil Young while adding a modern twist to countrified characteristics and songs that have been dragged through their haunting histories to the bleak and yet somehow sepia tinged hopefulness of Mount Moriah’s present.

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New Mix: Coasting: A Journey

by Alex 25 April 2011 Features

Listen to our latest mix: Coasting is a journey. A journey from a market square in Rhodes, Greece ending in a cafe in Anstruther, Scotland. This is a very gentle musical odyssey by bicycle…enjoy!

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Belle and Sebastian for a sunny’ish day

by Alex 25 April 2011 Folk Music News

Well it is the Bank Holiday and the sun is shining, at intervals admittedly, so I thought I’d dig back for a suitable tune and came up with this Belle and Sebastian one. I also stumbled across this great animation video that was drawn and directed by Nicole Benz.

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Shearwater release live album

by Alex 23 April 2011 Folk Music News

Shearwater release live album: Island Arc trilogy. Frontman, Jonathan Meiburg, releases new EP and the band sign to Sub Pop, they start work on a new album shortly. Listen now and watch a great documentary.

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Andrew Vladeck – Passing Knowledge

by Melanie McGovern 22 April 2011 Folk Music Reviews

Andrew Vladeck of New York City is releasing not only his EP Passing Knowledge this spring, but a book by the same title. It is also the first edition of the Pocket Songster Series, paying homage to the Pocket Poet Series of San Francisco and through which Beat poet Allen Ginsberg’s works were printed.

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David Thomas Broughton - New Album & UK Tour

David Thomas Broughton – New Album & Tour

by Alex 22 April 2011 Folk Music News

David Thomas Broughton is to release his new album, Outbreeding, through Brainlove Records on 23 May. The release is to coincide with an album launch tour. Get your first taster by watching the new video for Nature below.

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Mumford & Sons and Co get Railroad Revival Tour Underway

by Alex 22 April 2011 Folk Music News

Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and Old Crow Medicine Show gave a 100 lucky punters their first taste of the Railroad Revival Tour. Watch them perform below.

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Bon Iver – Announces Release of Self-Titled Second Album

by Alex 21 April 2011 Folk Music News

Bon Iver, the musical project of Justin Vernon, confirms the release of his new album, Bon Iver, Bon Iver, to be released on 20th June. Watch the video trailer.

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Neverest Songs to play Green Man Festival

by Alex 21 April 2011 Folk Music News

Neverest Songs, the project of Margate musical maestro Luke Twyman, is set to play Wales’ Green Man Festival this summer and he has recorded the score for New York based independent film ‘All That Glitters’.

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Mire Kay – Fortress EP

by Melanie McGovern 20 April 2011 Folk Music Reviews

Swedish band Mire Kay recently released their debut EP Fortress, it comprises of five songs, tied neatly together with chamber pop arrangements, ethereal vocals and dark often mythical lyrics built out of rich images and hollow, natural sounds which, layer upon layer, create a warmth out of their often sombre subject matters of longing and searching.

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Big Sur – The Movie (updated)

by Alex 20 April 2011 Art and Culture

Following the 50th anniversary in 2007 of Jack Kerouac’s world renowned novel ‘On the Road’, interest in the beat generation went on the rise with the film industry quick to pick up on the trend. On the Road is due for release this year and filming has begun on Big Sur.

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