Art and Culture

Efterklang & Vincent Moon – An Island (Update)

by Alex 1 April 2011 Art and Culture

In August 2010, French film maker Vincent Moon went to the Baltic island of Als where he met up with the Danish eight piece band, Efterklang. The objective was to shoot a film. A film with the same length as an album, and a film full of performances, experiments and collaborations. The results went way beyond their expectations.

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Let me tell you a story: A Motorcycle For A Horse

by Alex 24 March 2011 Art and Culture

Well, there’s always a first for everything and this is your first audio story on offer from FRUK. A Motorcycle for a Horse is a new short story from critically acclaimed author and Richmond Fontaine frontman Willy Vlautin who has been described by the independent as mining a lost seam of American writing.

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Short Film: the silence beneath the bark

by Alex 5 March 2011 Art and Culture

The silence beneath the bark is a short film animation by Joanna Lurie. Prepare to enter her own fairytale land set in a pine forest during winter inspired by her own childhood. Enjoy

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Steve Tilston releases his first novel – All for Poor jack

by Alex 13 January 2011 Art and Culture

Steve Tilston has unveiled he has other talents outside his folk-singing career with the release of his first novel titled All For Poor Jack. Set in the 15th Century New World and Bristol!

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Lorcan Mac Mathuna Talks: Sean-Nós

by Lorcan Mac Mathuna 29 December 2010 Art and Culture

Lorcan Mac Mathuna talks about this Sean nós, a traditional unaccompanied style of singing in Irish that, in recent times, existed only in the furthest reaches of Ireland’s landscape.

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My Top Picks: Folk Music related Books

by Alex 24 December 2010 Art and Culture

I‘ve got three books on my top list that come highly recommended. The first one I intend to get completely lost in with ale and mincepies over Christmas: Seasons They Change: The Story of Acid and Psychedelic Folk Here’s a bit on each: Seasons They Change: The Story of Acid and Psychedelic Folk Greg Weeks [...]

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Interview: Jeannie Paske creator of Obsolete World

by Alex 21 December 2010 Art and Culture

I recently came across the artwork of Jeannie Paske and an ongoing series she has called Obsolete World. I found the images both magical, fun and sad as well as exposing the fragility of life. I got the chance to talk with Jeannie recently about her work and to ask about what inspired her creations.

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Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o Riches Project

by Alex 11 December 2010 Art and Culture

Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o Riches is a great collaborative project which was set up to preserve, digitise, catalogue and make available online several thousand hours of Gaelic and Scots recordings.

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Time Gentlemen Please! The New Demon Barbers Roadshow!

by Alex 8 December 2010 Art and Culture

Damien Barber of The Demon Barbers has taken the Roadshow concept to its summit with his latest creation: Time Gentlemen Please! Watch the promo now as Cloggers, morris and Street Dancers battle it out!

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Short Film: Water City

by Alex 13 November 2010 Art and Culture

Water City is a short video by Martin De Thurah which is part of his City series shown at Expo Shanghai 2010. It is one of most peaceful and visually articulated films I’ve seen in a while.

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Short Film: I Lived on the Moon

by Alex 11 November 2010 Art and Culture

The following video was made Yannick Puig for french artist Kwoon. The animation and storyline is stunning and beyond imaginative. A beautiful film.

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Tell Me Who

by Alex 7 November 2010 Art and Culture

Tell Me Who is a short film that tells the story a lonely young man who is desperately seeking a relationship. Then one day a mysterious love letter arrives which leads him on a search.

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A Walk Around Britain

by Alex 6 November 2010 Art and Culture

Some of you may recall from our old site Ed, Will and Ginger who were travelling around Britain living off the land and singing english folk songs for their supper. Well they’re still out and about.

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The Atlantean Irish

by Alex 4 November 2010 Art and Culture

Architects of Harmonic Rooms are collaborating with Leeds Film Festival and The Irish Arts Foundation to present a film by Irish filmmaker, writer, photographer and Ex-Leeds bus driver Bob Quinn.

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