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Josh Rouse gearing up for online concert and new album
The Valencia based American has teamed up with stageit.com to perform live for audiences around the world prior to beginning work on his next album. … Read entire article »
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Josh Rouse gearing up for online concert and new album
The Valencia based American has teamed up with stageit.com to perform live for audiences around the world … Read more »
University celebrates a decade with folk degree
Newcastle University’s Folk and Traditional Music degree is celebrating its 10th birthday. Based on the number of … Read more »
New & Noteworthy: Dirty Projectors – Gun Has No Trigger
The Dirty Projectors has always been about branching out, exploring new territory and staying kitsch. David Longstreth … Read more »
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Folk music road trip documentary to premiere at SXSW
Watch the trailer for Emmett Malloys documentary about his railroad trip across America with Mumford & Sons, … Read more »
Interview – Dánjal: the Faroese bubble
Faroese singer-songwriter Dánjal has recently released The Bubble, on which he seeks the borderland between quick, quirky Balkan … Read more »
CD: Punch Brothers: Who’s Feeling Young Now?
Punch Brothers offers experimental bluegrass at a high technical level. The group’s third album, Who’s Feeling You … Read more »
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University celebrates a decade with folk degree
Newcastle University’s Folk and Traditional Music degree is celebrating its 10th birthday. Based on the number of former students who have risen to fame, the programme has been a success so far. … Read entire article »
New & Noteworthy: Dirty Projectors – Gun Has No Trigger
The Dirty Projectors has always been about branching out, exploring new territory and staying kitsch. David Longstreth and his talented collective of musicians have during their nine year existence extended their musical expression through genres like folk, experimental rock and alternative pop. While currently on tour the band is preparing a new album for the summer, Swing Low Magellan, first single … Read entire article »
An introduction to… Shelley O’Brien
Canadian artist Shelley O’Brien merges her love for nature with her love for music almost every time she writes a new song. She learnt how to play music through the piano at a very young age, but it was only when she took up the ukulele in her early 30′s that she turned it into a singer-songwriter career. … Read entire article »
Live: Daniel Johnston
When: April 20th 2012 Where: El Loco Club (Valencia, Spain) Daniel Johnston’s visit to Spain has created a big amount of expectation and debate. A lot of talking has been made about the man and his disease that has added an element of morbid fascination about his tour: “a must see”, we would all say. … Read entire article »
Tina Dico is pregnant
On a day that sadly saw Levon Helm pass away, the Danish singer-songwriter has announced news from the opposite end of the life cycle. There’s a good chance a talented Danish/Icelandic singer-songwriter will be born later this year, as Danish artist Tina Dico, partner of Icelandic artist Helgi Jónsson, has announced that she is pregnant. … Read entire article »
Levon Helm dies at age 71
The legendary musician and singer passed away peacefully today surrounded by family and friends. “Levon Helm passed peacefully this afternoon. He was surrounded by family, friends and band mates and will be remembered by all he touched as a brilliant musician and a beautiful soul”, a brief statement on his website says. … Read entire article »
New & Noteworthy: The Lumineers – Ho Hey
Folk music has adapted many forms lately and while the genre has been hit by progressive style changes within the last couple of years, The Lumineers have set forth to revitalize the basic groundwork of heartfelt American Folk much in the same way as their british counterparts, Mumford and Sons. The trio behind The Lumineers just released their self-titled debut album … Read entire article »
Calexico: European tour + new album out in September!
According to their European booking agency, September will see Calexico release their first album since 2008. It has actually been a busy four years for Calexico even though their latest studio album with new material was Carried to Dust from 2008. … Read entire article »
Wilco summer tour announced
Jeff Tweedy and Co. are in for a busy summer that will see them perform in the US and all across Europe. … Read entire article »