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Seth Lakeman will release his new album 'Ballads Of The Broken Few' September 16th on the Cooking Vinyl label. The album was produced by Ethan Johns (Ryan Adams, Kings Of Leon, Paul McCartney) and features the harmony vocals of young female trio Wildwood Kin who will also be special guests on his upcoming UK tour set for November. Please read on for more info about the album, the tour and a video for the title track.
Read MoreMichigan born and now based in New Orleans, Louisiana Luke Winslow-King returns to action with 'I'm Glad Trouble Don't Last Always' his fifth album overall and his third release on the Bloodshot Records label. The title track from the album is now available to stream and will have fans sittin' up and takin' notice.
Read MoreHeidi Talbot will release her fifth solo album September 23rd on the Navigator label. The new release entitled Here We Go, 1, 2, 3... will be supported with an extensive UK tour. The album was recorded at home with her husband John McCusker and a host of musicians and co-writers including Louis Abbott (Admiral Fallow), Duke Special, Adam Holmes and Boo Hewerdine.
Read MoreJuly 15th will see a very welcome UK release for 'Birds Say' by Darlingside via Thirty Tigers. The quartet have been compared to The Byrds, Fleet Foxes, Simon & Garfunkel and CSN&Y. The guys are also visiting the UK for a short tour that includes a show at the Cambridge Folk Festival on July 30th. Please read on to check out the superb video for 'The God Of Loss' and more about the album.
Read MoreRuth Theodore will celebrate the release of ‘You Can’t Help Who You Love’ with a launch show for the single at The Green Note, Camden on June 8th. The single will be officially released June 10th on the Aveline label and is the first track from her new album ‘Cactacus’ which is due September 2016. Ruth recorded the album in Oregon, USA with producer Todd Sickafoose best known for his work with Anais Mitchell and Ani Difranco.
Read MoreManchester, UK singer-songwriter Jon Kenzie will release his third album on July 1st via the respected German Membran label. Red Guitar Music was lucky enough to get an advance copy of the CD this week and our first impressions are that 'From Wanderlust' Features a terrific mix of acoustic folk and more bluesy songs and sounds like a keeper. A full review will follow soon but in the meantime check out the press release and the inventive video for 'Can You Decide'.
Read MoreBilly Bragg & Joe Henry reunited to record a set of songs that related to the American railroad. They decided the ideal way to record the songs was to board the famed Texas Eagle Amtrak service for a trip across the USA recording tracks along the way. The result is 'Shine A Light' Field Recordings From The Great American Railroad. The album will be released September 23rd, 2016 on the Cooking Vinyl label and includes songs originally recorded by Lead Belly, Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams and Glen Campbell.
Read MoreAfter a highly successful 12 year run with Bellowhead Jon Boden felt the time was right for a change. 'All Hang Down' is the first new music and bodes well for a string of summer festival dates and his first solo UK tour set for November 2016.
Read MoreLondon based alternative folk-rock act Van Susans have UK dates set for 2016 including a London show at 229 Club Great Portland Street on April 28th 2016. The day before their new single, the excellent, 'Seagulls' is released on Beatnick Geek Records. The band also have some festival slots lined up including Cornbury, the Beacon and Towersey Festivals in Oxford and P4P in Reigate.
Read MoreFraser Anderson is a critically acclaimed Scottish guitarist, singer and songwriter who learned his trade performing as a touring vocalist with national institution Dougie MacLean. Fraser’s recently reissued third album, ‘Little Glass Box’, was received warmly by the media and championed by the likes of BBC Radio 2’s Bob Harris and Zoe Ball, the leading acoustic music shows on BBC Scotland, Ulster and Wales and many more including Red Guitar Music.
Read MoreGilmore & Roberts unveiled the video to 'Cecilia' recently, from their upcoming fourth album, 'Conflict Tourism' which is due Sept 18th. The hard working duo will support the album with an extensive run of European tour dates that will include a string of UK shows.
Read MoreColleen Brown has spent the past two years rediscovering her passion for music, fuelling a stunning collection of songs focused on themes of love, fate and psychic retooling. For more info on Colleen please read on and be sure to check out the terrific video for 'Soap and Denim' which is very cool indeed.
Read MoreGlaswegian acoustic performer Robin Adams returns with his fourth release an album inspired by the life and death of Vincent VanGogh, Adams’ lyrics really channelling his profound appreciation for the man and his seemingly unflinching dedication to his work, and the sacrifices he made for art's sake.
Read MoreWith the season of good cheer upon us Red Guitar Music continues to feature songs with a Christmas theme and Phil Odgers has covered a vintage John Prine song. The original version of ‘Christmas In Prison’ appeared on the 1973 Prine album ‘Sweet Revenge’. This version was produced by Gerry Diver who plays violin and banjo on the track.
Read MoreThe south coast of the UK has become a hotbed of Folk and Americana so Red Guitar Music should not have been surprised to be contacted by The Equatorial Group a five piece act from Eastbourne. The band Helen Weeks, Teresa Goss, Andy Tourle, Dave Davies and James Hillman recently performed a Broadoak session which does a great job of capturing their live sound with strident slide guitar and excellent vocal harmonies. The band categorise themselves as languid Americana and the video below of the session is very good indeed. The band play regular gigs around the south, and they tell me they are looking for more, so why not get in touch if you can help them out.
Read MoreWhen someone as universally respected as Mark Knopfler is singing your praises, guesting on your records and featuring you as his support act on large international tours, you must be doing something right. Ruth Moody is doing something very right indeed. Australian by birth but based in Winnipeg, Canada the two-time Juno award winning singer-songwriter , best known as a founder member of The Wailin’ Jennys, has now released two fine solo albums with ‘The Garden’ from 2010 and her 2013 release ‘These Wilder Things’ receiving rave reviews.
Read MoreDecember 1st 2014 will mark the release of the second full album from Boston native Michelle Lewis. The self-released album is the belated, but very welcome, follow up to her 2004 debut ‘This Time Around’. Once again Lewis has worked with producer and multi-instrumentalist Anthony J Resta (Duran Duran, Collective Soul, Shawn Mullins etc.) with whom she had previously worked on her ‘Broken’ and ‘Paris’ EPs. The album includes two superb songs written with Nashville songwriter Robby Hecht.
Read MoreScottish singer-songwriter Fraser Anderson will play a solo acoustic showcase at the BBC Club in London on 26th November to celebrate the first full release of his album 'Little Glass Box'. Tracks from the album have already featured on BBC radio courtesy of Bob Harris and Zoe Ball. The album was recorded in France and initially manufactured by Fraser himself and sold at shows while living in that country, 'Little Glass Box' will now receive a welcome reissue on Membran Records as the first release in a new partnership with the company.
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