Maverick Festival 5th - 7th July 2019

April 05, 2019 by David Vousden in Acoustic, Alt-Country, Alt-Folk, Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Country Rock, Festivals, News, Roots, Tour Dates

The Maverick Festival is celebrating its 12th anniversary by once again bringing the very best of the Americana scene to picturesque Easton Farm Park in Suffolk over the first weekend of July 2019. This year the festival will be throwing a little Cajun into the mix and shining a spotlight on the Bluegrass scene on Friday night. As usual, a wide variety of acts are set to appear including Ags Connolly, Chance McCoy, Amy Lott, Broken Bones Matilda, The Black Feathers, Dana Immanuel & The Stolen Band (terrific at the recent press launch for the festival) and many, many more. Loads more about the festival including ticket details follows:

All The Luck In The World announce new single and European dates

November 24, 2017 by David Vousden in Alt-Folk, New Single, News, Tour Dates, Video

Neil Foot, Ben Connolly and Kelvin Barr collectively known as All The Luck In The World will release their latest album 'A Blind Arcade' on February 23rd. The Irish trio, now based in Berlin, have released 'Landmarks' as a single and announced European tour dates for April 2018. More about the trio including the video for 'Landmarks' follows:

Cambridge Folk Festival announces a host of additions for 2017

March 16, 2017 by David Vousden in Acoustic, Alt-Folk, Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Festivals, Folk, News

Cambridge Folk Festival has announced a huge update with a host of new additions to the 2017 festival. As is usually the case with Cambridge Folk the festival brings together an eclectic mix of artists old and new from many genres of music.The latest additions announced include Shirley Collins, Loudon Wainwright III, Indigo Girls, Ward Thomas, Cara Dillon and Liv On (Olivia Newton-John, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Amy Sky). More about the festival and the acts set to perform follows:

Crying Day Care Choir release 'Sad Season' today via Warner Music

February 03, 2017 by David Vousden in Folk, New Single, Soundcloud, Alt-Folk

Swedish trio Crying Day Care Choir release a new single 'Sad Season' today February 3rd. Recently signed to Warner Music 'Sad Season' is the first fruits of this new partnership so expect much more in 2017 from Crying Day Car Choir. More about the band including a link to the single follows: