Folk & Singer-Songwriter

Jealous of the Birds – ‘Goji Berry Sunset’

Rarely a month goes by in which I don’t receive some Northern Irish music gem…

Silences – ‘The Sea’

The Armagh band Silences were a recent pick at last year’s Hard Working Class Heroes…

Ciaran Lavery & Ryan Vail – ‘Nick Cave’s Band’

Ciaran Lavery & Ryan Vail’s joint EP as Sea Legs on new NI label Quiet…

Album of the week: Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell

The Sufjan Stevens that affected me the most was the one that revelled in the…

Sufjan Stevens – ‘Should Have Known Better’

Last night, a select Dublin audience got a full headphones listen to Sufjan’s new album…

Villagers detail a breakup on new song ‘Hot Scary Summer’

Last year, Villagers released ‘Occupy Your Mind’, a song which addressed the Russian laws against…

SignA – ‘Lines’

Stefano Schiavocampo and Massimiliano Galli are two Italian lads who are based in Dublin who,…

Ciaran Lavery & Ryan Vail – ‘The Colour Blue’

Quet Arch is a new label from the people behind Champion Sound Recordings for non-electronic…

Inni-K – The King Has Two Horse’s Ears

If the title gives us a clue about anything about the music of Inni-K beyond…

Cal Folger Day – Adornament EP

With a background conducting orchestras and hosting open mic nights New York’s Lower East Side,…

Sufjan Stevens – ‘No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross’

Sufjan Stevens’ seventh album called Carrie & Lowell due on March 27th. The album is…

Villagers announces new album Darling Arithmetic, hear first song ‘Courage’

Villagers have a third entitled Darling Arithmetic coming out on April 10th on Domino Records.…

Album of the week: Jonnie Common – Trapped In Amber

A jovial intro track called ‘Guesty’, in which Johnnie Common offers to put his mate…

Hear a new version of SOAK’s ‘Sea Creatures’

Over two years on from the first time we heard SOAK aka Bridie Monds-Watson sing…

Marika Hackman – ‘Animal Fear’

The English folk singer Marika Hackman has shown she has a way with folk textures…

Knoxville Morning – ‘Bridget’

The Newbridge band Knoxville Morning lead by Ciaran Dwyer, released an album in 2012 inspired…

Listen to charity Christmas songs by Lisa Hannigan and The Lost Brothers

Lisa Hannigan has teamed up with An Post to raise funds for the Dublin Simon…

First listen: Adrian Crowley’s new album Some Blue Morning

The Galway singer and musician Adrian Crowley has made a name for himself for creating…

Silences – ‘Sister Snow’

Silences were one of my picks of the recent Hard Working Class Heroes lineup and…

Gaze Is Ghost – ‘Revolvere’ / ‘Murmuration’

I’ve been keeping tabs on Derry-born Laura McGarrigle. Her atmospheric orchestral songs as Gaze Is…