On Monday 24 October, the Islington Assembly Hall welcomed Lisa Hannigan and her band, touring to promote her long-awaited new album At Swim. By 8pm, the hall was already filling up. First on stage was Portland singer/songwriter Heather Woods Broderick,…
Vashti Bunyan, Lisa Hannigan and Teddy Thompson are among the artists performing on an upcoming Nick Drake tribute album. Way To Blue has been put together by Drake’s original producer, Joe Boyd, who took an unconventional approach to the project. Feeling…
When marriages have lasted 50 years, it is traditional to receive presents of gold. For Irish trad-folkies the Chieftains, that particularly anniversary has brought a variety of even more glittering gifts. Keep your Rolex watches and charming carriage clocks. Bin…
After years as a member of Damien Rice’s band, Lisa Hannigan struck out on her own with her 2008 debut, Sea Sew. It was a wonderful record that marked her out as one for the future. The follow-up well and…
Portraits of Emmy the Great, Dan Mangan, Iron & Wine and Anna Calvi feature in London-based figurative painter Joe Simpson’s exhibition ‘Musician Portraits’ opening next month. The paintings will be on display from 14th – 30th October at a temporary…
Below is our attempt at a comprehensive directory of folk artists currently on Twitter – of course, we aren’t Twitter deities and as such will almost certainly have missed out on certain artists. Let us know if you can think…