folk videos
See: Panteon reveals new video for debut single White Jaguar
Travelling the world might well provide inspiration for songwriting, but its not often that that inspiration comes in the shape of the indigenous civilisation of the the Kogi in Columbia, still living like they did some 400 years ago. Well, not many people are Yvonne Ambrée, aka Panteon. She’s used the tribe, who are apparently …
See: Lanterns on the lake reveal video for ‘The Crawl’, plus your dates
Lanterns On The Lake have been quiet of late, however, they’ve seen fit to furnish us with this sumptuous video for ‘The Crawl’, one of the stand out tracks from recent album ‘Beings’. As singer Hazel puts it; “The Crawl is an invitation to someone. It’s about a magic escapism that transcends the shallow everyday …
See: Shirley Collins releases video for Death And The Lady
To go 38 years without releasing an album might be considered lackadaisical. But “Lodestar” from Shirley Collins beats even Vashti Bunyan for discography gaps. Now revealed from that record is the video for “Death and the Lady” – a creepy pastoral view of Britain featuring green fields, horses, but then also charnel houses, skulls and …
See: Billy Bragg and Joe Henry release video ahead of Shine A Light
A preview of the Shine A Light project, looking at the history and songs of the American railway, Billy Bragg and Joe Henry have released a video of the recording of “The L&N Don’t Stop Here Anymore”. It’s part of a fascinating trip on the US railroad, in particular the route from Chicago to LA. …
See: Seth Lakeman releases new video for ‘Ballad of the broken few’, plus Winter tour dates
The songs for folk singer Seth Lakeman’s new album, Ballad of the broken few, were recorded ‘live’ with an organic, acoustic vibe in the Great Hall of a Jacobean Manor House with legendary producer Ethan Johns (Ryan Adams, Kings of Leon, Paul McCartney, Tom Jones, Ray LaMontagne, Laura Marling, The Staves and Crosby, Stills and …
See: Holly Macve releases new video for ‘Corner of my mind’
Brighton based singer songwriter Holly Macve returned to her native Yorkshire for the new video for her song ‘Corner of my mind’. Co-directed by Macve alongside Lauren Joy Kennett, Holly says of it “We decided to not plan much before we starting filming, hoping to just stumble across the right imagery and atmosphere needed to …
See: Goat release new video for I sing in silence – plus new European tour dates
Mysterious Swedish psych rockers Goat have released a new video for their forthcoming single, I sing in Silence, which is out via Rocket Recordings on May 27th. Turning away from their trademark riffs, the band have stripped things down, and rid I sing in Silence of pretty much any electric sounds, save for one twangy …
See: Andrew Bird releases new video for Left Handed Kisses featuring Fiona Apple
Taken from his forthcoming album Are you Serious, due out on April 1st via Loma Vista, Left Handed Kisses is the new single from Andrew Bird. If that were not news enough, it features Fiona Apple in this forthright slice of Americana influenced folk-indie. There’s a sort of timeless quality about the track, infused with …
See: Jealous of the Birds reveals new video for Goji Berry Sunset
Portadown singer-songwriter Naomi Hamilton, aka Jealous Of The Birds has just released some visuals to accompany the track Goji Berry Sunset, taken from her debut album ‘Parma Voilets’, out on May 6th. Describing her music by saying “My only hope is that the songs sound like a real friend talking”, she walks a narrow path …
See: Siv Jakobsen unveils video for “Caroline”
Following on from the release of her EP, The Lingering in May, Norwegian singer songwriter Siv Jakobsen has released the video for the track Caroline. Siv herself explains about the video: “The following song is a fictional story about a transgender male. We have chosen to visualize it through the eyes of our trans-feminine friend …