The Very best in Folk Roots & Acoustic Music
It’s been quite a ride so far for North Eastern trio The Young’uns. Twice BBC Radio Folk Award winners for Best Group, a feat quite remarkable for what is primarily an a capella act – and now four albums in, these guys have built a reputation on incredible vocal arrangements, solid storytelling and bags of character in their performances, and rightly sit at the top table in the genre at this current time.
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The mere name Big Sadie is somewhat evocative of country music and the Chicago based acoustic duo that form the band deliver on this idea a hundred times over. Though seemingly fairly new to the country and folk scene the duo have produced their debut album Keep Me Waiting, a soothing but jaunty collection of songs that bring to life their sophisticated and tender take on American roots music.
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David Ramirez interest in 60’s singer-songwriters, his love for folk music and a desire to bring it into a more contemporary light is something he has set out to do with the release of his trailblazing new album We’re Not Going Anywhere, an album that is the very embodiment of everything Ramirez ever set out to produce.
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Paul Brady is an Irish singer-songwriter who is known across the land for a variety of roles within a series of bands, musical projects and solo ventures since the early 1960s. With more than 50 years of experience within the music industry it is little wonder that golden songs seem to burst forth from his fingertips as he creates soulful melodies with rich infusions of a wealth of genres.
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Joan Osborne has been plying her craft for more than two decades and over her years in the music industry she has become known as one of the most iconic artists to grace the stage. Her rich, honied and sultry vocals breathing life into some of the most well-known songs of our time.
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Acoustic singer-songwriter Martin Simpson has a rather healthy back catalogue of music and yet you will always find a smile playing across your lips when you hear that he has scheduled another release. This year see’s the release of his latest album Trails and Tribulations, a soothing and tender collection of songs that will wash you in a warming, golden glow.
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