FOLK MUSIC COVERAGE
![]() by TV News Desk - April 20, 2018 AUDIENCE Network's music slate continues to deliver groundbreaking concerts, unique stories and exclusive performances across all genres, plus select programming in ultra high-definition/4K1, to audiences nationwide. Recent concert specials include: Taylor Swift, Garth Brooks, Keith Urban, Eric Chur... (more...) ![]() by BWW News Desk - April 19, 2018 A Turntable Friend Records has announced the forthcoming 'Magical Thinking' EP from Liverpool-based The Room in the Wood. Comprised of Paul Cavanagh and Dave Jackson, the duo shall present their debut EP digitally on April 20, followed by an 11-track album, to be released later this spring on vinyl,... (more...) ![]() by TV News Desk - April 19, 2018 Critically acclaimed California-based singer/songwriter Matt Costa is celebrating the upcoming release of Santa Rosa Fangs, his fifth full-length album—and first in five years—with a premiere of the single “Time Tricks” at All Music Guide, who praises the song's sunny shuffle and wistful lyrics;' li... (more...) ![]() by BWW News Desk - April 18, 2018 Singer-songwriter Mitch Hayes, Queen City Music Awards 'Americana/Folk Artist of the Year' winner, brings his 'Chasing The Pacific Sunset' 2018 Spring Tour to acclaimed singer-songwriter venue Genghis Cohen, 740 N. Fairfax Ave., Thursday, April 26. Showtime: 7:00pm. Tickets: $10. Info: (323) 653-064... (more...) ![]() by TV News Desk - April 18, 2018 Blackberry Smoke's acclaimed new album, Find A Light, is the best-selling Country and Americana/Folk album in the country this week with over 16,000 in equivalent album sold. Based on Billboard's multi-metric consumption-which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and strea... (more...) ![]() by TV News Desk - April 18, 2018 City Parks Foundation is thrilled to announce the 2018 season of SummerStage, New York City's largest free outdoor performing arts festival, bringing more than 100 performances to Central Park and 17 neighborhood parks throughout the five boroughs. This year's festival, presented by Capital One, wil... (more...) ![]() by TV News Desk - April 18, 2018 The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) is pleased to announce the 40th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival will be hosted from August 24–September 2 in Millennium Park, the Chicago Cultural Center (78 E. Washington St.) and at venues throughout the city. Among many featured h... (more...) ![]() by BWW News Desk - April 17, 2018 In celebration of their debut album, Treehouse, SOFI TUKKER will embark on TREEHOUSE WORLD TOUR - kicking off tomorrow 4/18 at 9:30 Club (Washington DC) and keeps them on the road into May. For tickets and complete details, please visit www.sofitukker.com/tour. ... (more...) ![]() by TV News Desk - April 17, 2018 Steven Van Zandt's Renegade Circus and Sixthman, the industry leader in music festivals at sea, are excited to announce the lineup for the 2019 sailing of The Outlaw Country Cruise 4. The deep and diverse bill of new artists and returning favorites will be anchored byDrive-By Truckers, Lucinda Willi... (more...) ![]() by TV News Desk - April 17, 2018 ANTI- is proud to announce the release of ALL THE THINGS THAT I DID AND ALL THE THINGS THAT I DIDN'T DO, the anticipated new album from 2x GRAMMY® Award-nominated acoustic band The Milk Carton Kids. The LP is available for pre-order beginning today. ALL THE THINGS THAT I DID AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ... (more...) ![]() by TV News Desk - April 17, 2018 UK based singer-songwriter Vinny Peculiar [aka Alan Wilkes] has been variously described as “an under-sung national treasure” (UNCUT Magazine) and “the missing link between Jarvis Cocker and Roger McGough” His various bands have included ex members of The Smiths, Oasis, The Fall & Aztec Camera and h... (more...) ![]() by TV News Desk - April 17, 2018 From the darkest corner of rural Dorset, England comes The Two Man Travelling Medicine Show. Heartfelt, ramshackle, Country Punk. Formed in 2016 in the tiny village of Witchampton these 8 musicians put the words of local poet James Lynch to music.... (more...) ![]() by TV News Desk - April 17, 2018 A compelling storyteller's voice shines through on Madeleine Peyroux's confident 'Anthem', out August 31st (UMG). The lyrics are smart, witty and darkly hopeful, and Peyroux's characters and settings are so vividly drawn, it's as if a series of short films have come alive through song. Peyroux's cin... (more...) ![]() by TV News Desk - April 17, 2018 OneTrickDog* Records is pleased to announce release of Meshugenah, violinist Benjamin Sutin's second album of Klezmer-inspired contemporary music with Klazz-Ma-Tazz on June 15, 2018. Klazz' 2016 debut album, Tangibility, has been described as “one of the year's best.” Like the earlier album, Meshuge... (more...) ![]() by TV News Desk - April 16, 2018 We The Fest, South East Asia's premier festival for all things music, arts, fashion and food, continue to exceed expectations with the announcement of its second phase of artists. Pulled from the very top of the R&B, indie, and dance spectrums, festival organisers Ismaya Live have once again reasser... (more...) ![]() by TV News Desk - April 16, 2018 Hitting the road in support of his brand new album, Blue Mesa, Luke Winslow-King is planning a special stop in New York, NY at Mercury Lounge on May 14. ... (more...) ![]() by TV News Desk - April 16, 2018 This week, The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture (18 Bleecker Street, NYC) presents three special live music events on the stage of the Loreto Theater. Tickets are available at SheenCenter.org, by phone at (212) 925-2812, or in-person at The Sheen Center box office. ... (more...) ![]() by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2018 Ciaran Lavery has released his new album, Sweet Decay, today, April 13th 2018, via AllPoints (James Vincent McMorrow, Novo Amor, Anna Leone). The album includes the singles, '13' and 'To Chicago.'... (more...) ![]() by TV News Desk - April 13, 2018 This September, Elise Davis returns with her sophomore album Cactus, the follow up to her 2016 critically-acclaimed debut The Token. With Cactus, Elise moves between lush alt-country and stripped-down folk confessionals, gluing everything together with story-driven songs about independence, liberati... (more...) ![]() by TV News Desk - April 13, 2018 SOFI TUKKER's debut album Treehouse is out today worldwide just ahead of the North American leg of their world tour kicking off 18th April. For the past two years, Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern have released a stream of adventurous and innovative music beginning with their Grammy nominated ... (more...) ![]() by TV News Desk - April 13, 2018 At a time when country music is exploding into the mainstream with huge collaborations between Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton, and Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line, Catherine McGrath is poised to become the first international crossover star from the burgeoning UK country scene.... (more...) ![]() by TV News Desk - April 12, 2018 Tyler Childers' NPR Music “Tiny Desk Concert” is premiering today. Watch HERE. Childers performed “Lady May” from his acclaimed debut album, Purgatory, as well as two previously unreleased tracks, “Nose to the Grindstone” and “22nd Winter.” Of the set, NPR Music's Lars Gotrich declares, “Tyler Child... (more...) ![]() by TV News Desk - April 11, 2018 A major new greenfield music and lifestyle camping festival is set to bring the world-famous, inimitable sights and sounds of the country music scene to the UK in 2018. Taking place within the grounds of Stanford Hall in Leicestershire from September 7th – 9th 2018, The Long Road will present one of... (more...) ![]() by BWW News Desk - April 09, 2018 Inspired by their new album, The Invisible Comes to Us, traditional music duo Anna & Elizabeth will bring their stories and sparse, atmospheric arrangements to (Le) Poisson Rouge on April 23 in New York, NY.... (more...) ![]() by TV News Desk - April 09, 2018 New York-based singer/songwriter Shlomo Franklin announced his debut release, Don't Love Anybody EP. Out on May 18th, the five-song EP is a collection of raw folk songs inspired by 60s and 70s Woodstock icons and produced by Grammy Award winner C. Lanzbom (Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen). After year... (more...) |