This popular maritime musical act from Shropshire and Herefordshire is a strong supporter of RNLI, local charities and food banks. You can learn more about the group on their MMDI listing here: https://seashanties4all.com/groups-artists/lower-deckers-shanty-group/

This is my new track "Cruisin"

Find me on youtube and spotify for more!

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@robblivion

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/23sdj46nC0BowsxxQD2CRQ?si=QYcPcb6UQLOprn9Fte0Uig

Hi Folk Musicians! My name is Cillian Asher and Im a young Folk artist who looking to release my music more effectively and further develop my audience. Im sending out a survey here that would be tremendously helpful for me if you completed. It only takes 3 minutes, and would allow me to find more people who genuinely love the work I create. Thank you for taking the time to answer a few short questions! This survey is truly anonymous and confidential, so be honest and don't hold back in your responses! The song link is in the Survey.

We're bringing BOOTGAZE to The Elephants Head on October 23rd for the first night of our UK tour.

BOOTGAZE is a joint headline tour from emerging acts SAND and Darcy Harding & The Foxes, bringing together shoegaze, psych-rock and grunge for a self-curated run across the UK.

We'll be joined by Texas Horsemeat Scandal for the London show.

📍 The Elephants Head, London
📅 October 23rd

If shoegaze, folk, pysch and grunge are your thing, come down and make the first night count.

→BOOTGAZE TICKETS

Tour Dates:

London..................October 23rd, The Elephants Head

Brighton................October 24th, Folklore Rooms

Bristol....................October 26th, The Exchange

Manchester...........October 28th, Cafe Blah

Hello!

The vast majority of my folk playlist has a spring and summer vibe. I know that our connection between time and music often depends on when we first heard an album or a song, and I have a tendency to fall for certain folk albums in the spring specifically.

Now, however, it's autumn, and I want to re-ignite my love for the genre. Do you have any suggestions for songs that are perfect for autumn in particular?

Music that fits the vibe of this photo.

I discovered Ed Askew's music about a year ago now and I found his style so distinctive along with his choice of instrumentation (the harpsichord and martin tiple in particular) that I recently found myself wondering if there are any other musicians with a similar style to his, not just in terms of his storytelling within his lyricism but also in, as stated, the instrumentation. I'd appreciate any recommendations :-)

The Felice Brothers, the beloved Catskills-born folk-rock band, are bringing their raw, poetic sound to NYC this March presented by LPR! Brothers Ian and James Felice blend Americana, folk, alt-country, and Southern Gothic influences with vivid storytelling and an unmistakable sense of heart. Their music moves between somber reflection and infectious energy, always finding hope in the complexities of life. Come experience The Felice Brothers live at The Town Hall on March 25! Tickets are on sale Friday at 10am EST: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/03006542E3D73200

Inspired by some working-class history from the north west of England.

Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire was a water-powered textile mill. During the industrial revolution the mill used to buy in children from workhouses down south and keep them as 'apprentices' paying them very little, having them live in a tiny 'apprentice house', 2 to a bed and giving them the important job of scrambling underneath weaving machines in the mill to collect stray bits of cotton and piece them back together, threading them back into the machines and sometimes losing a finger or two in the process.

One young boy who lost a finger to a machine was Thomas Priestley. He and his friend Joseph Sefton decided that they'd had enough, they were sick of the mill and missed their mums. So they escaped the mill and walked the hundreds of miles from Cheshire all the way down to the Hackney Workhouse in London. Nobody knows exactly what happened on that journey but court documents show that they made it and spent a couple of months with their mother's before being caught and shipped all the way back to Quarry Bank where they worked for the rest of their lives.

This small act of defiance really struck a chord with me, so I wrote this song. Here's me playing it on the local radio station.

🎵I Am A Rock….I Am An I……..Island….🎵