#folk radio

[taminoamirfouad]

There's seldom a quiet moment where you won't find me reading a book.

Tamino, Folk Radio, June 2017 (x)

[taminoamirfouad]

“The first born son of a Flemish, anthropologist mother and an Egyptian, event and sales man father who met in the West-African Republic of Guinee, 20-year-old Tamino Moharam Fouad’s first artistic love was theatre. ‘It’s must’ve been the first bite of the performance bug,’ he explains. ‘I always had an interest in translating feelings, emotions and ideas into something else, something beyond the casual state of affairs.’”

-- Alex Gallacher, Folk Radio, June 2017 (x)

[riotactmedia]

Folk Radio UK reviews Eli Winter's third solo album!

" A self-titled release this far down your musical path usually comes with a bold personal statement. Yet, the beauty of this album lies in Winter’s selfless understatement, his ability to step back and present a broader, more encompassing canvas, which, over six songs, takes the listener on an intensely moving journey."

[edgelarks]

I'm so proud of this album, and thrilled with this review. Thank you Folk Radio UK, insightful and supportive as ever. My favourite line is "beautiful and deranged", but this bit is also pretty great 😁:

"A group of musicians intent on making some of the most important and exhilarating art ever to sit under the banner of folk music"

https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2020/04/gigspanner-big-band-natural-invention-artist-of-the-month/

[wbg1991]

Interview with Circuit Des Yeux - about her Salome score for Opera North

I have previously described Haley Fohr’s Circuit Des Yeux project as having an overall effect that is ‘at points earth-shattering, almost paganistic in its mysticism’. Her recent album, Reaching for Indigo, is an intensely transcendent piece, focused on timbres and moods and reaching ecstatic highs and mournful lows.

Given the intense performance of Nazimova as Salomé, and the ethereal feel to the movie, Opera North’s commissioning Circuit Des Yeux to write and perform a new score makes a lot of sense. I recently spoke with Haley about the score, which is to be performed as part of the Leeds International Festival and at the Barbican in May 2018, as well as her recent album and tour.

Read the full interview

[pirateplayground]

[companyofcorkbots]

Just out today! Premiered on Folk Radio UK and selected for Song of the Day.

“Pleasingly dreamy folk tones but with a strong and haunting undercurrent of otherworldliness…persuasive vocals up close and hushed…unexpected bass intrusions which call to mind the meditative trance compositions of colleen” Conor O’Toole, Underground of Happiness

“Stunning…gorgeous single” Alex Monachan, FRUK

“There’s no denying her sheer talent as a beautiful singer and harpist which is why we’ve chosen both songs as our Song of the Day” Folk Radio UK

[earthrecordings]

Bert Jansch: Avocet - Album Review

Avocet is an album to get lost in, but not necessarily one you want to find your way out of. There is a strong case for saying it contains Jansch's finest work. With any luck this reissue – stunningly packaged in Hannah Alice's original artwork – will find its way to a new and appreciative

“Music inspired by ornithology has mutated into a micro-genre all of its own since Bert Jansch recorded Avocet with Martin Jenkins and Danny Thompson in 1978...”