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Charlie Dore and The Magic Numbers’ Michele Stodart Release Surreal Video For Springsteen Inspired Song
‘A Hundred Miles of Nothing’ is a small hymn to silence, space and slowing down, written by legendary singer songwriter Charlie Dore with Michele Stodart of The Magic Numbers. The song was hailed as being “celestial in its elegance” by the Independent, and as...
This Week in the House – w/c 25.04.22
THIS WEEK in the House (w/c 25.04.22) Firstly a big Happy Birthday to our wonderful Freya of Harbottle & Jonas today! Hopefully Dave and Freya have managed to celebrate after a busy run on the road with Reg Meuross (Songs of Love & Death) and then a packed...
THIS WEEK in the House – w/c 18 April 2022
A Fatea Magazine review of last week's Songs of Love & Death at Green Note - their finale of April's live tour of the album with Reg Meuross Music and Harbottle & Jonas. The next chance to see this trio perform together is at Beardy Folk Festival in June....
5 ***** review for The Ciderhouse Rebellion
FULL REVIEW HERE ***** FIVE STAR CHOICE! ***** Of all the surfeit of amazing albums that folk innovators Adam Summerhayes and Murray Grainger have recorded, this incredible little gem just about tops the lot. Award-winning fiddler Adam and inspirational accordionist...
Morning Star reviews The Haar – Where Old Ghosts Meet
The Haar, Where Old Ghosts Meet (Under The Eaves) OUT APRIL 29 2022 BUY HERE The second exquisitely crafted offering from innovative Anglo-Irish quartet - The Haar serves up their admirably spontaneous renditions of eight of the most memorable songs in the entire...
Taking Flight With Freedom To Roam
Lucky enough to have been working with flautist Eliza Marshall for over seven months now, From The Whitehouse sent Matt Rochford to manage the Freedom To Roam Spring Tour as it wound its way through England and Wales. These are some of his reflections after landing...
The Haar release new single Wild Rover – happy St Patrick’s Day!
Innovative Anglo-Irish quartet The Haar release their second album. Their debut, eponymous, album was described as “a splendid balance of swirling instrumental magic and beautifully sung narratives” by Folk Radio UK, and Where Old Ghosts Meet promises more magic...
Mentoring at From The Whitehouse
BEN & DOM "Our mentoring sessions with Katie Whitehouse in the run up to our EP release (Shoulder) on April 1st 2022 have been really useful for thinking about how we take our project out into the world and introduce people to our work. Katie has helped us focus...
Suthering release debut album ‘If We Turn Away’ today!
“acoustic folk music that, like some sublime Greek chorus, sings with hopeful promise of ancient melodic truth and beauty in our very modern world.” – Bill Golembeski, Folking.com
Eliza Marshall’s Freedom To Roam: The Rhythms of Migration
Eliza Marshall's Freedom To Roam: The Rhythms of Migration was launched at Cecil Sharp House London last December. The live music and film show is on tour now and there are still two chances to see this extraordinary project of hope and optimism around themes of the...
Songs of Love & Death – 10 Folk Songs live dates
Songs of Love & Death is the new collaborative album from two of this country's finest and most engaging folk/acoustic acts: Reg Meuross and Harbottle & Jonas. The album is available HERE and the first live tour begins in March. See below for dates. Born from...
Suthering: Crowdfunder, new song and a double headline concert
There are very exciting times ahead for folk duo, Suthering! Find about some of them here, including how to pre-save their new single Kingfisher!
Ordinary Names – Charlie Dore’s brand new video
Charlie says: "From Like Animals - the album. It seems some names are destined to remain unfashionable...Often the names I used to associate with elderly aunts and uncles were restrained, reliable, understated, even. Often people were named after a parent or...
Long For The Coast – “Best band in the South West 2021”
Long For The Coast have “sublime harmonies, moving folk melodies and story telling of the highest order,” says Listen With Monger. No wonder then that the Totnes-based duo picked up the LWM2021 award for Best Band in the South West. The whole combo of musical style...
The Ten Steps Tour – Max ZT and Dan Whitehouse
An evening with one of the world’s most celebrated hammered-dulcimer players and one of the UK’s finest singer-songwriters: beautiful music and songs mixed with spoken word and “lyrics that avert your gaze to the sky” Ten Steps "is both extraordinary and beautiful. I...
Charlie Dore – Blowing Leaves on Radio 2 Folk Show
Perfect for ? @CharlieDore’s Blowing Leaves ? on @BBCRadio2 #folkshow Listen again HERE
Come and sing! – Sufjan Stevens Xmas 2021 choir
Sufjan Stevens, American songmaker and composer has made 10 albums of Christmas music. He has generously put all of these songs onto creative commons, inviting folks to have a go at making their own versions. For several years now a small team of Sufjan fans have been...
Inaugural Blues Down Festival Brings Live Blues Music to Askerswell 13th August 3pm to midnight.
Fine art and blues music might not seem the most obvious of bedfellows, but Daniel Hunt, who has been running a Chelsea-based gallery for over 25 years, and who also describes John Lee Hooker’s music as something that “really gets my blood pumping” is an aficionado...
Jessie Summerhayes steps out on Radio 4’s Power Lines
Poet Jessie Summerhayes will be performing a new poem on the next BBC Radio 4 Power Lines series. Yomi Ṣode brings together 21st century poets whose work is underpinned by a love of music to talk about that influence and to perform poems reflecting that passion....
The Angel Totnes hosts Dan Whitehouse & Chris Cleverley – SAT 31 AUG
SATURDAY 31st JULY Doors 7pm Music 7.30pm BYO (tea and cake in the interval)TICKETS ARE LIMITED PLEASE BOOK HEREJoin songwriters Chris Cleverley and Dan Whitehouse at The Angel Totnes for a rare co-headline appearance. Each artist will perform a solo set, followed by...
A new Devon Festival – ANRÀN FEST 29/30 AUGUST
FESTIVAL TICKETS HERE Anran Fest - The first Asian Street Food and Music Festival in support of Cancer Research and Children's Hospice Southwest."Last summer we were obviously as affected by the pandemic as everyone was, but we were undeterred and really wanted to...
JULY Devon gigs & news fromthewhitehouse
FULL NEWS HERE Dear Devon music lovers Thanks to the wonderful musicians who performed at, and to the glorious audiences who attended, all those beautiful Great Lawn Sessions at Dartington over Spring and early Summer. That's all for a while, as Dartington will be...
Reg Meuross is awarded a bursary from Halsway Manor
(photos: Rachel Snowdon) STOLEN FROM GOD - Reg Meuross Somerset-based singer/songwriter Reg Meuross has been awarded an Incubator Bursary from Halsway Manor to support the development of a new project telling the story of the South West’s shameful links to the slave...
Ben Morgan-Brown’s instrumental album Moment hits streaming milestone
Ben Morgan-Brown’s album of solo guitar instrumentals, Moment, has just hit the milestone of 45,000 streams on Spotify! Described as containing “extraordinary guitar virtuosity” by BBC Music Introducing, “seriously confident playing chops” by Fresh On The Net, and...