Weird folk, death at sea and lost love - a happy mix in other words from @dark_and_twisties #BringYourOwnHammer @lorrainenashmusic @juniorbrother.1 and @pippa.blundell.90

https://americana-uk.com/folk-tracks-roundup-april-2025

Guten Morgen... 🥱

Alles, wozu ich mich heute Morgen aufraffen kann, ist alles laaangsam anzugehen. Und diese wunderschöne musikalische #Morgenandacht, die hier grad auf Endlosschleife läuft ❤️

Old Oak Road - Mike Smalle featuring Cathal Coughlan and Jah Wobble

https://youtu.be/b7_9tCBeFvY

#MikeSmalle #CathalCoughlan #JahWobble #BringYourOwnHammer #Morgenekstase #CalmMusic #IrishMusic #MusicVideo

It is nice to see that a German-language magazine writes something about the very interesting "Bring Your Own Hammer" project (text excerpts translated with DeepL):

"Acknowledging the past in all its ugliness: Irish musicians draw inspiration for songs from their country's history.
[...]
They turn songs into a medium of historical knowledge. In the course of his research, says McMahon, who specialises in Irish history, he repeatedly came across sources that revealed facets of everyday life in past eras. In academic publications, however, they were placed in footnotes at best. 'As historians, we are careful to be sober in our approach. Emotional aspects tend to get lost in the process.' Perhaps, he said to himself, a song could convey more of the emphatic power of historical testimonies, letters or diaries to the present.."

https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/bring-your-own-hammer-irische-musiker-als-historiker-ld.1713920

The first three tracks have been released by Dimple Discs on Bandcamp:

https://bringyourownhammerpresents.bandcamp.com

#BringYourOwnHammer #NZZ #IrishMusic #AdrianCrowley #CathalCoughlan #MikeSmalle #JahWobble #DimpleDiscs #IrishHistory #Music #Musik #Bandcamp