Showcase Session – Vortex – Winter 22
Vortex
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The Fatea Showcase Sessions are designed to provide greater exposure to artists that have impressed the Fatea team. Some are already signed, others are carving a solo trail, releasing songs on their own labels, all are dedicated to their music.
Fatea Showcase Sessions are exclusively available for a three month period after which they will never be available again. The Fatea Showcase Sessions are zip files containing high quality, 256kbps, DRM-free MP3s.
Whilst the songs on The Fatea Showcase Sessions come to you, the listener, at no charge, they are not free. The writers and performers have put money, time and effort into creating the songs on this compilation for your enjoyment. We hope that you take the time to visit the websites of the artists included here and consider purchasing their music. Fatea hopes that this compilation gives you a taste for folk and roots orientated music and that you will seek out the works of the artists included in this compilation and in the wider music community.
“Vortex” is dedicated to all acts from solo artists, through duos to bands. Each act has their own style and we hope you’ll appreciate each of their efforts. The Fatea Showcase Sessions are designed so not all of the acts come from the same genre.
“Vortex” is available from August 1st to October 31st.
Please encourage your friends to collect their free copy of “Vortex”. If you could put a link to The Fatea Showcase Sessions on your website or Facebook, that would be fantastic. We want as many people as possible to hear each session. If you do pass on a copy, please pass on the full folder with sleeve pack.
Vortex – Artists
Bonfire Radicals – The Bonfire
The electrifying sound of six-piece (un)traditional folk band Bonfire Radicals is both intensely creative and irresistibly fun. Global grooves, instrumental fireworks, rich vocal harmonies and delicate a cappella emerge from a melting pot of original and traditional tunes.
Robert Clamp – Wind In My Hair
An independent one-man band from Southampton mixing catchy acoustic riffs with a foot-stomping beat. Featured on BBC Introducing and a familiar face on the South Coast live music scene.
VRï – Y Gaseg Ddu
VRï unearth long-lost nuggets from a vibrant folk tradition, blending raw fiddle energy with chamber music finesse and the joy of a pub session.
Sofia Talvik – A Memory Of Snow
A musical nomad with unmistakably Nordic flavour, Sofia Talvik blends sparkle and melancholy, drawing American interpretations into her original sound.
Tarren – Hardwood
Bristol-based ambassadors for high-quality English folk, weaving minimalist musical forms into tradition-inspired material with dance-driven pulse.
Holly Clarke – The Maid Of Kilmore
A Lake District ballad singer steeped in tradition, bringing new life to old narratives through powerful storytelling.
Siskin Quartet – Time Flies
A meeting of Swedish-English and Scottish-Finnish folk traditions, framed around the theme of migratory birds.
Katie Doherty – Red Dress
North East songwriter whose work paints sweeping portraits of people, protest, hope and the world as it stands.
Storm The Palace – She Knows
Edinburgh-based baroque folk-rock outfit with international touring credentials and BBC features.
Josie Duncan – Natural Disaster
A vital figure in Scottish folk, receiving Radio 2 airtime before graduating from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Sue Harding – The Dryad’s Love Song
Haunting, poetic songwriting with a unique voice. Her latest album is titled Darkling.
Concrete Prairie – The Devil Dealt The Deck
A five-piece delivering bruised Americana inspired by country, folk, indie and western traditions.
Roary Skaista – Forest
Oxford-based folk musician performing traditional and original songs exploring love, nature and diversity.
Katie Waygood – Gentlemen
Singer-songwriter from the New Forest, featured on BBC Introducing and multiple radio stations.
Pronghorn – Psycho Ceilidh
The undisputed kings of cowpunk, delivering ferocious banjo-fiddle energy and chaotic charm.
Angeline Morrison – Go Home
A singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter exploring traditional song infused with soul, folklore and psych folk.
“Vortex” is available from August 1st to October 31st. Please help spread the word and share the full folder and sleeve pack so as many listeners as possible can discover the artists.
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Fatea Showcase Sessions are available for a limited 3-month window. Unfortunately, this session has now closed and won’t be available again.
