Fatea Magazine

20/01/2025

Fatea Showcase Sessions Spring 2025:Awbeg
Fatea is proud to announce the new Fatea Showcase Session Spring 2025:Awbeg lineup
Once again we've looked at the fantastic releases that have come through the Fatea office and put together an eclectic mix of some of the best rising names across the acoustic spectrum for your enjoyment.

Featuring 16 incredible artist we think you'll be amazed and captivated by the strength of the songs that will be available for you to download on the Fatea Showcase Session Spring 2025:Awbeg compilation from February 1st.

01. Cormorant Tree Oh - Terror Of The Countryside
02. Simon Howard - Love’s On The Run
03. Lucy & Hazel - Brigid Begrudged
04. The Ashen Keys - Gathering
05. Liz Simmons - Wander Free
06. Hands of the Heron - Picturing Myself
07. Macdara Yeates - Rocking The Cradle
08. Jessica Dives - Where Are You?
09. Nick Lawrence - The Day The Heathens Came
10. Saul Bailey & Mitch Keely - The Grey Man/Parson Upon Page
11. Dark & Twisties - The Wild
12. Liz Overs - Prayer To The Year
13. Kyson Point - Dark River
14. Erica & The Wildebeest - Shipping Forecast
15. Liz Jones & Broken Windows - Broken Lens
16. The Kahunas - Gypsy Queen

"Awbeg" is the 68th download in the Fatea Showcase Sessions series and will be available from February 1st until April 30th 2025. This is the 18th series of releases

The download comes to you at no charge. Support the artists involved by listening to the download and then more of their songs, buying their albums, going to their gigs, writing about them on Facebook, publicising them on Instagram etc.

The 2025 Fatea Showcase Session Front Covers are composited by Jane South and named after dialect words for streams
https://www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/news/SpringAwbeg/

19/01/2025

New batch of album reviews just gone live at https://www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/reviews/ See what we've been checking out.

18/01/2025

Live section updated, Reg Meuross and The Brothers Gillespie https://www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/live/
Support Live Music Buy In Advance

13/01/2025

Just put our review of the Bonfire Radicals gig at Drimpton Village Hall, supported by Artsreach Dorset live. Check it out. https://www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/live/BonfireRadicals4.php/

12/01/2025

If you missed the Fatea Awards Live, you can now hear them on Mixcloud. https://www.mixcloud.com/AlongTheTracks/fatea-awards-recognising-2024/

The annual Fatea Awards, this year recognising the best of 2024 and the Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Tony Christie

12/01/2025

Just published a batch of album reviews. Musicwise 2025 is definitely up and running. Check 'em out.
https://www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/reviews/

11/01/2025

The Fatea Awards, recognising the best of 2024 will be broadcast on www.folkfridayradio.com 7-9pm Sunday 12th. The chat thread will be on the Folk Friday group. All of the nominated acts can be found at:
https://www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/news/Nominees2024/

06/01/2025

One of the fascinating things to watch/listen to has been the revival of the instrumental album across the broad spectrum of music. Our long list in this section was our longest ever, our shortlist comes down to these three:
Instrumental Album Of The Year 2024
Henry Parker & David Ian Roberts - Chasing Light
Talisk - Live At The Barrowlands
Thorpe & Morrison - Grass & Granite
For more details of the nominations in all catagories and the award show, please go to:
https://www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/news/Nominees2024/

05/01/2025

One of the great things about running a magazine is getting to hear new artists. There seems to be less of a rush in recent years to get a debut album released. That's partly been a cost issue and in part an artistic one, both leading to acts exploring their music more and building that following before committing to the debut album, but as you can see, 2024 produced some real crackers:
Amelia Coburn - Between The Moon And The Milkman
Sorrel Nation - Lost En Route
Susy Wall - The Spaces In Between
For more details of the nominations is all catagories and the award show, please go to:
https://www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/news/Nominees2024/

04/01/2025

The role of the single/EP/Mini Album for bringing focus on a tour, album release or simply for an artist to say "I'm here" shouldn't be underestimated. The three Fatea nominations for that only reinforce the point:
Bonfire Radicals - Flywheel
Eleanor Dunsdon & Gregor Black - Let No Man
Lizzy Hardingham - Gingerbeer
For more details of the nominations is all catagories and the award show, please go to:
https://www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/news/Nominees2024/

03/01/2025

The album of the year award is pretty self-explanatory and covers both soft and physical releases or any combination of them. The three albums nominated by the Fatea team are?:
Blair Dunlop - Out Of The Rain
Hannah Scott - Absence Of Doubt
Luke Jackson - Bloom
All the details on the Fatea Awards and the award show can be found at:
https://www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/news/Nominees2024/
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