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

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Showcase Session - Vortex - Winter 22

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"Whilst the songs on The Fatea Showcase Sessions come to you, the listener, at no charge, they are not free. The writers/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
Click Here or Right Click, Save Target As to download
"The Fatea Showcase Session:Vortex" is a zip file. There may be a delay before download starts on some systems
Download includes sleeve pack.
Details of previous Fatea Showcase Sessions can be found Here

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 etc, that would be fantastic. We want as many people as possible to hear each session. If you do pass on a copy to your friends, please pass on the full folder with sleeve pack.

The electrifying sound of 6 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 from the British Isles to the Balkans.

Rob is an independent one-man band from Southampton who mixes a blend of catchy acoustic riffs with a foot stomping beat. Having released his debut single 'Wind In My Hair', Rob has gone on to be featured on the likes of BBC introducing, whilst continuing to be an ever present on the live music scene across the south coast of England.

VRï have unearthed long-lost nuggets that shed a new light on a vibrant folk tradition that harnesses the raw energy of the fiddle with the finesse of the violin, the beauty of chamber music with the joy and hedonism of a pub session.

Living like a musical nomad, moving from place to place, unmistakably Nordic in flavour, Sofia Talvik somehow still conforms to American interpretations of her own original music, a North Sea siren blending sparkle and melancholy.

Bristol-based Tarren are an ambassador for high quality, English Folk music. Sid Goldsmith, Alex Garden and Danny Pedler incorporate minimalist musical forms into traditional-inspired material, producing music that draws the listener in, weaving intricate themes throughout tunes and songs that have the pulse of traditional dance at its heart.

Holly is a singer from the Lake District who is steeped in the tradition of ballad singing, is a singer who explores these old songs and finds new ways to perform their unique narratives. Storytelling is at the heart of what Holly does as an artist and this has been influenced by the field recording singers.

The Siskin Quartet is a meeting of two well-established folk music duos, Swedish-English 'Bridget Marsden & Leif Ottosson' and Scottish-Finnish 'Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola'. Here, their respective and rich traditions meet, framed within the theme of migratory birds. The folk music world is full of references to birds and this theme will be further examined through their own compositions

Katie Doherty formed the Navigators in 2018. Hailing from the North East, Katie's songs hang on the precipice of the current state of the world. There is enormous heart filled hope but there is much riding on where we go from here. The songs paint sweeping pictures and intricate portraits of Teachers, Artists, Protesters, Parents and much more.

Edinburgh's Storm the Palace are a baroque-folk-rock outfit featuring members from across the globe. They have toured internationally, and have been featured on the BBC and by numerous blogs and radio shows. Their third album, La Bête Blanche, comes out on November 18th.

Josie's original songs were receiving airtime on Radio 2 before she even left university, and by the time she had graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, audiences at festivals all over the world, from festival stages in Australia to basements in Glasgow, had come to recognise her as a vital figure within Scottish folk music.

Sue Harding's unique voice, range and heartfelt delivery creates a hauntingly beautiful sound.  Her songs are delicate but powerful, full of poetry and invention that never fails to enchant. How there is a new album, it is called "Darkling".

United by a love of country, folk, indie & Western music past and present, Concrete Prairie are a five piece from the U.K. playing their own brand of bruised Americana. The band take inspiration from across the genres to deliver songs dealing with life, death and everything in between - a veritable soundtrack for the glamour & grit of everyday living.

Roary Skaista is a queer folk musician based in Oxford, performing traditional folk songs as well as their own material on the themes of love, nature and diversity. They have recently released a new EP of original songs, "Borrowed Time".

Katie Waygood is a Singer Songwriter from The New Forest, England. Her mission is to take listeners on a journey! Katies featured on BBC introducing as well as stations Forest FM, Radio Wimborne, VYPA Radio, The Global Voice and more.

The Undisputed Kings of Cowpunk and purveyors of the hardest and finest banjo/fiddle action you'll ever come across. A more motley collection of bad shirts, mullets, prison tattoos, broken teeth and greasy comb-overs you'd be hard pushed to find outside of a Dale Winton garden party.

Angeline Morrison is a singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who explores traditional song with a deep love, respect and curiosity. Angeline mostly makes music in the genres of wyrd folk and psych folk, her work infused with elements of soul music, literature, ‘60s beat pop sounds, folklore, myth and the supernatural.

"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.
Click Here or Right Click, Save Target As to download
"The Fatea Showcase Session:Vortex" is a zip file. There may be a delay before download starts on some systems
Download includes sleeve pack.
Details of previous Fatea Showcase Sessions can be found Here

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 etc, that would be fantastic. We want as many people as possible to hear each session. If you do pass on a copy to your friends, please pass on the full folder with sleeve pack.