August 2021

Steve Gunn shares his new single ‘Circuit Rider’ from his forthcoming new album ‘Other You’ and announces UK & European solo live dates for February 2022.

Dan Haywood announces ‘Country Dustbin’, a one-track album & book of poetry that attempts to come to terms with the clutter of a life in the 20th & 21st century…that walks a tightrope across the joyful, the sad, the wondrous, the banal.

Watch the latest video from Clare Sands for her new single Iontach Bheith Beo on which she joins forces with friend, composer, and musician Brídín. A driving, pulsating, celebration of life, for those that have gone before us, and those yet to come.

Ahead of the release of Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys new album ‘The Wishing Tree’ this Friday, watch their video for Nature’s Law which is also our Song of the Day.

Recorded at a countryside retreat in Kildare with Myles O’Reilly, Rónán Ó Snodaig’s Tá Go Maith is an album not to be rushed but instead presents an opportunity to slow down and embrace its evocative gentle mood and positivity.

Today sees the release of a new single from Danny George Wilson. ‘Heaven For Hiding’, finds him further exploring his colourful new direction. Quirky, experimental and totally infectious.

The Clonakilty International Guitar Festival returns next month, as organisers attempt to once again electrify the streets and crash the internet of the coastal town with the sweet sound of those six strings via outdoor performances, virtual premieres and hybrid gigs (live-streamed with an audience).

Sam Amidon heads to the East Coast of the US in October, and onwards to the UK in November with more dates to follow in the new year. Plus, watch him being interviewed by Peter Broderick on the folk music tradition.

The incisive songcraft on Lorkin O’Reilly’s ‘Marriage Material’ pulls you into his world – a place of graphic memories, hearts and flowers, wide-eyed wonder, hopes, regrets, and life’s little quirks – and it’s impossible not to surrender to the experience.   

Gorgeous and precise, ‘Days Awake’ is a masterful piece of work that takes Molly Linen’s signature serene sound and elevates it to new levels.

As Maartin Allcock said his final farewells from the stage at Cropredy in 2018, we all knew his musical legacy would continue to entertain and astound for years to come. Now, Talking Elephant have helped that process along by re-releasing OX15.

Our latest Folk Show features Joshua Burnside and Laura Quirke, Brigid Mae Power, The Norfolk Broads, John Francis Flynn, Skipper’s Alley, Aidan O’Rourke, Salt House, Duncan Lloyd, Withered Hand, Ewan McClennan, LAU, Naragonia, Emily Portman, Martin Simpson, Dan Brown and Rosa Zajac.

Amythyst Kiah talks about the song “Sleeping Queen” from her latest album Wary + Strange. It was written in 2016 at a time when she was going through a lot of emotional turmoil…it was also the same year that Donald Trump got elected as president.

Taken from his latest album ‘The Fray’, watch John Smith’s official new video for ‘Deserving’, a song in which the light finds its way through the darkness in the end. John is on tour now.