October 2021

Taken from her latest album “Rejection Letter”, watch the video for Mackenzie Shivers’ “Butterscotch” – “The song is one of contrasts – wanting to feel special while yearning to feel less alone”. The song and video combined, create something quite mesmerising and magical.

While the choice of material on “Songs Of Love & Death” may not offer any surprises, there’s no questioning the freshness and resonance of the interpretations or the sheer class that Reg Meuross, Harbottle & Jonas bring.

Watch the accompanying lyric video for “Rooted”, the atmospheric new single from Indie-folk artist Aisha Badru, taken from her forthcoming EP “The Way Back Home” out later this year.

Marla and David Celia return with Indistinct Chatter, an album that covers themes around our throw-away society, capitalism and compassion…while they never labour the point they’re making, their whisper is far more effective than the scream.

Ross Hammond’s “It’s Been Here All Along” is a pleasure to listen to and a fine example of the richness that can be found in the simplicity and purity of solo guitar music.

Legendary singer/song-writer, Christy Moore, returns with his new single, Clock Winds Down. The song is the first taster from his new studio album, Flying into Mystery, which will be released worldwide on 19th November 2021.

Over eleven years of gigs and now four studio albums, Mànran have always shown a healthy appetite for innovation but with Ùrar they’ve taken that to a new level. With a new line-up, they’ve produced an album that sets a fresh benchmark against which to judge contemporary Gaelic music.

Featuring Peter Knight, Sacha Trochet and Roger Flack, The Gigspanner Trio, are on an extensive tour from this month. This also includes dates as the Gigspanner Big Band, an expanded lineup with Hannah Martin, Phillip Henry (of Edgelarks) and John Spiers.

Mr. Alec Bowman_Clarke’s “A Place Like Home” establishes that he is an artist of extraordinary depth, exposing the inner voices, thoughts and terrors of his own human frailty.

Eliza Gilkyson announces “Songs From the River Wind”, her love letter to the old west. – snapshots of the people and places, lives and loves lost and found over her years of wandering the West as a musical minstrel, searching for her heart’s home.

With his critically acclaimed new album Last of the Better Days Ahead now out, US folk legend Charlie Parr announces a 2022 European Tour, including an extensive run of UK & Irish dates.

Solely, is the second album from Natalie Jane Hill. She exposes herself on a level that many of us would choose not to. That she has the bravery to bare it all makes it a remarkably mature work.

Scottish legends Charlie and Craig Reid, aka The Proclaimers, join Folk by the Oak’s ‘Line-up of Headliners’ alongside Richard Thomspon and Spell Songs.

Not a lot of music holds the determination and depth Darragh O’Dea shows on Tilly and the Postmaster. This is a disc for anyone who appreciates the power of music – to expose, to endure and in the end, to provide hope.