August 2022

Raised in London but living in California, Cornelia Murr’s ‘All Souls’ is drenched in sparkles of omnichord, swathes of mellotron, and the plucked delicacies of electric and nylon guitar.

To follow up the announcement of Shebang, Oren Ambarchi’s delicious new offering on Drag City, check out his second single and video for Shebang II, as the elements blossom into a rigorously snapped-to fusion funk.

Watch Poor Creature, the new duo project from Ruth Clinton of Landless and Cormac MacDiarmada of Lankum, in a special BYOL Session to launch Féile na Gréine in Limerick City.

Canadian garage-country-rock band The Sadies share live video of them performing Stop and Start ahead of their Canadian and European tour dates.

Lifetime Achievement is Loudon Wainwright III’s first album of new original songs since 2014’s Haven’t Got The Blues Yet. It’s a wonderful delight from start to finish.

Minru is the project of Caroline Blomqvist. Watch her performing ‘Light End’ live, taken from her debut release ‘Liminality’, an album that revels in its space, with jazz and orchestral flourishes to its warm folk-ish spectral pop.

Directed by Ellius Grace, Junior Brother has shared a moving new video for ‘This is my Body’, the second album single from his forthcoming new album “The Great Irish Famine”, out on September 2nd via Strange Brew.

Watkins Family Hour Vol ii is an immensely enjoyable snapshot of how far this project, and its ever-evolving musical community, have come in the 20 years since its inception at its Largo nightclub base and where the future might take it.

Taken from his self-titled new album, watch the video for Field Guide’s unhurried ‘Leave You Lonely’. A record that sits on the intersection between Leif Vollebek, M. Ward and Andy Shauf, this is one to savour.

The Argentine singer-songwriter and guitarist Karina Vismara has died. One of her most popular tracks, Montana, featured on the travel documentary ‘Long Way Up’ with Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. Listen to her 2015 album Cas del Viento, a beautiful classic folk offering.

David Weir shares his Sidmouth Folk Festival highlights including Queer Folk, Norma Waterson Tribute, Jack Rutter, Bush Gothic, Peatbog Faeries, Elspeth Anne, Nick Hart and more.

On the eve of a Q&A appearance at Moseley Folk Festival 2022, we catch up with Vashti Bunyan to discuss her memoir, Wayward, and how her April London concert may have been her last…

Clare Sands and long-time collaborator ​​Liadain Ní Bhraonáin have created a music video for her new single ‘Keep the Flame Burning’, an uplifting and hopeful anthem for the human spirit.

Despite the flawed and honest characters of Anna Tivel’s songs, with their troubling emotions and struggles with mental health, Outsiders is low-key and quietly optimistic. Masterfully crafted and performed, it is her finest work yet.