2025

Glasgow-based saxophonist/composer Matt Carmichael swaps jazz solos for minimalist piano as he ventures into new territory on his latest single, Mangata, featuring Rachel Sermanni’s soothing, wordless vocals. It’s also our Song of the Day.

Music that grows out of in-the-moment self-expression such as this can only ever really sound like itself…The Ancients – Isaiah Collier, William Hooker, William Parker – are here to sort the real space cadets out from the pretenders.

Alex Neilson has announced that his new album ,The National Trust, will be the final studio album to be released under his moniker Alex Rex. It will be released on March 28th via The Barne Society.

Taken from her forthcoming new album ‘Swilkie’, Highlands-based songwriter Iona Lane premieres the video for her graceful new single ‘Torus’ (out on 14th Feb), inspired by humans’ changing historical relationship with basking sharks.

Nothing like the present: as well as announcing his new album today, Time Indefinite (April 25th via Psychic Hotline), Nashville-based guitarist/composer William Tyler has also shared three lead singles and videos.

Clara Mann shares her new single and video “Doubled Over” – “This is about love, and the physical pain of heartbreak…we take the risk every time, because good love is worth it.”

For Matt Hsu, multi-arts all percolate in the making of music, so for the joint release of Noodle and Forest Party, Matt called on comic illustrator Madi Marston to make a comic about Obscure Orchestra. Read it here.

‘Last Night’ is Yoshika Colwell’s latest single, released today on Blue Flowers. Watch the accompanying music video, created by Tilly Wace, which perfectly accentuates its abstract feel.

Alabaster DePlume shares the video for his latest single, Invincibility, in which filmmaker Niall Trask transforms him into a beloved family dog…it doesn’t end well.

Taken from their forthcoming new album, watch the latest video from Stranded Horse and Boubacar Cissokho for their vibrant new single ‘Right No Wrongs with No Arms’. It is also our Song of the Day.

Kinetic is the latest album from Belgium’s five-piece hybrid jazz combo Black Flower – a call to dance through life’s chaos and to harness the power of movement as a tool for liberation. Listen to Monkey System, also our Song of the Day.

Dave McNally shares his Celtic Connections highlights, covering The Transatlantic Sessions, Natalie MacMaster, Donnell Leahy and Frances Morton, Michael McGoldrick, Tim Edey and Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves and Brian Finnegan.

This week’s Monday Morning Brew playlist features Jacken Elswyth, Georgia Harmer, Ichiko Aoba, Saapato & Laraaji, Cynefin, Tuung, David Grubbs, Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra, Cameron Knowler, Carlos Niño and more.

Our latest Mixtape features new music from Ian Humberstone, Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra, Laurie Torres, Macdara Ó Faoláin, Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver, The Ocelots, Oh My Sun, Blue Lake, Cynefin, Cameron Knowler and Whitney Johnson & Lia Kohl.