Our Song of the Day is a very mellow remix of John Stammers ‘Idle I’m‘ by Colorama.

Joseph Arthur’s double CD The Ballad Of Boogie Christ Act 1 & II is an epic, shot through with the pleasures and pains of life lived at high altitude, with no safety net. It’ll boogie you right to your very soul.

Big Hard Excellent Fish update their theme for a disenchanted Britain…listen to the old and new. [Warning: Explicit Lyrics]

Our Song of the Day is ‘Slow Life’ from Brooklyn based multi-instrumentalist and composer Gabriel Birnbaum’s latest project Wilder Maker.

Welsh band Islet teamed up with visual artist Casper White to make their latest video which involved painting their faces onto blocks of ice.

Helen reviews Roy Harper’s Man and Myth: a tour de force which effortlessly displays Harper’s mastery of his craft and is without doubt the best record he has ever made.

Cavan folk singer Lisa O’Neill is to release a new album ‘Same Cloth or Not’ in October followed by a tour Glen Hansard and with James Yorkston in November.

Our Song of the Day is a live video recording of Icelandic band amiina performing Perth at Dalatangi Lighthouse in July 2009.

Gifted improviser extraordinaire Lonnie Holley releases his new album ‘Keeping A Record Of It’ on Dust to Digital this week. Here’s a taster.

Watch the latest video from Perth, Australia based five-piece band Pond. O Dharma gets some nice vintage treatment…think Big Sur 1969!

John Fahey fans will be pleased to hear that the first definitive biography of the legendary American Primitive guitarist will be published in June 2014 by Chicago Review Press.

Watch the new video for ‘On My Way’ from South London based afro-folk-pop ensemble ‘The Melodic’ who release their debut album Effra Parade in November.