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.

Watch the brilliant new video from Dean Owens for his new single “The Hopeless Ghosts” featuring members of Calexico, and Grant-Lee Phillips on harmony vocals. Also, don’t miss their live online show, available to watch now at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Tomorrow night marks the 100th online concert that Scottish singer songwriter Dougie MacLean will have performed since March 2020. The concert takes place within the Old School attached to his home and studio in the tiny village of Butterstone, Perthshire.

John Jenkins’ ‘If You Can’t Forgive, You Can’t Love’ is a summery hook-laden indie-pop free-flying balloon ride that makes you want to push the replay button and listen to the whole album all over again.

Barry Kerr, multi-instrumentalist, composer, singer and painter releases his new single Father’s Way today. Watch the accompanying video featuring Galway hurler Maidhc Ó Conghaile.