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One Little Independent Records announce a Record Store Day 10th Anniversary reissue of Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight’s ‘The Days That Shaped Me’ – on vinyl for the very first time, alongside live band recordings and new songs. Watch the video for the previously unheard single ‘Moira Mae’s’.

If there’s a question that remains it’s whether one really needs a Spanish language version of songs from Parallel Line. The answer: The magic is in the music and that has always been there with Paper Beats Scissors and it’s there in La Mitad.

Recorded live outdoors on the island of Grande Comore, these 10 snapshots provide the slightest of inklings into a culture significantly different from our own yet their music is still universal in its hopes, fears and dreams. Ian Brennan has captured some incredibly exciting music.

While Peggy Seeger’s ‘First Farewell’ may be brief and beautiful, the material is so rich and vigorous, it makes for a satisfying whole. With this delightful album, we can only hope that she produces many more.

Taken from his new album ‘Future Times’, Plankton Wat, guitarist Dewey Mahood, shares his new video for “Nightfall” which was shot in his hometown of Portland during golden hour, that magical moment when day shifts to night.

With a refreshing, invigorating sound, and demonstrating a confidence and maturity in their tune and song writing, with ‘The Light of the Moon’, Gnoss have captured a sound dipped in honey that reinforces their formidable presence on the Scots traditional music scene.

Dean Owens Desert Trilogy EPs continues with Sand and Blood, a cinematic and atmospheric second volume featuring members of Calexico and a rewarding duet with Guatemalan singer songwriter Gaby Moreno.

Naked and unadorned, the new EP from Ben Watt Storm Shelter captures the artist at his most vulnerable. It’s been far too long since we had just Watt and a piano.

Offcuts and Oddities showcase the commitment of the Shovel Dance Collective to playing traditional music that speaks of working-class solidarity. The album features some cracking tunes that will leave you wanting more. Excellent.

Fronted by Ryan Boldt, Deep Dark Woods, one of Canada’s finest purveyors of stately folk-rock, return with ‘Changing Faces’, offering escape from modern, plastic, urban life – taking you somewhere old, organic, and rural.

This week’s Folk Show features M G Boulter, TEYR, Honey And The Bear, Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola, Declan O’Rourke, Atlantic Arc, Rhiannon Giddens, Graham Rorie, Erlend Apneseth Trio, Amythyst Kiah, The Magpies, Allison Russell, Dana Sipos, Courtney Marie Andrews, Ceitidh Mac, M. Cambridge, Staran & more.

While TEYR’s energetic and wildly entertaining delivery is still there on Estren, the added lyrical depth and musical variety, the moral bite and sensitivity to the world’s problems elevate them to the very top tier of today’s folk music.

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