Our Song of the Day comes with an important message about helping to protect the Loch Carron habitat for the white-fronted geese that fly between Greenland and Argyll via Iceland.

Featuring Sharron Kraus, The Diamond Family Archive, Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker, Meg Baird, House And Land, Gemma Khawaja, David Jaycock, Anna & Elizabeth and more.

Now in its second quarter century, the Leigh Folk Festival continues on its singular path of challenging the boundaries of ‘folk music’, with their unique, volunteer-run, community-based event, taking place in indoor and outdoor venues around Leigh-on-Sea. 

Tired of city life and in search of adventure they both set off on a 10,000-mile journey from London to Budapest and back – embracing spontaneity and with no plan they set off with two motorbikes, pots and pans, essential clothes, two cameras and a large bag of rice.

A Hawk And A Hacksaw’s music is all about making connections between cultures, and in that respect, their latest release is one of the widest-ranging and most daring yet.

Watch Knife, the latest video from Good Coffee, the creation of Cole Heathcott. The single is taken from their debut album Amercian Love and was recorded at the student-run Small Town Records in Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

Our Tune of the Day comes from Laura Feddersen, Joel Wennerstrom, and Owen Marshall, a trio from Boston, Massachusetts who play great old-time and Irish traditional music.

Amos Lee has shared his new single No More Darkness, No More Light from his forthcoming album My New Moon available on August 31st via Dualtone Records.

Mac Demarco and Shamir’s Record Store Day release on which they both took a turn covering ’80s Indie Pop lo-fi band Beat Happening is now available via Bandcamp.

Watch Australian drummer, percussionist and composer Laurence Pike performing Distant Early Warning, the title track of his solo debut album originally conceived as a technological and spiritual jazz suite for drums.

We have another instalment from Nashville troubadour Riley Moore with Pancakes and M&Ms. “This song is my boyhood on canvas. It’s about growing up in the country south of Nashville and fighting my three brothers to give dad the first hug when he got home from work.”

Ross says how he loves listening to music that has the artist’s fingerprints all over it.  If you feel the same, then you should get your grubby hands on this one – Unpolished and consciously reflecting what’s going on inside his head.