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The Strange Boys have released a new video for ‘Me and You’, a track taken from their third album titled ‘Live Music’. It will be released on 24th October 2011 on Rough Trade Records. Watch the video and download a free track!

Nick Jonah Davis hails from Nottingham, England and it was his discovery of prewar blues and modal British folk upon which he began to develop his improvisational skills. The post-Takoma acoustic guitar solo scene then provided a context for his music which might otherwise have remained a private endeavour.

Watch the latest new video from Beirut. Santa Fe is the second track taken from their latest album The Rip Tide. A video classic in tragicomedy!

Oliver Jeffers was born and brought up in Belfast and now lives and works in Brooklyn, NY where he has a studio. He makes art, from oil paintings, commercial illustrations and collage, but he is probably best known for making picture books for children.

‘Marginalised’ is a fantastically entertaining and engaging annual festival of events with music, art, comedy, talks, childrens workshops and discussions – all celebrating the breadth and the best of arts events at the Union Chapel.

★★★★★ Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside mix vintage jazz, blues, roots, rockabilly and punk, not forgetting Sallie Ford’s incredible powerhouse of a voice that sounds like she walked out of an Alan Lomax recording to raise the goddamn roof like a southern preacher!

Chris Stout is delighted to have been asked by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra to compose a piece of music especially for them and he also releases a new album this week: Chris Stout’s Brazilian Theory – Live In Concert

PJ Harvey has won the prestigous Mercury Prize for her outstanding album Let England Shake. This was one for the record books as she also won the award back in 2001 for “Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea” a first double win in the history of the award.

★★★★★ I’m Gonna Live Anyhow Until I Die is the fifth installment from Global Jukebox, an independent label from the Alan Lomax Archive. No music collection should be without it!

TUSK Festival takes place in Newcastle upon Tyne from 7th – 9th October and boasts an unrivalled line-up of unclassifiable international music. Watch Uncle Jim’s Video promotion!

Congolese artist Niwel Tsumbu moved to Ireland in 2004. Like Liam O’Maonlaí he has continued to explore many strands of music and their eventual collaboration seemed inevitable. Watch them performing on Donal Dineen’s late night show The Small Hours.

★★★★★ Nils Frahm’s latest release, Felt, is an incredibly moving work of musical art that balances modern classical alongside the rich natural sounds that play at the edges of our consciousness, it is nothing short of a masterpiece.