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Arcadia is a new film from Scottish director Paul Wright. Using over 100 archive film clips from the last 100 years and a score by Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) it explores the beauty and brutality, magic and madness of our changing relationship with the land and each other.

A bespoke tartan carpet transformed Glasgow’s Buchanan Street today, Wednesday 16th May, to unveil the headliners of this year’s Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival and The World Pipe Band Championships, which both return to the city 13 – 19 August 2018.

The Americana Music Association have announced the nominees for its 17th annual Honors & Awards including John Prine, Mary Gauthier, Jason Isbell, I’m with Her, Courtney Marie Andrews, Molly Tuttle and more.

Watch Steve Dawson performing Bugscuffle as he showcases his unique tuning and voice on the Weissenborn lap guitar. Taken from his new album Lucky Hand that represents a high point of more than two decades of musical searching.

Joy’s Reflection is Sorrow, the new album from Sharron Kraus is due for release on June 21st via Sunstone Records – a record that traverses the spiritual and emotional rhizomes of the human condition, soaring angelically on Sharron’s tapestry woven from traditional and experimental folk music. 

Our Song of the Day is delivered by the rich baritone voice of Melbourne-based singer songwriter Ryan Downey accompanied by Zoë Randell for 1+1 from his debut album Running.

Tunng share video for lead single ‘ABOP’ which brings the Moog right to your face, with a heavily swung frazzled 808 pigeon beat that builds into a magical folk-pop feast. Watch the animated video by Kijek / Adamski.

Lera Lynn will release her new duets album Plays Well With Others on June 22nd featuring Peter Bradley Adams, John Paul White, Dylan LeBlanc, Andrew Combs, Rodney Crowell, Shovels & Rope, JD McPherson and Nicole Atkins. Watch her performing with John Paul White.

Our Song of the Day comes from Dublin-based quartet Pine the Pilcrow. Only Ghosts is the title track of their new EP which is out now.

Listen to ‘Yourself’ by Nova Scotian multi-instrumentalist/songwriter and producer Mike Legere. It’s the first single from his debut solo album Ourselves in Public which will be released on June 8, 2018.

We have two pairs of tickets to giveaway to Kris Kristofferson’s Special 82nd Birthday London Concert at English Heritage Site (Kenwood House) with Special Guests: Rufus Wainwright, Josh Okeefe, Ashley Campbell and Rose-Lynn Harlan.

Actor turned singer-songwriter Michael Malarkey returns to the UK for his first release on Sheffield’s iconic folk record label, Hudson Records. Self-described as neuva-Americana poetry, listen to the title track Captain Solitaire.