Alex Gallacher

Irish folk singer Cara Dillon announces Coming Home, her first album of entirely original material on which the lines between spoken word and song are blurred. Watch the stunning video for Clear the Path, her lead single.

Ye Vagabonds released no music videos in the lead-up to their Nine Waves album, instead opting for a longer form film that showcases each album track. Watch “Go Away and Come Back Hither”, the only stand-alone video release before the full film releases on October 17th.

Xylouris White are on the road again this November with dates dotted across the US, Australia and Europe – including two nights at London’s superb Cafe OTO.

Watch the new video from Mother Sky for their bittersweet and tender ‘Pull Me Under’ about “… finding your way through the darkest of nights, making peace with what once was and tending to the future, with a renewed optimism.” Catch them live this Autumn.

This Friday, Fairport Convention kick off their Autumn tour; the nationwide jaunt will take in 25 dates across England, Scotland and Wales. We also wind back the clock to 1971 and an appearance at a beach in the Southport area of Merseyside.

Filmed by Myles O’Reilly at the Quiet Lights festival 2021, watch ‘A City Under Quiet Lights’ featuring live performances by Lisa O’Neill, Joshua Burnside & Laura Quirke, Niamh Regan, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Kate Ellis & Caimin Gilmore, Junior Brother, and Rachael Lavelle.

The Rosie Hood Band announce their new album ‘A Seed of Gold’ and share their lyric video for Lyddie Shears – a song about a shapeshifting Wiltshire witch who could supposedly transform into a hare.

Hannah Read has shared a video for Silverphae, the first single from her concept album ‘The Fungi Sessions Vol. 1‘ on which she explores the marriage of mycology and music.

Listen to The Monday Morning Brew featuring Nina Nastasia, Chris Brain, Joan Shelley, Jesca Hoop, Cat Power, Georgia Harmer, Alela Diane, Alex Dupree, The Weather Station, Pharis & Jason Romero, Native Harrow, Valerie June, Josienne Clarke, Andrew Combs, Indigo Sparke, Le Ren and more.

Released today, Who Is This? is the stunning new single from Scottish folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Julie Fowlis, co-written with nature writer and best-selling author Robert Macfarlane – also featuring Donald Shaw, Duncan Chisholm and Clockwork Sessions.

Also our Song of the Day, watch the video for ‘Please’, the third and final single from Chris Brain’s highly anticipated sophomore album ‘Steady Away’ which is released next week.

Watch the new video from the Grace Smith Trio for Saison / Overleaf from which their new album takes its name. I totally fell for this tune on the first listen. Everything about this trio is vibrant and fresh.