Alex Gallacher

Our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest is Jarrod Dickenson; he talks us through the objects on his shelves, and, alongside some treasured photos and touching stories, he also talks about the pleasures of coffee and fine whiskies from around the world.

Ruth Theodore has announced the release of Cherry Picker, a career-spanning compilation record and shares the lead single and lyric video ‘People People’ on which the social narrative teeters between futility and ferocity without losing its sense of humour or our sense of Ruth’s humility.

Listen to the beautiful new single from The Chapin Sisters – “Lily wrote ‘Bergen Street’ as she was leaving Brooklyn to move back to the Hudson Valley village that we grew up in…It’s a bittersweet ode. Not a sad moment, exactly, but wistful.”

Watch the video for ‘Holes’, the upbeat and vibrant new single from Irish-born London-based guitar folk-pop artist Brian Grogan. As the footage testifies, this is dripping with danceable, feel-good rhythmic beats.

We chat to Alec Bowman_Clarke about the making of his short film ‘Never Again’, a ‘feel good-ish film, a heartwarming & sometimes funny story about how dreams, kind of, sometimes, maybe, can come a little bit true.’

On 21st April, Shorty’s Ark, the debut picture book from Will Oldham and illustrator Lori Damiano will be published via Drag City. The book is based on the song by Will Oldham and Matt Sweeney – watch them performing the song live.

James Jackson Toth announces James & The Giants, produced by Jarvis Taveniere. Watch the Ryan Weibush-directed video for the lead single ‘Hall of Mirrors’.

Pioneering multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer, Cosmo Sheldrake, announces ‘Wild Wet World’. Listen to his first single “Bathed in Sound”, to be released this Friday (31st March) as part of Brian Eno’s Earth Percent Charity campaign. 

“A Scorched Lament” is the new single from Cinder Well which features a brand-new and haunting music video shot by Irish videographer Ruth Clinton of the band Landless. It’s also our Song of the Day.

Enjoy the ethereal vocals and powerful lyrics of Lavinia Blackwall on her new single ‘The Damage We Have Done’, a potent dose of folk-rock and a sign of new things to come.

Today, Sharron Kraus has released ‘Birdloom’, a project she began working on with electronic musician David Muddyman (aka Muud, Jamuud) 20 years ago and which features Spiers & Boden.

Probably one of their most moving songs to date, the much loved Yorkshire folk duo Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow share their video for ‘Cloudheads’, their new single and the title track of their forthcoming album.