Alex Gallacher

Old Spot are a new Old-Time duo featuring Joe Danks and Rowan Piggott. The first video from Old Spot’s debut album sees earthy gourd banjo and the natural beauty of Padley Gorge underpinning the winding Old Time fiddle tune ‘Black Eyed Susie Jane’.

Basin Rock are to release an album of never-before-heard 70s British folk by Trevor Beales, recorded in the attic of his family home in Hebden Bridge when still a teenager. One to file next to Davey Graham, Michael Chapman, Bert Jansch and Jackson C Frank.

On 11 November, Lady Maisery, the combined multi-talents of Hazel Askew, Hannah James and Rowan Rheingans, return with their new album ‘tender’. Watch the accompanying video for ‘bird i do not know’, their lead single, a song of hope, born of turbulent times.

The Foreign Landers are mandolinist David Benedict, who grew up in South Carolina, and Tabitha Agnew Benedict, who started playing 5-string banjo at a young age in her homeland of Northern Ireland. Watch them performing Garden, taken from their forthcoming debut album Travelers Rest.

Our Song of the Day comes from Sara Noelle with Color of Light on the Water; watch the beautiful accompanying animated video by Kelsey Boncato. The track is taken from her third full-length LP Do I Have to Feel Everything, which arrives on January 27. 

Watch Native Harrow performing ‘Old Kind of Magic’ live, the title track of their new album. It ripples with that mythologized Laurel Canyon vibe yet also carries that distinct and unmistakable Native Harrow DNA which has become more unique and refined with each iteration.

Complete Mountain Almanac is a beautiful collaboration between singer and composer Rebekka Karijord and poet, dancer and multimedia artist Jessica Dessner. Watch their stunning video for their lead single May.

Myles O’Reilly announces his new album An Ode To Soft Landings. Watch the beautiful accompanying video to the first single Her First Crios…It’s a moment in time that you don’t want to pass.

Estonia’s Duo Ruut have released a new single ‘Liisa pehmes süles’ – A tale of broken love and a reminder of the Estonians that were banished by the Soviet Union to Siberia.

After a 15 Years absence, the remarkable modern Yiddish/Klezmer avant-folk group Black Ox Orkestar live up to their new album title ‘Everything Returns’ and share a stunning new video for ‘Mizrakh Mi Ma’arav’.

Toronto-based songwriter Abigail Lapell shares a live video for Old Flames, recorded at her Toronto album launch at The Dakota Tavern, featuring Jenny Berkel, Dan Fortin, Jake Oelrichs and Rich Burnett.

Featuring Stick in the Wheel, Alex Rex, Jake Blount, Bonfire Radicals, The Magpies, Janice Burns & Jon Doran, Hushman, The Unthanks, Marlais, Ellie Gowers, Burnt Paw, Sharron Kraus, Mike & Cara Gangloff, Sally Anne Morgan, David Ian Roberts and more.