Alex Gallacher

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.

Now in its seventh year, Manchester Folk Festival returns next month (19th to 21st October) – read our festival preview and recommendations from their expanded program of over 60 artists who will perform across nine venues throughout three days.

Our Song of the Day comes from Seán R. McLaughlin and The Wind-Up Crows. Ninewells is a tremendous rootsy collision of Americana and folk influences that bodes incredibly well for their forthcoming album.

Triple Scots Trad Awards nominees Gnoss have kicked off their ‘Stretching Skyward’ launch tour which includes many venues they’ve not visited before. Don’t miss this opportunity to see them live.

Six French Songs is Olivia Chaney’s spontaneous and celebratory review of the French chanson, from medieval ballad to 60s yé-yé pop classic. As we’ve come to expect from Olivia, her interpretations are sublime and enchanting.