Alex Gallacher

Our Tune of the Day comes from the delightfully vibrant and engaging ‘English Fiddle’ album, the solo debut from the multi-talented Will Allen on which he is joined by Rowan Piggott on Cittern.

Brìghde Chaimbeul, Ross Ainslie and Steven Byrnes Haberlin have teamed up on the collaborative album LAS. The album is out Friday 2 September, the self-penned instrumental album is the first album of double C smallpipes to be released in the world.

Sidmouth Folk Festival is warming up, and today you can catch Fisherman’s Friends, Jez Lowe, Granny’s Attic, Sheelanagig, Emily Portman & Rob Harbron and many more. There’s so much to see in the week ahead…

Our Song of the Day comes from Eliza Carthy & The Restitution with their new single ‘The Snow it Melts the Soonest’. It’s taken from her new album ‘Queen Of The Whirl’.

Glasgow-based folk four-piece Gnoss have just announced they are touring this August and September and they have also started working on a new album. They will be playing some of the new tracks live for the first time.

Following the success of this summer’s inaugural Dandelion Festival Glasgow, the organisers are delighted to announce the first acts for the Inverness free festival this September including, Spell Songs, Hannah Rarity, Dallahan, The Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton Trio, Hamish Napier, Sona Jobarteh & more.

This week’s folk show features Cerys Hafana, Inni-K, Junior Brother, The Deadlians, Shovel Dance Collective, Marlais, Alison O’Donnell, L’Oumigmag, Cédric Dind-Lavoie, Cinder Well, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Serious Sam Barrett, The Baird Sisters, Anna & Elizabeth and many more.

Cellist and composer Barney Morse-Brown has shared a video for his cover of Sting’s ‘The Hounds of Winter’. Morse-Brown’s version highlights his versatility as a multi-instrumentalist and his endearing unorthodox approach to music.

Derek Piotr expands on his album “The Devil Knows How”, on which he interprets traditional ballads and folk tunes, with a reworking of “Yes They All Sing” by guitarist and Alan Lomax Archive curator Nathan Salsburg.

Watch George Sansome and Leeds-based violinist Owen Spafford performing Rosa. This stunning new single and accompanying video were recorded in just one take – one performance, filmed and recorded simultaneously by Will Killen at Evoke Studios in Leeds.

Cerys Hafana is best known for exploring the creative possibilities of the triple harp. As demonstrated on Tragwyddoldeb, she’s an adept shapeshifter, entwining tradition with direct and personal interpretations to create music that’s both progressive, profound and inspiring.

Broadside Hacks and Shovel Dance Collective are among those who will come under the spotlight in a new documentary that tells the story of the young vanguard of UK artists sharing radical interpretations, proto-feminist narratives and queer histories through the lens of British traditional folk song. Watch an excerpt here.