Alex Gallacher

Award-winning folk trio Lau bring their jubilant Lau-Land festival back to Edinburgh’s Summerhall and The Queen’s Hall this Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 October for another open-hearted celebration of music, community and the artists who inspire them.

Our Song of the Day comes from Buck Curran & Adele H with a beautiful cover of Bruce Cockburn’s 13th Mountain, taken from his debut album, released in 1970.

The Monday Morning Brew #20 features Riccardo Ferrara, Myriam Gendron, Julianna Riolino, Lia Ices, Anna Tivel, Shannon Lay, athos, Natalie Jane Hill, Catchthehare, Hilda Ruijs, Ross Gay & Sam Gendel, Doom Folk Starterkit, Gustavo Infante, Scott William Urquhart, Gabriel Birnbaum, Cimiotti, Luray, Aurora Birch, Constant Follower.

Featuring Chris Brain, Melrose Quartet, Catrin Finch and Aoife Ní Bhriain, Frankie Archer, Daniel Bachman, Martin Simpson & Thomm Jutz, The Rosie Hood Band, Allysen Callery, Grace Smith Trio, J ason Singh & The Banwasi Collective, Eliza Carthy Trio, Lal Waterson and more.

Curated by UK guitarist, singer, and songwriter Henry Parker, Tompkins Square announce Imaginational Anthem vol. XII: I Thought I Told You – A Yorkshire Tribute to Michael Chapman and share Parker’s own cover of ‘In the Valley’.

Full Metal Jacket, the new single from Ruth Theodore’s eagerly awaited new album, is a snowball of a song which “has subliminally been gaining momentum my whole life”. Watch the accompanying video, and don’t miss her November UK Tour dates.

Welsh harpist Catrin Finch and multi-award-winning traditional and classical violinist Aoife Ní Bhriain share their new single and video ‘Woven’. It’s taken from their forthcoming album ‘Double You’, a Folk Radio Featured Album of the Month.

Magg Tekki, is the debut offering from the Senegalese drum and vocal orchestra Assiko Golden Band de Grand Yoff, a collaboration with Swedish musician and archivist Karl-Jonas Winqvist. Listen to their new single, “La Musique de Cœur”. It’s pure joy!

Laura Veirs has shared the gorgeous new single “Creatures Of The Day” from her upcoming album Phone Orphans. “Creatures of a Day is about how sadness and beauty are linked in the ephemeral nature of life.”

Myriam Gendron’s debut album, “Not So Deep As A Well”, is being re-issued and will be available for the first time in Europe on 17th November 2023 via Basin Rock. Listen to Bric-á-brac, our Song of the Day, and included in the new expanded version.

Steven Adams, formerly of The Broken Family Band, releases his new album DROPS on Fika Recordings, his first new music since 2020 and his noisiest record to date. Watch his new video for ‘Heads Keep Rolling’.

Daniel Sherrill has announced his new album ‘Back To P.A.’ on American Standard Time Records, and shared his new video for Wandering Boy. “His gentle, mesmerizing tone is unlike anything else in the roots music world.”