Alex Gallacher

The Deslondes are to return next month with Ways & Means via New West Records. Watch their new video for ‘Five year Plan’ which has a nice hazy West Coast vibe going on.

Featuring: Rachel Sermanni, Chris Fox, Gene Clark, Jason McNiff, Miraculous Mule, Puuluup, LYRE LYRE, Angeline Morrison, Kim Carnie, The Fureys, Damien O’Kane & Ron Block, Bella Hardy, Hannah Rarity, Leyla McCalla.

LA-based musician Marina Allen releases first single ‘Superreality’ from Centrifics, her highly anticipated follow-up to her acclaimed album, Candlepower.

Days of Sand is an unforgettable graphic novel by Aimée de Jongh, a Rotterdam-based comics artist, animator, and illustrator, based on real-life stories from the American Dust Bowl.

Marisa Anderson announces new album “Still, Here” and shares the single “Waking,” an achingly beautiful nylon string acoustic guitar piece which showcases her immediate and sheer elemental capacity to speak through her instrument.

Watch Fergus McCreadie performing ‘Law Hill’ live, a composition taken from his latest album Forest Floor, an album inspired by Scottish folk influences and a deepening jazz vision.

French duo O’o share their new video for Touche, a collaboration with the hyperactive imaginations of Temple Caché whose offbeat visualisations, bordering dreams and reality, make them perfectly matched.

Our Song of the Day comes from Troll Dolly, the experimental folk project of Jen Yakamovich from Vancouver, B.C. Microcosms is the lead single from her forthcoming EP, Heaven’s Mini Mart. Watch the accompanying video shot on Super8 film.

Friday marks the release of Lynda’s Café, a new acoustic single from rising star Rory Butler. Watch the accompanying video filmed at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh and featuring vocals from three of his closest friends.

Watch a short documentary on ‘Tell ‘Em You Were Gold’, the forthcoming album from Pharis & Jason Romero – Jason’s master banjo building, time in the banjo shop, life with kids and gardens, rivers, adventures and old musical friends are all part of the journey.

Queen of Sheba is the new album from Ibrahim Maalouf & Angélique Kidjo. This 7-part suite fuses Middle Eastern and African Cultures inspired by the mythic tale of the African Queen.

Taking place this weekend, Dandelion Festival Glasgow is the first of two major outdoor free festivals, curated by Donald Shaw (of Celtic Connections festival). Enjoy live music, performances, talks, workshops and food.