Alex Gallacher

Cylene II is the new materialization of the collaboration between François J. Bonnet & Stephen O’Malley. The first revelation is “Rainbows”, which features guitars in duet; a sound that reaches from the deep and scales up to the far firmament in its careful motion.

Cardiff-based songwriter and instrumentalist Gareth Bonello, aka The Gentle Good, is our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest, in which we ask artists to present objects from their homes and talk about them. Gareth’s new album, Galargan, is out now on Bubblewrap Collective.

For the first time in 5 years, the much-loved Derbyshire-based performer Lucy Ward returns to the studio for a new UK-Icelandic-Canadian collaboration – Ward Knutur Townes. Watch the video ‘Unanswered’, the title track of their debut album.

The much-loved Alasdair Roberts is touring the UK, playing songs from his recent album, Grief in The Kitchen And Mirth In The Hall. Includes dates in Edinburgh, Nottingham, London, Sheffield, Todmorden, Manchester, Glasgow and more.

Watch the video for “Don’t Go Back to Sleep”, the new single from Bex Burch – a twinkling piece of arcadian minimalism, that eavesdrops on an electro-acoustic conversation with the avian world.

Listen to The Monday Morning Brew feat. Adele H, Ichiko Aoba, No-No Boy, Lau Nau, Aux Meadows, JJJJJerome Ellis, Paolo Angeli, Spirit Fest, Dominique Fils-Aimé, Sally Anne Morgan, The Handsome Family, Maxine Funke, The Far Sound, Joseph Allred, Xylouris White, Josephine Foster & more.

Taken from Documenting Snapshots, the new album from Gilmore & Roberts, watch their video for ‘I, Burnum Burnum’, based on the declaration read out by Australian Aboriginal activist Burnum Burnum, as he planted the Aboriginal flag on the beach in Dover on 26th January 1988.

Benji Kirkpatrick’s sixth studio release, In Phase, is out on 6th October; watch his new video for the beautifully arranged “You Could Try Roulette”, his second album single. Don’t miss his album tour, which kicks off in October.

Featuring Rachel Sermanni, Mick Flannery, John Francis Flynn, TRÚ, Pentangle, Kathryn Tickell, Gilmore & Roberts, The Gentle Good, Lal & Norma Waterson, Peter Bellamy, Robin Williamson, Meg Baird, Magpahi, Tim Hart & Maddy Prior, Shelagh McDonald and more.

Banjo-loving Coleraine native Damien O’Kane and California’s Ron Block are on the road again this month with their band for what promises to be a great party. It includes a one-off show at Hammersmith Irish & Cultural Centre with Michael McGoldrick and Irish singer Aoife Scott.

Melrose Quartet, featuring Nancy Kerr and James Fagan, and Jess and Richard Arrowsmith, announce their new album, ‘Make The World Anew’ and share their lead single and video animation (by Marry Waterson) for ‘Scarecrow’, a song written by Lal & Mike Waterson.

In 2016, we interviewed Ex-Midlake frontman and songwriter Tim Smith about his new project ‘Harp’. While a lot has changed since that interview, today he is announcing his debut album ‘Albion’ and sharing the lead single and video “I Am The Seed”.