Alex Gallacher

King Creosote announces his first album in seven years. I DES is released on November 3rd – watch the video for his new song “Blue Marbled Elm Trees”; a reflection on life, death, the universe, art and love. Always the big stuff with Kenny.

Jenny Sturgeon announces ‘The Living Mountain’ Tour – bringing the beauty and magic of the Cairngorms to audiences. Also, on 3rd November, she is releasing a limited edition re-pressing of ‘The Living Mountain’ and her new ‘Wintergreen’ EP. Listen to the lead track ‘Solitude’.

Listen to the Monday Morning Brew featuring Tia Blake, Jimmy Wakely, The Secret Sisters, Esther Rose, Mipso, Hiss Golden Messenger, Me Auld Flower, Ghost Woman, Norma Tanega, Ronnie Lane, Nicolai Dunger, Leo Nocentelli, Timbre Timbre, Courtney Marie Andrews, Simon Joyner, Scott William Urquhart and more.

Listen to our latest Folk Show featuring Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening, Martin Simpson & Thomm Jutz, Rachel Sermanni, Georgia Shackleton, Ryan Young, Wayward Jane, The Gloaming, Len Graham, M.Cambridge, The Martin Hayes Quartet, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh and more.

Directed by Jacob Forman, watch the video for Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s “Willow, Pine and Oak” – “When first proposing the video to me, Will posed it as a challenge of sorts— to stray from my typical home of the handheld camera and attempt to capture that same sort of intimacy with a tripod. To ‘lock it down,’ in his words…”

Ahead of her forthcoming self-titled album due for release on 6th October, Thea Gilmore releases a gritty and commanding new single & video ‘Nice Normal Woman’. She created the video herself, which involved taking ‘800 still images of me in various states of genuine dishevelment’.

Ahead of her biggest UK tour for over 4 years. Charlie Dore is releasing a new single – watch the accompanying video for the radio edit remix of ‘Blowing Leaves’, taken from her album ‘Like Animals’.

Owen Spafford announces live installation ‘Welcome Here, Kind Stranger’, exploring memory, culture and community through the traditional music Session. It features Owen, Sam Amidon, Brìghde Chaimbeul, Méabh Begley, Mikey Kenney, Louis Campbell and artist Annabelle Blott.

Galway artist Me Auld Flower returns with his new single ‘An Unholy Amount’ that delves into the duality of life, exploring the contrasting aspects of existence with an intricately woven musical arrangement.

To celebrate the release of ‘Real to Reel : Garech Browne & Claddagh Records’, watch the animated video for ‘One Night in Luggala’ created by Bárbara Oliveira & Cian Hughes -, taken from the Paddy Moloney & Sean Potts album Tin Whistles (Claddagh Records, 1974).

Watch the accompanying video to “Homecoming”, the stunning debut single from Rooftop Assembly, a grime & folk fusion project from London that formed playing rooftop concerts during lockdown. This is music to be celebrated.

Listen to the Monday Morning Brew featuring John Renbourn, Allysen Callery, Iona Zajac, Brigid Mae Power, Aoife Nessa Frances, Junior Brother, Rachel Sermanni, Sweet Baboo, Emma Tricca, Ivan Moult, Katy J Pearson & Broadside Hacks, Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan, Clara Mann and more.