Alex Gallacher

Our Song of the Day comes from Anna Tivel with “Outsiders”, the title track of her new album, out on August 19 via Mama Bird Recording Co – A breathtakingly beautiful song and video inspired by the 69 moon landing.

Joined by regular sideman Dan Moc on upright bass/vocals, watch Jerry Leger performing a live acoustic version of ‘Recluse Revisions’ from his recent tenth studio album Nothing Pressing.

Yasmin Williams & Gwenifer Raymond have a string of UK dates together in June. We look back at their unique journey so far. This will be an unmissable tour.

Paolo Angeli, a Sardinian musician known for his incredible sounding prepared baritone Sardinian guitar has released a new album titled Rade.

Watch Cristina Vane’s new video for Make Myself Me Again, the title track of her new album. Cloaked in resilience, this plucky number has a real delta blues charm and Vane plays it to the full in this fun video.

Watch Christy Moore at Glasgow’s Barrowlands performing Joxer Goes To Stuttgart, a song set around the Republic of Ireland’s 1-0 victory against England at Euro ’88 when Jack Charlton became an honorary Irish man.

Commissioned by some of the regulars at Larkin’s Pub in Limerick, watch Finn Harper creating an incredible lifelike drawing of Eamon Morrissey to the music of Daoirí Farrell and Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore.

Last year, The Felice Brothers released From Dreams to Dust, which we hailed as their most ambitious, densest and experimental work to date. Next month they are touring the UK and Ireland.

Bosnian-German DJ Solomun gives José Gonzàlez’s ‘Swing’ the remix treatment…tapping into that hypnotic dream state.

Taken from No One Seems To Notice That It’s Raining, listen to Jay Bolotin performing ‘It’s Hard to Go Down Easy’ from 1972. “LISTEN! You gotta hear this guy!” – Mickey Newbury

Contemporary Harpist BRÍDÍN releases her new single ‘Empty Room’ in which she expresses her happiness at being alone in her own company. It’s taken from her forthcoming debut album.

Watch Kathryn Williams’ heartbreaking new video for “Moon Karaoke” the latest single from her forthcoming new album Night Drives. The dreamlike video is by the talented Marry Waterson. If you need evidence of top-class songwriting then look no further.