Alex Gallacher

Following the release of her incredible debut album ‘The Eternal Rocks Beneath’, Katherine Priddy is heading out on a UK tour this Spring from April to early June.

Driven by awe and wonder, hope and joy, Iona Lane’s ‘Hallival’ is a masterful debut. Subtle musical touches and contemplative warm vocals combine to make this one of the most rewarding albums of the year.

Ben & Dom are two friendly new faces to these pages. Taken from their forthcoming EP ‘Shoulder’, watch the video for their lead single ‘By Your Side’. In an age of growing social isolation, could you ask for warmer words?

Irish singer Eva Coyle premieres her beautiful new video for her latest single ‘Down to The Shore’ that marries musical influences from her native Ireland and Scandinavia. If she’s not on your radar, then she should be.

Stick In The Wheel announce a new tour celebrating their recent mixtape release, Tonebeds for Poetry – lost civilisations, inertia, beats music, sludge, drone, glitch and the sounds of the city, held together with ancient word-glue, repurposed to deliver vital, urgent messages for now.

Born of a shared love of acoustic guitar, metal and traditional Irish music, Dublin 4-piece, The Scratch have arguably dropped their best single to date called ‘Another Round’. Watch the accompanying video – it’s also our Song of the Day.

Firelight Trio are a new Scottish band featuring Ruth Morris, Gavin Marwick and Phil Alexander. Watch them performing Balkanpolska, a tune that captures the grace, energy and playfulness of this top-calibre trio of musicians.

The Sidmouth Folk Festival have announced a special tribute concert to Norma Waterson led by Martin and Eliza Carthy and featuring a number of special guests and good friends.

Paradise of Bachelors are to reissue two of Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band’s long out-of-print albums from the early 1980s. Remastered from the original recordings and featuring expanded artwork, Smokin the Dummy (1980) and Bloodlines (1983) are both out May 6th, 2022.

Our Song of the Day is a duet from Lady Nade and Boo Hewerdine called ‘Echo’, a heartfelt and emotional song on which their delivery is sublime. Watch the accompanying video.

On his new single ‘Atomized’, Andrew Bird considers the words of Joan Didion and the proof that things fall apart. Bird brings it all up to date in an incredibly slick monochromatic video directed by Matthew Daniel Siskin.

Taken from her forthcoming album ’Stolen Time’, Canadian singer/songwriter Abigail Lapell has shared a video for her moving new single ‘Land of Plenty’, which is also our Song of the Day.