Alex Gallacher

Contemporary Americana artist Dusky Waters talks us through her new album “Pass It On”, which is out today. Like the culturally rich Mississippi Delta that has anchored her life from childhood, the music of Dusky Waters embraces a multitude of influences…a remarkably entertaining album.

Our Song of the Day is from Laura Misch. Her new single ‘Portals’, taken from her forthcoming new debut album, is “about sensing the natural world, feeling connected to the elements from the sky to the snails, and dancing with it…It was made with care and woven together by many friends’ creations…”

Listen to Espresso Martini, the new single from Cavalo55, the musical project of very well-travelled Simone Carugati, a multi-instrumentalist, folk singer-songwriter who grew up in Northern Italy.

First issued in 1969, the Malombo Jazz Makers’ unknown third album ‘Down Lucky’s Way’ is reissued on vinyl. The liner notes include an interview with Lucky Ranku, one of the greatest African guitarists of his generation.

Watch Antoni O’Breskey & Ultan O’Brien performing ‘Punta Umbria’. The essence of their music is rarefied yet profoundly earthy and fluid and in their upcoming album, they have fused seemingly irreconcilable elements from traditional Irish music, classical and Jazz.

PJ Harvey has shared an animated video for ‘I Inside the Old I Dying’, Directed by Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña – “I love how they have created their own narrative for the song yet still harness all the emotional qualities it inhabits.”

Mississippi Records are to release a reimagined version of Michael Hurley’s 2002 album Sweetkorn which will also feature a totally new recording. The album includes new artwork and has been beautifully remixed, as you can hear on ‘O My Stars’.

Watch the new video from Ellis Paul for ‘Who You Are’, a co-write with (and featuring) Abbie Gardner of Red Molly. It’s a song about freeing yourself of everything that’s holding you back and features on his new album 55, out on June 9 2023, via Rosella Records.

Allison Russell announces her new album ‘The Returner’, featuring her “Rainbow Coalition” band of all-female musicians and described as a fierce declaration of joy for all survivors that have made it to the other side. Watch her new title track visualiser video.

Watch the latest music video from Chicago-based folk rock project Judson Claiborne. Number One Transgression is taken from ‘Live Active Culture (Vol 1); described as a witty, witchy, dreamy, experimental, affectionate, and politically astute companion for our times.

Our Monday Morning Brew features Rosie Miles, Broadside Hacks, Lankum, Ensemble Ériu, Amy May Ellis, Freda D’Souza, Liz Hanks, Shirley Collins, Lisa O’Neill, Libby Rodenbough, TRÚ, Gnoss, Pumajaw, Elspeth Anne, Alasdair Roberts, Lunatraktors, Jim Ghedi & Toby Hay, Karine Polwart & Kris Drever, Chris Bain, and more.

This week’s Folk Show features music from Alasdair Roberts, Alex Rex, Lankum, Joshua Burnside, Shirley Collins, Liz Hanks, Lisa O’Neill, Jim Ghedi & Toby Hay, Freda D’Souza, Carlene, Elkhorn and The Saxophones.