Alex Gallacher

West Wales-based band Sky Barkers are now a trio, a change that has given their music a whole new dynamic and drive, as can be heard on their new single “Beholden to None” on which they invite you into one of their regular daydreams.

Watch Joshua Burnell’s new single, The Snow It Melts The Soonest. “Throughout the past five…, I’ve been searching for where I fit into the world of trad music, and where the music fits in with me. This track is the moment I have found that place.”

Our EP of the Week is a joint collaboration between Cinder Well and Jim Ghedi who are also on tour together through March 2022. The songs are both haunting and emotionally stirring at the same time…”it’s as if the song chose them”.

This April, Eddi Reader, one of Scotland’s all-time greatest female voices and performers, returns to stages across Scotland, including dates in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Perth, with a special 40 Years Live Tour. 

Inspired by the land and people of the East Yorkshire flatlands, Katie Spencer announces her second album ‘The Edge of the Land’. Watch the accompanying video to the title track and lead single that was filmed at Spurn Point, East Yorkshire.

Anglo-Irish luminaries Eileen Gogan and Sean O’Hagan recently released “Another Golden Day”. Taken from that EP, watch the video for “Wheels (Happy Cycling)” as Eileen, through childhood eyes, contemplates the freedom of the open road and pedal power.

The KLOF mix features music from Xochimoki, Angel Bat Dawid, Arthur Russell, Joseph Allred, Deer Scout, Warren Ellis, Kinbrae & Clare Archibald, Bird In The Belly, Officer!, Josephine Foster, Rokia Koné & Jacknife Lee, Avalanche Kaito, MacGillivray, Magic Tuber Stringband, Nick Jonah Davis, Satomimagae, Steve Gunn.

An easy-rolling chilled mix featuring Nathan Salsburg, Castanets, M. Ward, Mia Doi Todd, Ryley Walker, Widowspeak, Luluc, Cass McCombs, Cherry Ghost, Meg Baird, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Lucy Dacus, Aldous Harding, Adrianne Lenker, Kevin Morby and Big Thief.

Featuring Norma Waterson, Rupert Wates, Peter Knight & John Spiers, Inni-K, James Yorkston, Bird in the Belly, Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves, Magic Tuber Stringband, Ben McElroy, Kinbrae & Clare Archibald, Ethan Stokes Tischler and Glen Peters.

Featuring a number of special guests including Eliza Carthy and Angharad Jenkins, Just For The Record is a stunning debut from Glen Peters, an album with a genuine and enriching heart. Just don’t make this your last, Peter.

Watch Roscommon-based Gatehouse performing The Gypsies…the tale of a rich lady who falls in love with a dark-eyed gypsy and elopes with him. While unashamedly traditional, their old-school approach is filled with an undeniable warmth and spirit that’s impossible to resist.

Haitian-American artist Leyla McCalla, announces her new album ”Breaking the Thermometer’ and shares video for new single ‘Vini Wè’, inspired by the love story of Radio Haiti station owner and journalist Jean Dominique and his wife and fellow journalist Michéle Montas.