Alex Gallacher

Our Tune of the Day is ‘Rain Shimmer’, the new single from Balladeste, featuring violinist Preetha Narayanan and cellist Tara Franks. It’s taken from their forthcoming album ‘Conversations in Ritual’, an entirely improvised album that takes the listener on a deep sonic journey.

On her forthcoming new album Shorelines, Nuala Kennedy explores the representation of women in traditional song. Featuring a number of special guests and some beautiful arrangements, the songs are deeply engaging, as you can hear on her new single and video – ‘Sally Sits Weeping’.

Hiss Golden Messenger announce their new album ‘Jump for Joy‘ and share the video for their first single “Nu-Grape”. You can hear Aoife O’Donovan and Amy Helm on the chorus that channels American poet Mary Oliver. Musically, lyrically, and conceptually, it is unlike any previous album.

Watch the video for ‘The Silk Road Caravan’, the new single from Bob Bradshaw on which this ancient trade route is used as a metaphor for life’s journey – in which the ‘riches’ may not be precious goods but the companions one meets along the way.

Joanna Sternberg is an inspiring multi-talented individual who I wish had been my art teacher. Watch a short documentary on Joanna and enjoy their latest single, ‘People Are Toys To You’, also our Song of the Day.

Scott William Urquhart and Constant Follower share a beautiful and haunting stop animation video by the young Japanese animator Tsumugi Yagi for ‘Space Between Stars’. It’s taken from their latest album, Even Days Dissolve.

Songwriting and marriage partners Brett and Rennie Sparks aka The Handsome Family announce their eleventh studio album, Hollow, and share the video for album opener ‘Joseph,’ a song that began life as a scream in the night.

Aisha Badru is our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest – She reveals her love for interior design and homeware craftsmanship, shares objects that have enduring beautiful memories, and reveals books that have been influential not only in her life but in her songwriting as well. Her new EP, Learning to Love Again, is out on June 2nd via Nettwerk.

Freda D’Souza announces her debut EP Windowledge. Watch the accompanying video to the title track – written at age 19, the song sees its writer on the precipice of both a new phase of life and an incipient, all-consuming relationship.

Listen to The Monday Morning Brew #1 featuring Jim Ford, Herman Dune, Buck Meek, Kara Jackson, Samana, The Saxophones, John Andrews and The Yawns, Bobby Lee, Ivan Moult, John Parish & Aldous Harding, Jim Ghedi and Toby Hay, tofusmell, Brigid Mae Power, Nora Brown and more.

Calexico’s 20th Anniversary Edition of Feast of Wire is out now. Read about their touring experience; watch their original press video from 2003, and stream ‘Live at China Theatre Stockholm’ – 10 tracks recorded live in Sweden on the 2004 Feast of Wire European tour.

Today sees the release of Dharma, the stunning new EP from Samana (Rebecca Rose Harris and Franklin Mockett), exploring mythic landscapes, forgotten memories, and the innate search for freedom and peace.