Alex Gallacher

Claddagh Records have announced their first signing in 18 Years of ØXN featuring Radie Peat (Lankum), John ‘Spud’ Murphy and Eleanor Myler (Percolator) and Katie Kim. Their first single, Love Henry, will be released next month.

Buck Meek announces his third album Haunted Mountain – exploring love and soulfulness and featuring co-writes with Jolie Holland, including the lead single and title track. Watch the accompanying video.

On June 16th Tompkins Square are releasing the boxset Rick Deitrick – The Unguitarist: Complete Works, 1969-2022. Listen to the previously unreleased track ‘Free and Easy’, also our tune of the Day.

Northgate Folk Festival is a new experimental and contemporary folk all-dayer in the heart of Chester delivering a refreshingly original lineup including Brìghde Chaimbeul, Shovel Dance Collective, The Gentle Good, Toria Wooff, Jacken Elswyth, Calum Gilligan, Bobby Lee, Jennifer Reid, Milkweed and Robbie Caswell-Jones.

Bobby Lee is back with Endless Skyways, his third full album and second release on Tompkins Square. Watch the video for his woozy swamp rock ‘Acid Grassland’, also our Tune of the Day.

Featuring new music from David Keenan, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Kassi Valazza and Jim Ghedi & Toby Hay. Plus some favourites from This Is the Kit, Cass McCombs, Damien Jurado, Michael Chapman, Big Thief, King Creosote, Buck Meek, James Yorkston, Emiliana Torrini & more.

Sam Burton shares his inner-Walden on ‘I Don’t Blame You’, taken from his upcoming album ‘Dear Departed’. “…it’s so important for a writer to have an inner world they can go back to to reconnect with themselves and this song revealed that place to me.”

This Thursday sees the release of Paddy Dennehy’s second album ‘Love and Be Brave’. While created in a far shorter timeframe than his debut, it’s no less potent, as the title track testifies. “The great driving force behind this album was the slow realisation on my part that love is not a given thing in this world…”

Bonnie “Prince” Billy announces his new album ‘Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You’ and shares lead single & video ‘Bananas’ – Bonny’s call-n-response with Dane Waters passes the love around until flowers bloom forth from the desert…

Featuring music from Me Lost Me, Everything Play, Collin Walcott, Don Cherry & Nana Vasconcelos, Alabaster DePlume, Jeffrey Silverstein, Opal Eskar, Damon & Naomi, Emma Tricca, The Circling Sun, Jeffrey Silverstein, koleżanka and lots more.

Our Song of the Day comes from Amy May Ellis with a live version of ‘Aud Mother’ which celebrates witches, mothers, and the power of friendship. There are some familiar faces in the video, including Rachael Dadd.

Canadian-American duo Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves are on tour in the UK now. Their stellar musicianship has been recognised with many plaudits coming their way, including a 2023 JUNO nomination and two 2023 Canadian Folk Music Awards.