Alex Gallacher

Shot by Olle Holmberg one morning in the bar where Marlais works, watch ‘Out of the Window’, taken from his new album ‘Stream of Forms’ which was inspired by the oral traditions of English and Irish folk music.

Watch Sea Song Sessions (Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Ben Nicholls, Emily Portman & Jack Rutter) performing ‘The Dreadnought’. Catch them live at three, one-off harbourside and onboard performances as they sail by Tallship ’Anny of Charlestown’ along the Cornish coastline this month.

Paul Sartin, folk singer, oboist, violinist, composer and arranger and founding member of Faustus, Bellowhead, Belshazzar’s Feast, has passed away. We recall a few magical moments from his rich musical legacy.

The latest show features new releases from Joshua Burnside, Herman Dune alongside some other favourites including Cyril Cyril, Troll Dolly, Karina Vismara, Kacy and Clayton, Big Thief, Elvis Perkins, The Burning Hell, Skyway Man, Fruit Bats & Vetiver (Live), Bill Callahan and Karl Blau.

Rozi Plain announces her new album PRIZE (13 January 2023 on Memphis Industries), featuring her widest cast of players to date and shares the video for her first single ‘Agreeing for Two’.

KLOF No. 19 features music from Sun Ra Arkestra, Mali Obomsawin, Eli Winter, Marisa Anderson, Elijah McLaughlin Ensemble, Makaya McCraven, Nick Jonah Davis, Sarah Louise, Chuck Johnson, Cian Nugent, Dave Miller, Rob Noye & Sam Moss and more.

Watch the accompanying video for Dry Soul, the stunning new single from solo songwriter (and frontman of Randolph’s Leap) Adam Ross and featuring guest violin from Pedro Cameron (Man of the Minch).

Our Song of the Day comes from David A Jaycock, with The Merman & his Muse a track from ‘David A. Jaycock (2011​-​2022)’, an anthology of sorts, featuring lots of other things including wonky nursery rhymes, folk arrangements and a little synth-pop.

On “The Fire This Time”, the new single from Marisa Anderson, she nods to James Baldwin and his galvanising Civil Rights essay published in 1963. It is the most complex and moving translation so far to be taken from her forthcoming new album.

Dublin-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin announces his debut solo album and shares the title track ‘The Deepest Breath’.

Lisa O’Neill has three UK dates this month prior to an announcement about her brand new album. She is also touring Ireland in November. Not to be missed.

Taken from LOSSAN, the debut duo album from Manx Gaelic singer Ruth Keggin and Scottish Harpist Rachel Hair, watch their video for Mish as y Keayn (Me and the Sea) which was filmed on the Isle of Man in the beautiful Colby Glen.