Alex Gallacher

In our latest Lost in Transmission mix we go Globetrotting – We head to France, Trinidad, Jamaica, Ghana, Malawi, Colombia taking in The Pioneers, Honny and the Bees Band, Meridian Brothers, Dennis Alcapone and lots more. From the 1970s to modern day.

Chicago-based guitarist/composer Eli Winter has announced the release of a new self-titled album featuring Cameron Knowler, Yasmin Williams, Jordan Reyes, David Grubbs, Ryley Walker and more. Watch the video for his lead single For a Chisos Bluebonnet.

Dennis Cahill, one of the world’s finest guitarists in traditional Irish music has died at the age of 68. Dennis was best known for playing alongside Irish fiddle player Martin Hayes and also as a member of The Gloaming.

Bassist-turned-songwriter Anna Butterss, shares ‘Doo Wop’ from her forthcoming electro-acoustic opus ‘Activities’. As she proves here, her charm and magic lie as much in her keen ear as her musical virtuosity.

Taken from Saltlines, the new show and collaborative project from The Gigspanner Big Band and author Raynor Winn, listen to Ten Thousand Miles and read John Spiers’s personal insight into the song collected by Cecil Sharp. Saltines is on Tour in July.

Seckou Keita has shared a beautiful video performance in tribute to Mamady Keita, the Guinean drummer who passed away this time last year in Belgium at the age of 71.

Live in New York brilliantly captures the mystique of Mississippi Fred McDowell’s music that so captured the heart of Alan Lomax and many others. It also represents the passionate individuals who wanted to share it with the rest of the world.

Hailing from the South-east coast of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, Wren Hinds grew up with a musician for a father and a landscape painter for a mother. Listen to his beautiful album A Child’s Chant for the New Millennium.

The Deslondes are to return next month with Ways & Means via New West Records. Watch their new video for ‘Five year Plan’ which has a nice hazy West Coast vibe going on.

Featuring: Rachel Sermanni, Chris Fox, Gene Clark, Jason McNiff, Miraculous Mule, Puuluup, LYRE LYRE, Angeline Morrison, Kim Carnie, The Fureys, Damien O’Kane & Ron Block, Bella Hardy, Hannah Rarity, Leyla McCalla.

LA-based musician Marina Allen releases first single ‘Superreality’ from Centrifics, her highly anticipated follow-up to her acclaimed album, Candlepower.

Days of Sand is an unforgettable graphic novel by Aimée de Jongh, a Rotterdam-based comics artist, animator, and illustrator, based on real-life stories from the American Dust Bowl.