Alex Gallacher

Watch the video for Wes Tirey’s ‘Red Corn, Yellow Corn’, taken from his latest album ‘The Midwest Book of the Dead’ which gets a double vinyl re-release on Mapache Records next month.

On “Baby, You’re a Gun”, the latest single from Country soul singer-songwriter Tami Neilson, she explores society’s underestimation of strong women and the roles they are expected to play.

Taken from her latest album 30 : Happy Returns which celebrates her 30 years as a professional musician in 2022, watch Kate Rusby performing Ghost, the title track of her 2014 album.

Taken from their forthcoming album Cross the Rolling Water, watch Hannah Read and Michael Starkey performing a cover of Anais Mitchell’s Shenandoah. The agile, stripped-back combination of banjo and guitar amplifies the emotion carried in Hannah’s vocals which really brings this heartfelt song alive.

A BBC Radio 3 Late Junction session from 2020 featuring Korean multi-instrumentalist Park Jiha and writer and performer Roy Claire Potter is to be released on Cafe OTO’s in house label OTOROKU.

Watch the accompanying video for Eel Song, the remarkable new single from The Shackleton Trio which tells the story of the European Eel. It’s one of the best folk songs I’ve heard this year and is also our Song of the Day.

Thread is the latest single from Bristolian singer-songwriter Clara Mann. It’s also our Song of the Day. Like Molly Drake, she shares that similar vivid poetic vision, her songs are both calming, ambiguous and beautifully crafted.

Stick in the Wheel announce the release of Perspectives on Tradition, the fruits of an EFDSS residency and collaboration with Jon1st (DMC champion), Nabihah Iqbal (NTS/Ninja Tune) and Olugbenga (Metronomy). Listen to the first track ‘The Milkmaid’.

Watch the lyric video for ‘Bicycle’, the new single by Canadian Folk Music Award nominees The Bombadils (Sarah Frank and Luke Fraser), taken from their forthcoming album ‘Dear Friend’.

Reval:Pettäsaamislugu is our Song of the Day and the new single from Swedish-Estonian musical experimenter and composer Tuulikki Bartosik. It finds her in new and exciting territory and is taken from her new album Playscapes, due to be released later this year.

Watch the latest video from California-based duo Mapache as they tell us to Tend your garden. Taken from their new album Roscoe’s Dream, named after the band’s 14-year-old Boston Terrier road dog.

Listen to our latest Folk Show featuring new music from Mama’s Broke, Hannah Read & Michael Starkey, Pharis & Jason Romero, Rachel Baiman & Kris Drever, Kinnaris Quintet, Ye Vagabonds, Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, Leyla McCalla and lots more.