Alex Gallacher

Watch the new lyric video ‘Valle Local’, taken from José González’s fourth album Local Valley – “the ideas put forward in this album probe the corners of human consciousness while ultimately being an expression of love, peace and unity.”

Featuring the best in folk and roots music, our latest Folk Show features Peter Bond, Eliza Carthy & Nancy Kerr, Dom Prag, The Memory Band, The McDades, Grain Thief, Stereo Naked, Danny Bradley, The Norfolk Broads, Pete & Chris Coe and lots more.

In celebration of the 10-year anniversary of her song “I Have Never Loved Someone” My Brightest Diamond is releasing an Orchestrated version of the song. Watch the famous live session recorded in a hotel bar that made it so popular.

Recorded at the Corner House Recording Studio, watch Henry Parker performing ‘Return to the Sky’, taken from his latest album ‘Lammas Fair’ which he is now touring.

Artifacts is a double-LP’s worth of music that traces the evolution of Beirut from a 14-year old Zach Condon’s first attempts at bringing the music he heard in his mind to life, to the fully formed Beirut we know today.

Let What’s In, Out, is the long-awaited new release from accordionist Amy Thatcher. Over four tracks, with not a word to be heard, she conveys moments of serenity and emotional turbulence through top-class musicianship and imparts some food for thought along the way. She is in a class of her own.

Taken from their new forthcoming double album, watch ‘This Heart of Mine’, the new video from The Wave Pictures – it’s a gorgeous audio-visual delight and a reminder of how great it is to have them back.

For the final release of her four-part music series, Clare Sands joins Hothouse Flowers front-man Liam Ó Maonlaí for ‘Teacht an Fhómhair’ (Autumn’s Arrival). Watch their mesmerising video (by Liadain Ni Bhraonáin and Kasia Kaminska ), a paganistic, primal, pilgrimage recorded over 48 hours.

At last night’s RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards at Vicar Street, Dublin, winners included John Francis Flynn, Ye Vagabonds, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin and Ultan O’Brien, Caoimhin O’Fearghaill and Mick Flannery & Susan O’Neill. Christy Moore was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award and Sarah Makem was posthumously inducted into the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards Hall of Fame.

British Folk duo The Brothers Gillespie launch crowdfunder for ‘The Merciful Road’, an album inspired by the grace of life in troubled times. Get on board.

Taken from her forthcoming EP, watch the incredibly moving video from Amy Thatcher for ‘Look At You Now’, a tune she wrote for her twins that were born 11 weeks early. The single will be released on World Prematurity Day (17th November).

Taken from their recently released full-length album Wonderful Oblivion, watch the music video for ‘As A Child’, the latest single from Australian sister-duo ‘Charm of Finches’ who will be touring the UK in April/May next year.