Alex Gallacher

A Poetry and music special – Includes our own remixes featuring Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac – Plus: Under the Reefs Orchestra, Ursula K. Le Guin & Todd Barton, Hairetis Harper, Anna Linardou, Soundwalk Collective and Patti Smith, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Adam Horovitz & Liz Berry and more.

Dan Wriggins, the frontperson for Philly-based band Friendship, has released two new solo singles. Watch his latest video for ‘The Diner’, named after a basement venue in Philly

Lael Neale shares self-directed video for single ‘Blue Vein’, taken from Acquainted With Night – her full-length, Sub Pop debut released 19th February 2021 and a testament to poetic devotion.

Watch recently discovered live footage of Lüüp, the brainchild of flautist Stelios Romaliadis, performing their genre-defying ‘Meadow Rituals’ from 2013 featuring feat. Lisa Isaksson & David Svedmyr.

Next week sees the release of Kissing Rosy in the Rain, the Tompkins Square debut from New York City-based guitarist and composer Mason Lindahl. Listen to album track Outside Laughing.

Watch Taylor Nathan’s new video ‘The Devil And The Deep Sea’ which was shot on 8mm film in fields not far from Brighton before lockdown.

An End of Year Special – Dick Gaughan, Christy Moore, The Mary Wallopers, Damien Dempsey, Topette, Saltfishforty, Jiggy, Shooglenifty, Afro Celt Sound System, Martyn Bennett, Dolphin Boy, Niteworks, Tim Edey, Cormac Begley, Kathryn Tickell, Ben Glover and more.

Featuring Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger, Alabaster DePlume, Will Johnson, Tamsin Elliott, Sarah Louise, Stein Urheim, Erlend Apneseth, Sam Shalabi, Chris Corsano, anrimeal, Joseph Allred, Eli Winter, Caleb R.K. Williams, Pak Yan Lau & Darin Gray and Dylan Golden Aycock.

Latest Folk Show featuring Pharis and Jason Romero, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Jake Blount, Sam Amidon, Fay Hield, Georgia Ruth, Cynefin, Salt House, The Bonny Men, Joshua Burnell, Stick in the Wheel, Bonny Light Horseman, Dirk Powell, John Doyle and more.

We wish all our readers and listeners alongside all the artists we have featured over the year, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Earlier this year, Elle Osborne released ‘If You See a Rook on Its Own, It’s a Crow’. Read our in-depth and personal interview with Elle and watch her new video for ‘The Offing’.

A winter-themed Folk Show featuring Dick Gaughan, Stephanie Hladowski, Ian Campbell Folk Group, Symondsbury Mummer, Alasdair Roberts, Archie Fisher, Vashti Bunyan, Pumajaw, Sproatly Smith, Martin Carthy, The Watersons, Maggie Boyle and more.