Alex Gallacher

Ahead of their European tour this May with Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Mess Esque share the video for their latest single ‘Crow’s Ash Tree’. Whatever emotions shaped these songs, the results are quite unforgettable.

Featuring Ruth Clinton of Landless, Cormac MacDiarmada of Lankum and John Dermody of The Jimmy Cake, Poor Creature announce debut album ‘All Smiles Tonight’ and share video for ‘The Whole Town Knows’.

Listen to the latest Monday Morning Brew featuring Michael Hurley, James Yorkston, dbh, Cass McCombs, Micah Blue Smaldone, Sufjan Stevens, F.J. McMahon, Mendrugo, Zoé Basha, Will Lawrence, Lefty Parker, The Handsome Family, Anna St. Louis and Aurora Birch.

Legendary outsider folk singer Michael Hurley has passed away. In a statement, his family said: “The “Godfather of freak folk” was for a prolific half-century the purveyor of an eccentric genius and compassionate wit. He alone was Snock. There is no other…”

Taken from his new album ‘time indefinite’, William Tyler shares his Carl Yung-inspired ‘Anima Hotel’; it’s one of the most tender and moving pieces I’ve heard him perform. I can see myself revisiting this album a lot.

The latest Folk Show features Ultan O’Brien, Zoé Basha, Anna & Elizabeth, Rachael McShane, Sam Amidon, Clara Mann, Eli Winter, Alex Rex, Pelt, Natalie Wildgoose, Annie A, more eaze & claire rousay, Nico Paulo, Violeta Garcia and Loose Diamonds.

Ahead of next month’s tour, watch Toby Hay and Aidan Thorne perform a track from their album ‘after a pause’ – music of sharply defined brilliance, brimming with consideration for the spirit of collaboration and the natural world.

Asthmatic Kitty announces a 10th Anniversary Edition of Sufjan Stevens’ Carrie & Lowell. The double-LP, out on May 30th, features seven previously unreleased bonus tracks and a 40-page Booklet. Listen to the previously unreleased “Mystery of Love (Demo)”.

Two decades after their initial foray into Zimbabwean music, Analog Africa revisits the fertile grounds where their crate-digging journey commenced with “Roots Rocking Zimbabwe – The Modern Sound of Harare’ Townships 1975-1980”.

Another Monday Morning Brew Playlist ft. Mairi Morrison & Alasdair Roberts, Alfi, Spitzer Space Telescope, Stranded Horse & Boubacar Cissokho, Matmos, Dana Gavanski, Eyedress & Matt Sweeney, Creekbed Carter Hogan and more.

To celebrate World Piano Day (March 29th), Georgia Ruth is releasing ‘Cooler Head’ today, a companion EP to her celebrated 2024 album Cool Head. Watch Georgia recording the tracks live and read her exclusive Track-by-Track.

Taken from their forthcoming album Remscéla, London-based duo Milkweed share the video for their latest single ‘The Pangs Of Ulster’ that tells of a curse that incapacitated the men of Ulster with the same pain felt by women in labour.