Alex Gallacher

Icelandic singer Hafdís Huld is our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest, in which we ask artists to present objects from a shelf or shelves from their home and talk about them. 

To celebrate his upcoming UK Spring Tour, which starts in April, watch Sam Carter perform ‘A Place To Call My Own’, on which he’s joined by Sam Vicary of Cinematic Orchestra on double bass.

On LORCAN, Vancouver-based Laucan and Brighton-based producer Samuel Organ explore ethereal folk and avant-garde electronica. Listen to the album opener, Aignish On The Machiar, featuring a field recording from a 1973 trip to the Inner Hebrides.

Taken from his new album Locust Land, Bill MacKay shares his second single, ‘Glow Drift’, on which he locks into a relatable psychedelic groove with Mikel Patrick Avery and Sam Wagster. Intelligence and imagination are the order of the day for these sonic explorers.

The Zawose Queens – Pendo and Leah Zawose – announce Maisha, a long-awaited first by female members of one of Tanzania’s most famous musical families. To be released on Real World Records in June, watch the video for their title track single, released today.

Queer Folk sextet Goblin Band announce their debut EP ‘Come Slack Your Horse!’ and share their new single ‘Widecombe Fair’…Sounding like a 17th-century punk band, they deliver music in its raw, merry-making form – as intended.

The Decemberists announce their ninth studio album, As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again, and share their epic 19-minute new single ‘Joan in the Garden’, a transcendent offering that’s worth the extra weight.

Our Song of the Day comes from Remorae, a collective of folk and electronic musicians that began life as Folkatron Sessions. Listen to their new single, Johnny’s On The Water, which is due for release tomorrow and taken from their forthcoming EP Flourish in Green.

Watch Liam Grant perform the upbeat original tune ‘Androscoggin River Ragg’ from his highly acclaimed latest album, Amoskeag, released through Carbon and Feeding Tube as a limited edition vinyl album.

Listen to the Monday Morning Brew ft Joshua Burnside & Laura Quirke, Sam Grassie, Daisy Rickman, James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg, Lemoncello, Myriam Gendron, Great Aunt Ida, This Is How We Fly, Mary Lattimore & Walt Clements, The Hackles, Ben McElroy, Piblokto and more.

With their new album out this month on Karachi’s honiunhoni label, watch a mesmerising rooftop performance by the Talib Trio featuring Muhammad Talib, responsible for reinventing the Tambooro.

Listen to Martin Simpson’s serene new single, ‘New Harmony,’ taken from his new album, ‘Skydancers.’ It was written by Craig Johnson, an “old-time” American fiddler/banjo player/guitarist and singer-songwriter.