Alex Gallacher

Martin Hayes will play a special concert at London’s Union Chapel this month. He will be joined by concertina, bouzouki, and multi-instrumentalist Brian Donnellan, as well as Cellist and Artistic Director of Crash Ensemble Kate Ellis. They are also members of Martin’s Common Ground Ensemble.

Ahead of a live BBC 6 Music session, watch Ida Wenøe performing her new single ‘Walking Mantra’ with Samantha Whates – they perfectly capture the nuance in a moment–an everyday action that suddenly becomes something so vital. Their co-headline tour kicks off this month.

The Ocelots announce their second album and share their new single and video, “About You”  – described as a cynical and culturally relevant song as songwriting becomes increasingly more self-involved and narcissistic.

Nadia Reid’s new record ‘Enter Now Brightness’ finds her painting with broader strokes. Watch the video for Baby Bright (featuring New Zealand actress Robyn Malcolm), a beautiful piano ballad with subtle horns – an ode to motherhood.

Tunng come full circle on their new album, Love You All Over Again, returning to their folktronica roots, 20 years after their debut. Lead single ‘Didn’t Know Why’ offers some perfect Autumn Wicker Man wyrd-ness.

Tompkins Square have announced a new Robbie Basho 5CD Box Set: Snow Beneath the Belly of a White Swan: The Lost Live Recordings, a live companion to the studio Boxset, Song of the Avatars. Listen to the album track, Himalayan Highlands.

Last week, Henry Parker and David Ian Roberts released their new album Chasing Light. Watch them performing the title track live – “a bright and bouncing track…a pretty, bucolic number.”

Listen to the latest Monday Morning Brew featuring Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin, 3hattrio, Yasmin Williams, Joshua Burnside, Ana Lua Caiano, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Seckou Keita, Alice Gerrard, Frankie Archer, Gerry Diver, Niamh Regan, Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp, Rhiannon Giddens and more.

The Suitcase will be presented by Sean Cooney of the award-winning folk trio The Young’uns and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 this weekend. Listen to their new single, Borrowed Boots, which is also our Song of the Day.

Junior Brother shares the stunning new music video from Ellius Grace for his new single Take Guilt which “explores the facing, feeling, and suppressing of the horrors broadcast from elsewhere in the world”.

As Cherry Tree records announce “Davy Graham: He Moved Through The Fair – The Complete 1960s Recordings (an 8CD Box Set) we look back at Graham’s life – including rare live footage and a 2005 road-trip documentary.

Myriam Gendron “doesn’t rely on fireworks. Her singing and guitar playing are entirely devoid of gimmick.” This is perfectly highlighted in this spontaneous performance of ‘Long Way Home’ from her latest album, ‘Mayday.’