Alex Gallacher

Watch Seán R. McLaughlin & The Wind-Up Crows performing Ninewells live, shot as an ‘Attic Session’ in an abandoned bank in the Scottish city of Perth by filmmaker, Lonnie Wright. The Ninewells E.P. is out on 26th January.

Watch the superb and cleverly chilling video for the murder ballad ‘Child Owlet’, the new single from Welsh composer and multi-instrumentalist Cerys Hafana. Cerys never ceases to amaze so don’t miss her tour from the end of this month, taking in some excellent venues.

North Carolina folk innovators Magic Tuber Stringband have signed to Thrill Jockey and announced their new album Needlefall. Listen to their bittersweet new single, “Days of Longing.” A duet between fiddle and 12-string guitar, Werner and Morgan craft intricate, interlocking melodies…

Meril Wubslin announce their fourth album, Faire Ça, and share their raw, wiry and fiery album opener Un Calme. Always seeking to evolve their sound, the album’s dub influence has been brought out by Kwake Bass’ expert production.

Listen to Sessions, the new single from Tio’tiá:ke/Montreal-based musician Cedric Noel. He’s joined by Lisa Conway-Bühler (L CON), Tim Crabtree (Paper Beat Scissors, Jean-Michel Blais, Michael Feuerstack) and Mike Belyea (Jenn Grant, Jennah Barry). It’s also our Song of the Day.

Listen to Lost in Transmission No 102 – Featuring Amelia Coburn, FJ McMahon, Daisy Rickman, Naima Bock, Avocet, Madden and Harris, Penny Carson Nichols, Demi Spriggs, Kathryn Williams & Withered Hand, Daudi Matsiko and more.

Kathryn Williams and Withered Hand announce their collaborative album ‘Willson Williams’. Watch the video (created by Marry Waterson) for their lead single ‘Shelf’ – “This song came from laughing about our own insecurities and making fun of ourselves for all that we worry about.”

Our Song of the Day is ‘When The Tide Rolls In’, the latest single from Amelia Coburn, taken from her debut album ‘Between The Moon and The Milkman’, produced by Bill Ryder-Jones. This debut should be on everyone’s radar.

Listen to The Monday Morning Brew, featuring Demi Spriggs, Sweet Whirl, Naima Bock, Louis Cato, Penny Carson Nichols, Maxine Funke, Mary Lattimore, Feist, Marina Allen, Makushin, Myriam Gendron, Mary Elizabeth Remington, Sally Anne Morgan, Natalie Jane Hill, Emma Tricca & Bridget St John and more.

Our Song of the Day comes from Kaia Kater with her new single ‘The Internet’ taken from her forthcoming album on Free Dirt Records. Her UK and European tour kicks off this month.

Relics is the debut album of a young Danish experimental trance rock quartet called Antistatic, whose highly rhythmical style is both unique and adventurous.

Shrewsbury Folk Festival make their first line-up announcement for 2024, including Mary Black, Eric Bibb, Ward Thomas, Mànran, Le Vent du Nord, Joshua Burnell Band, Rosie Hood Band, Spiers & Boden, The Longest Johns, Monster Ceilidh Band and lots more.