Alex Gallacher

Enjoy some of our popular festive Mixtapes, including guest mixtapes from Michael Tanner, Stephen Cracknell (The Memory Band) and Nigel Spencer of Manchester’s Folk Police Recordings.

Listen to the latest Monday Morning Brew Playlist featuring Laura Jane Wilkie, Swimming Bell, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Emma Gatrill, Leyla McCalla, Itasca, Niamh Bury, Magic Tube String Band, Jim White & Marisa Anderson, The Decemberists, Rosali, and more.

Taken from his forthcoming album ‘Salt River’, Sam Amidon shares a lyric video for his new single ‘Friends and Neighbors’, a joyful rendition of Ornette Coleman’s ode to communality. It’s also our Song of the Day.

A 1960s/70s classic folk mixtape featuring Sandra Kerr & John Faulkner, Dave Swarbrick, Pentangle, Fairport Convention, John Renbourn, Shirley Collins & The Albion Country Band, Trees, Richard & Linda Thompson, Bert Jansch, Steve Ashley and more.

Watch the video for ‘Next Time Around’, the collaborative new single between Noble Jacks and Elles Bailey, which celebrates the joy of reunion and the transformative power of reconciliation.

The latest Monday Morning Brew playlist has a quirky aesthetic that spans decades, deep-nature vibes and loner folk, cowboy psychedelia and campfire anthems…littered with endorphin triggers.

An end of year mixtape featuring John Lurie, AJ Woods, Meernaa, Brigid Mae Power, Kevin Morby, Tucker Zimmerman, Joshua Burnside, Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver, Aldous Harding, Trá Pháidín, Meril Wubslin, New York United, Milkweed and lots more.

Belfast-based folk singer-songwriter Joshua Burnside shares his new single ‘Up and Down’, a long-awaited fan favourite from Josh’s live shows and a key single from the upcoming album.

Bridget Hayden shares her new single, an interpretation of the traditional folk song ‘She Moved Through the Fayre’. The accompanying video features footage of Abingdon Fair and Goose Fair, filmed between 1970-1979.

Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver announce Hinterland album and share ‘Hawk and Crow’ single and video. For us, this isn’t just a folk song—it’s a conversation with the past, an ode to nature, and a glimpse of storytelling at its finest.

Gavin Fairhall Lever return in February with their new album, Tearing Down Walls. Listen to the album opener, Taurus, which displays a poetic cohesiveness and journey-like quality that will leave you wanting more.

David Grubbs announces new album, Whistle from Above, his first Drag City release in over a decade, and shares new Single/Video “The Snake on Its Tail”.