Alex Gallacher

Legendary British singer-songwriter Ralph McTell will embark on his most extensive tour of Ireland to date in 2025. Spanning 20 shows over four weeks, the tour will kick off on 24th April in Wexford, wrapping up on 18th May in Sligo.

Listen to the Monday Morning Brew featuring Planxty, Julie Fowlis & Ewen Henderson, Janice Burns & Jon Doran, Alistair Hulett and Dave Swarbrick, Mick Hanly & Mícheál Ó Domhnaill, Dick Gaughan, Ray Fisher, Dougie MacLean & Alan Roberts and more.

Genticorum, an international leading voice in traditional Québécois music, premiere their video for ‘Old Yamaska’, taken from their eleventh album Au Coeur de l’Aube (The Heart of Dawn). It’s a real treat for the ears.

Steve Knightley, frontman of folk roots legends Show of Hands, announces ‘The Winter Yards’, his first solo studio album in 17 years. Watch the video for emotionally charged ‘Requiem’, featuring The Lost Sound Dartmoor Folk Choir.

Spiers & Boden have announced their Spring Tour dates for 2025. Watch them performing ‘Bluey Brink’, a strange tale…as Boden told us, “Such a weird type of hero, sheep shearing and drinking acid. Brilliant!”

Christy Moore signs to Claddagh Records and shares his new single ‘Black and Amber’, taken from his forthcoming new album ‘A Terrible Beauty’, to be released on Friday, 1st November 2024. 

Bill Callahan shares a new visualiser for ‘Coyotes (Live)’ – “I was looking for footage that was neither here nor there. Not of the earth or the cosmos. Somewhere between, which I think a lot of life hangs in places like that.”

Making Tracks returns this autumn with a fresh lineup of eight extraordinary musicians, including talents from the UK, Syria, Kenya, Denmark, Finland, and Xinjiang who will embark on a journey of musical exploration and collaboration inspired by diverse cultures and the natural world.

As Folk rock pioneers Steeleye Span prepare to head out on the road for their 55th Anniversary Green Man Tour, watch rare footage from a 1970 TV appearance and a 1974 performance at Penshurst Place for the BBC.

Enjoy our Monday Morning Brew playlist featuring Joni Mitchell, First Aid Kit, Nat Myers, Nora Brown & Blind Boy Paxton, Red Allen, Dave Rawlings Machine, Hem, Alela Diane, Leo Kottke, Tucker Zimmerman, Tia Blake, Valerie June, Dawn Landes, Marlon Williams, Sandy Denny and more.

Worlds Within Worlds announces ‘Safa’, a new solo album from the acclaimed Palestinian oud player Nizar Rohana. Watch the video for the title track featuring Nizar’s exquisite playing.

The Shovel Dance Collective reveal their new single and video “The Rolling Wave”, a stunning and beautifully moving rendition of a traditional Irish song and a final preview of their forthcoming album ‘The Shovel Dance’.