Alex Gallacher

To celebrate twenty years on the road, Megson delve into their northern roots to bring fresh life to the traditional ballad “The Oak & The Ash”, also our Song of the Day. Don’t miss their 20 Years On The Side Tour.

Ease into the week with our one-hour Monday Morning Brew Playlist – from Norwegian experimental folk to the vaporous and minimal.

The Instruments was a project centred around cellist and composer Heather McIntosh. Released in 2008, Dark Småland has both blissful and melancholic moments, with vast vistas to lighten the soul.

Listen to our latest Mixtape – The Standing Stones (Jim Cauty) featuring Alasdair Roberts, Stick in the Wheel, Jake Blanchard, Seckou Keita, Flaer, SO SNER, Shovel Dance Collective, Jack Rose, Rónán Ó Snodaigh and Myles O’Reilly, Sally Anne Morgan, Resonant Bodies and more.

Rose City Band announce new album Sol Y Sombra and share song “Lights on the Way” – “This time, I couldn’t avoid the shadow being more of a presence. There’s no getting away from it. The shadow is always there. So, I left it in.”

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.”