Alex Gallacher

Bob Gallagher’s documentary “It’s a Fine Thing to Sing – Singers and Songs of the Inishowen Peninsula” receives its world premiere this month, highlighting the oral tradition on the peninsula and featuring Ian Lynch (Lankum), Ye Vagabonds and The Henry Girls and more.

Watch “Skunks,” the latest single from The Handsome Family’s new album ‘Hollow’ – The piano tip-toes through webs of brushed snare. The guitarist is lost in the maze. The dish runs away with the spoon.

Samana, Rebecca Rose Harris and Franklin Mockett, share their video for Two Wrongs, shot on Super8mm film, the track features on their new EP ‘Dharma’, which explores mythic landscapes, forgotten memories, and the innate search for freedom and peace.

Taken from their forthcoming new album “Blind Summits & Hidden Dips”, watch Track Dogs’s ‘Peace Inside’, 156 seconds of feel-good, contemplative music; a circular path that attempts to reduce the complexities and confusion of modern life to a singular point of calm within.

Watch Penguin Cafe’s video for ‘Welcome to London’ which captures the isolation many feel in a city; the video’s executive producer, Robert Raths, said, “…this video is dedicated to those who feel lost in a place like London and yet make it their home.”

ØXN, a new band featuring Radie Peat (Lankum), John ‘Spud’ Murphy and Eleanor Myler (Percolator), and Katie Kim share the video for ‘Love Henry’, their debut single – a lovely dose of Folk Horror.

Our Song of the Day is from Rachel Sermanni with ‘Jacob’, the lead single from her new album Dreamer Awake being released on Navigator Records……the song gathers you in…the musical equivalent of forest bathing.

Our Latest Folk Show features music from Alasdair Roberts and Robin Robertson, Plúirín Na mBan, Nuala Kennedy, Brigid Mae Power, Dàimh, Lauren MacColl, Liz Hanks, Sam Sweeney & Louis Campbell, Robin Williamson, Kalos, Kathryn Tickell and more.

We revisit Alasdair Roberts and Robin Robertson’s ‘Hirta Songs’, inspired by the people, landscape and history of the remote Scottish archipelago of St Kilda. The album also featured Robin Williamson of the Incredible String Band and Scottish harpist Corrina Hewat.

Laura Cannell’s collaborative new album ‘Echolocation’, featuring Gazelle Twin, Kathryn Tickell, Lori Goldston, Nik Colk Void, Rakhi Singh and Kate Ellis, flows with a language of positivity and experimentation…the results are both refreshing and inspiring.

The enduring legacy of Bert Jansch is to be celebrated in a special concert featuring Bernard Butler, Jacqui McShee, Robert Plant, Kathryn Williams, Brigid Mae Power & Steve Gunn, Martin Simpson, James Yorkston, Sam Lee and more.

Plúirín na mBan is a new project featuring Cathy Jordan, Claudia Schwab and Irene Buckley. Their debut album ‘Female Rambling Sailor’ is out now and is a totally unique and enthralling listen.