Alex Gallacher

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’.

London-based folk band Club Débris deliver a Quebecois-style drop of the pure, featuring Maisie Greenwood, Will Allen, Duncan Menzies, Will Chamberlain, and Jess Collins. Watch them perform Marche des Élèves & Peas Breakdown, tunes that also feature on their forthcoming debut album.

Listen to the Monday Morning Brew featuring Shelley Short & David Allred, John Patrick Elliott, Remorae, Josienne Clarke & Mary Ann Kennedy, Dorothy Carter, Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O’Leary, The Wilderness Yet and more.

Listen to our latest Folk Show featuring music from The Rheingans Sisters, David Grubb, Andrew Wasylyk and Tommy Perman, Jacken Elswyth, Henry Parker & David Ian Roberts, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Jack Bunch, AJ Woods, John Patrick Elliott, and Myles O’Reilly.

Taken from their forthcoming new album ‘Start Close In’, watch The Rheingans Sisters’ video for their new single ‘Drink Up’, which sums up “what it feels like to live in this late – but never seeming to end! – capitalist era.”

Nadia Reid signs with Chrysalis Records and shares her powerful new single, Changed Unchained, marking the closing of a chapter as she embraces a fuller sound. Watch the accompanying video by Shea McCrystal.

Following their highly acclaimed 2022 album “Ink Of The Rosy Morning”, UK-based folk duo Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage return this month with their 4th full-length album In The Dark We Grow. Watch the accompanying video to their vibrant new single “The Youngest Sailor”.

East Anglian folk duo Honey & The Bear deliver a beautiful cover of Sandy Denny’s timeless classic ‘Who Knows Where The Time Goes’. The accompanying video was filmed before the duo’s show at Folkeast 2024 in the gorgeous landscape of The Glemham Hall Estate.