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Don’t miss Gigspanner Big Band and Raynor Winn’s live dates this month for their Saltlines project. Jackie Oates will be joining them as she steps in to cover for Hannah Martin whilst she takes maternity leave.

Today, Drag City announced the release of ‘Proofs & Refutations‘ (September 8th), a new John Fahey album featuring recordings from 1995/96. Prior to this period, Fahey, who passed away on February 22, 2001, had dropped out of music after battling with chronic fatigue syndrome, alcoholism and diabetes. American music critic Byron Coley then ran a profile piece on him for Spin magazine in 1994 that essentially relaunched his career. On …

Mick Flannery’s new single ‘Goodtime Charlie’, is all killer, no filler…watch the accompanying video “…that speaks to the value of drowning out the bad voices and learning the importance of failing on your own two feet – even if they think you’re out of your mind.”

Shrewsbury Folk Festival reveal the final lineup details for this year’s festival including Red Hot Chilli Pipers, Eddi Reader, Simeon Hammond Dallas, Capercaillie, Katie Spencer, O’Hooley & Tidow and more.

Jim Ghedi and Toby Hay share a live video of them performing ‘Bright Edge Deep’. The track features on their latest self-titled album released on Topic Records and the title was inspired by Seamus Heaney’s poem ‘Digging’.

Nora Brown has teamed up with award-winning fiddle player Stephanie Coleman for their new EP ‘Lady of the Lake’. Listen to their lead single….Outstanding musicianship from start to finish.

Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening announce cloud horizons, their second album (out on September 1 via Resilient Records). Ahead of the release, she shares the lead single ‘Long For Light’, also our Song of the Day.

‘Isle Of The Eagle’ is an album of new and traditional Irish music, spoken word and storytelling, recorded by Achill Island-based musicians. Watch the video for ‘True Born Achill Man’, written by the late poet and storyteller Francie McNamara.

For Susanna’s new album ‘Baudelaire & Orchestra’, she scales up her distinctive settings of the French poet/bohemian’s classic texts, thanks to Oslo’s incredible, forward-thinking KORK orchestra. Listen to the first single, “Obsession”.

Alabaster DePlume announces his new album Come With Fierce Grace, the follow-up to his critically acclaimed GOLD. Listen to the lead single, “Did You Know”, which features the hauntingly beautiful vocals of Momoko Gill (aka MettaShiba).

Rónán Ó Snodaigh and Myles O’Reilly announce their second album ‘The Beautiful Road’, a soulful blend of folk, traditional, and ambient crossover, to be released via Claddagh Records on July 28th. Watch the video for their first song ‘Níl Aon Easpa Orm’, filmed in the sacred hills of Loughcrew, Co. Meath.

Watch the music video for ‘Delta Star’, the new single from the husband-and-wife folk duo The Lowlies. Gentle and moving, their music flows with deep sentiment, a humble backdrop to their dreamy harmonies…songs like this deserve to see the light of day.