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Listen to the new EP from guitarist and composer Toby Hay who is based near Rhayader in Mid Wales. His new EP is a collection of solo 12 string guitar pieces inspired by 4 different birds – The Red Kite, the Raven, the Curlew and Starling.

Canadian Singer, Songwriter, and poet, Leonard Cohen has died at the age of 82. His passion for poetry shone through in his songs, lyrics that have connected with many people and generations.

Stanley Brinks – aka André Herman Düne – returns with the new double album ‘Vieilles Canieques / Nouvelles Caniques’, the follow up to 2016’s Record Store Day Release ‘Turtle Dove’. Once again he is joined by the Norwegian folk collective The Kaniks, this time stripped back to a two piece of fiddle and banjo, ‘The Old Time Kaniks’.

Rachel Sermanni and The Lake Poets have announced a series of shows together commencing on 23rd November and we have three pairs of tickets to giveaway to shows in York, Hull and Gateshead.

Watch ‘Loving Kind’, the new music video from Marcus Corbett which was filmed in Pune and at Bhima Shankar, India. It features Gauri Joshi performing Bharatanatyam, thought to be the oldest form of Indian classical dance.

Swedish-Canadian alt.folk singer-songwriter Sarah MacDougall and ascendant Canadiana singer-songwriter Ben Kunder announce a joint tour of Ireland and the UK and premiere video for their first co-write and currently unreleased song ‘Better Days’.

Jeb Loy’s ‘Country Hustle’ is a potent, flavoursome gumbo cooked up from southern soul, country, blues, funk and folk, with a soupçon of hip hop, dub and 80/90s club sounds. To celebrate its release he has put together a playlist of some folkie favourites – listen to Folk Hustle!

The new video from Fabrizio Cammarata is quite unlike anything we’ve seen before – beautifully choreographed and hypnotic…”There’s a universal sign language we’re not conscious about, but it’s there. You can fall in love in the beauty of a single gesture”.

Cocos Lovers (7-piece band of family, friends and former au pairs) who hail from Deal have announced a November UK Tour supporting Will Varley and have shared a new video of them performing ‘Soil To The Sun’ live.

This week, Welsh singer-songwriter Danielle Lewis releases her new EP ‘Fly,’ a release which will be followed by a wave of growing opportunities as she performs at BBC’s Maida Vale studio over the weekend and appears on S4C’s ‘Heno’ on Monday.

Lewis & Leigh Announce 2017 Headline Tour which kicks off at Celtic Connections. Watch their latest video for Keep Your Ghost, taken from their debut album ‘Ghost’ which is out now.

O’Hooley & Tidow invite you to their alternative celebration of Christmas as they announce their WinterFolk tour featuring winter songs and carols. Plus listen to them performing a cover of Joni Mitchell’s ‘River’.