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Orison for a Curlew is a new book by Horatio Clare telling of his journey across Europe in search of the Slender-billed curlew, ‘Numenius tenuirostris’, ‘the slim beak of the new moon’, one of the world’s rarest birds.

Irish band The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock announce the debut performance of ‘Lockout’ in Dublin. Joining them at the Hangar will be 18 musicians along with the legendary Dónal Lunny. Watch their new video performance of Lockout Movement 1.

We have the great pleasure of bringing you an exclusive first listen of the new album from Stanley Brinks and The Wave Pictures. Listen to ‘My Ass’ in full before its release this Friday 2nd October.

We have an exclusive track premiere from Brooklyn based Americana folk-blues band, Pete Lanctot and the Stray Dogs who have just headlined the Brooklyn Americana Music Festival. Walk Right is the final track from their forthcoming new album “No Sign of Love or Farewell,” out October 18th.

Our Song of the Day comes via the new video from Norfolk-based singer/songwriter Holly Lerski for Oh Atoms, Oh Molecules, taken from her latest album The Wooden House.

As part of their ongoing project to mark the centenary of the First World War, the northern folk experimentalists Harp and a Monkey have released a new video today – Raise A Glass To Danny is a tribute to Daniel Laidlaw, “the Piper of Loos”.

We have a spectacular and beautiful video premiere from Heg & The Wolf Chorus for The White Witch, the the first single to be taken from their forthcoming debut album “Raising the Fires” which we’re really looking forward to hearing more from.

Beyond the Fell Wall is a new book by Richard Skelton… a distillation of his thoughts and observations from his brief tenure spent living in a small valley, high in the Furness hills of Cumbria, informed by his daily wanderings along its network of paths, the banks of its streams and the edges of its walls.

Our Song of the Day comes from Tasseomancy. Watch their new video for ‘Braid. Wind Is Coming’, the making of which is a story in itself as video director Blake Blakely explains.

The new film by London film maker Liam Barker ‘Voice of the Eagle: The Enigma of Robbie Basho’, is to receive it’s world premiere next month following its selection for the Raindance film festival.

We have an exclusive album stream of Gabrielle Papillon’s ‘The Tempest Of Old’ which captures the pick-up-and-play honesty in her song writing with each track being beautifully produced alongside a yielding sense of time and place. Listen to it here, it’s a real treat.

It’s not everyday we get to feature new music from such a revered British guitarist and songwriter as Michael Chapman who celebrates his 75th year soon. Listen to ‘Jack’ from his forthcoming new album Fish being released on Tompkins Square.