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For today’s Song of the Day we go back to 2005 with The Eighteenth Day of May who had a great fresh take on British psych-folk. The Highest Tree is a personal favourite from their only album.

Fence Records / Fence Collective is to come to an end. But as Johnny Lynch explains…the show will go on!

Hold on Magnolia is a great song that Darren Hanlon covered on Weary Engine Blues, a collection of Jason Molina’s songs performed by artists who are fans of his work.

Phosphorescent has released his first ever performance-based video. Watch ‘Ride On / Right On’, directed by and starring Phosphorescent main man Matthew Houck.

Our Song of the Day is Haunt me by indie folk band Lazy Heart Parade. Listen to it now.

Louisa Jo better known to most in the folk world as Louis Killen passed away late last week on August 9th.

Watch Laura Veir’s new video for Sun Song taken from her ninth studio album Warp & Weft due for release next week.

Baltimore based Arbouretum are to release A Gourd Of Gold this month featuring four covers of Gordon Lightfoot, get a taster here.

Watch the official new video for Sam Brookes ‘Numb’ which he also performed in a session for Folk Radio UK last year. Numb will be released as a single in October.

Listen to the title track from Midlake’s new album Antiphon which will be released 4th November on Bella Union.

Silence is a new quasi-documentary from Cork-born filmmaker Pat Collins about a sound recordist who is returning to Ireland capturing noises in areas free from man-made sound.

Multi-instrumentalist and singer Áine O’Dwyer released Anything Bright Or Startling? on the Second Language label back in June which featured vocals for the first time, watch her performing live at Cafe OTO