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Watch the latest Avant Garde Diaries video which looks at the work of Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie (Winged Victory For The Sullen).

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Nominees for 2012 are announced. Tickets to be made available to the public for the first time.

Folk Radio UK has the great pleasure of premiering the first new Balto track titled Gravestones to appear on their as yet unnamed new album.

Liz Green recently visited Rough Trade West to promote her debut Album ‘O, Devotion!’ Watch it now:

Finsbury Smith is very much the modern day folk singer he sings about real issues that touch raw nerves that would rather be left alone.

Due to overwhelming demand, Levellers have announced the final 3 dates in December of their massively popular ‘Levelling The Land 20th Anniversary’ tour.

Alela Diane and Tom Bevitori perform ‘Long Way Down’ from the album ‘Alela Diane & Wild Divine’ in Rough Trade Records’ basement.

Texan band Okkervil River have revealed the second video to album standout track ‘Your Past Life As A Blast’ ahead of their UK tour starting this week.

Colorama centres around the talents of multi-instrumentalist-singer-songwriter Carwyn Ellis whose Welsh roots form the core of his music.

Mumford and Sons write a piece for Andrea Arnolds film adaptation of Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel Wuthering Heights, listen to ‘The Enemy’ now.

Larkin Poe release their 4CD box set Band For All Seasons and embark on UK tour.

Gwyneth & Monko released their self-titled album in February this year. Their music calls to mind Jenny Lewis’ solo work crossed with the intimate folk of Gillian Welch.