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We Walk is a short film which stumbles into the journey of a young girl desperate to leave the city in search of isolation and in turn, sleep. Shot in LA and Palm Springs, the film is based on a new poem by Writer, Brett Darling.

Communion, the glorious London Clubnight set up by Mumford & Sons’ keyboardist Ben Lovett and Cherbourg’s Kev Jones, is once again gracing the beautiful city of Bristol, and you should expect nothing less than another fun filled, musical talent infused, merry drinking session down at Mr.Wolfs on Sunday 11th April! Folk Radio UK will be there to take in this month’s line up of acts, which look amazing! This has …

I came across LITTLEgiants recently when trawling through myspace one night. What appealed to me was that they didn’t have that all too common over-produced sound you often hear today, instead they had a sound I love that dates back to a bygone era when bands sang around one microphone.

Holly Throsby is, for want of a better word, a travelling troubador, whose deeply personal lyrics and warming voice have made her the winner of many hearts both at home in Australia and abroad.

Äijä are a male choir from Pirkanmaa, Finland. They offer a unique experience in traditonal singing. I was actually seeking out some Finnish music a few weeks ago…

Celebrated and feted as the fiddle playing third of Lau, Aidan O’Rourke’s An Tobar (The Well) is a celebration of the geography and life of the island of Mull and at the same time the 10th anniversary of its innovative arts centre, overlooking Tobermory Bay, that commissioned the work.

The London Word Festival is a pioneering, annual celebration of words, text and language; daring in its approach to cross-artform programming, commissioning new work and exploring non-traditional spaces.

Bill Callahan dropped by NPR for a Tiny Desk Concert in the summer last year so I thought I’d share this seeing as he has a new live album out which I posted about here. Settle back and enjoy this lovely concert on which he plays three great intimate tracks:

We selected some videos to show of some of the highlights of this year’s Homegame which is the Fence Collective highlight of the year in Anstruther, Scotland. These are just a very small handful

Sub pop release Blitzen Trapper’s latest album, Destroyer of the Void, on 8th June. It is fitting that ten seconds into Blitzen Trapper’s fifth full-length record, front man Eric Earley utters that most sacred of rock ‘n’ roll tropes: “For to love is to leave or to run like a rollin’ stone,” he sings in the harmonized verse that leads off the album’s epic title track, “Destroyer of the Void.”

Things are hotting up for Coco Rosie with their new album, Grey Oceans due for release in May 2010. They have this to say about their new album:

Kila perform live at St.Mary’s Collegian Church in Youghal to launch their 2010 album Soisín. Kila performed the sound track for the 2010 Oscar nominated animated feature ‘The Secret of Kells’.