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Charlie Parr will release “Rooming House”, a seven-song folk opera, on Smithsonian Folkways on 16th October, and has shared an animated video for the title track. Drawn from Parr’s years in Minneapolis rooming houses, the album follows people facing poverty, illness and unstable housing, and the small generosities that keep them going. Dave King of The Bad Plus is on drums.
Flora Hibberd has shared “Shelley”, the latest track from her second album “Mammoth”, out 16th October via 22TWENTY. Built on lush minor-key chords, pedal steel and close harmonies with J.E. Sunde, it’s a country-leaning turn she describes as a boxing match around the kitchen table. The video was filmed in Paris and elsewhere, in summer with pals.
“Made In Senegal” is Orchestra Baobab’s first album in over ten years, out October 23rd on Strut/Madoky. Second single “Ana Maria” was written by the late Rudy Gomis for the grandmother who alone supported his career in music, drawing on Casamance Creole imagery to send the wind as a messenger between generations.
Richard Thompson will release his 20th studio album, “Hippies, Thugs and Heroes”, on October 16th via New West Records, and has shared the first single, “Cocaine Walking, Booze Talking” — a hustling London song carried by strutting, raw-nerve riffs. Recorded live in New Jersey with his touring band, the album is, in his words, “less them and more me”.
Clara Mann has announced her second album, “Wishbone”, out 23rd October via state51, and shared the lead single and video “News From Home”. Produced by Fabian Prynn in Norfolk, it follows 2025’s “Rift” — where that debut sat in a single strange, isolated shade of blue- “Wishbone” is built on contrast. A UK and European tour runs from September.
Eliza Carthy pays tribute to Martin Carthy on her new single ‘Mr Sits in the Dark’, out today on Hem-Hem Records and accompanied by a video created by Marry Waterson. Her new album, Frenemies, will follow in the Autumn, featuring special guests, including Jools Holland, Robyn Hitchcock, Miranda Richardson, and more, with a special album launch party at Dingwalls on October 22nd.
Boyhood (Caylie Runciman) has announced a new album, “I’ll Dream InStead,” out October 23rd via Hand Drawn Dracula, alongside lead single “Loner.” Recorded largely alone on her bed through a rural winter, the album marks a period of renewal for Runciman, who calls it evidence that she’s “found herself again.” She tours North America this summer.
Tōth has shared a live performance of “Easy,” recorded with the 85-voice Brooklyn Choir Project at a Brooklyn church. Taken from his acclaimed album “And The Voice Said,” the song builds from hushed verses to a full-choir climax, turning Tōth’s private refrain into a group affirmation. Out now via Egghunt/Northern Spy.
Tommy Oeffling has announced his new album, Neighbors, out October 30th on 22TWENTY, alongside a video for lead single “Daily on Eggshells.” Directed by Caiden Dohr, the video introduces an album inspired by James Joyce’s “Ulysses,” folding one Saturday in Oeffling’s Milwaukee neighbourhood into a record he wrote, played and recorded almost entirely alone.
Teenage Fanclub have shared “Day In The Sun,” the lead single from their new album “Do Not Dare To Dream,” with a video filmed on Great Bernera in the Outer Hebrides. Lush multi-part harmonies and 60s jangle, a harp opening and a subtle vox wah, all sparkling with Californian psych glow. Out 9th October via Merge Records.