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OK Go have a reputation for very inventive videos. If you haven’t seen this one for ‘This Too Shall Pass’ then you need to watch it to believe it:

The Ring is the first single from the upcoming new Lidell long player Compass and it has a serious stomp to its swagger. Jamie and fellow musicians including Chilly Gonzales and Dan Rossen (Grizzly Bear) lift their hammers in this Anvil blues, whose lyrics describe a bedraggled beachcomber as he is seen desperately searching for his lost gold.

Been Listening, is the new album from Johnny Flynn, which is due for release through Transgressive Records on 7th June 2010. The album has already been Zane Lowe’s Hottest Record In The World on his Radio One show and picked-up a host of early radio plays on 6 Music, the track, ‘Kentucky Pill’ is the perfect introduction to Johnny’s new record and you can download it here:

The April Thief is a new, and free, eclectic night of music and entertainment with a carnival heart. The first one kicks off this Thursday 15th April at 8.00pm. The venue is the Half Moon in Putney.

The splendid Toad has worked his magic and put together a cracking Mumford and Sons Session which as he points out on his site, was a great accomplishment as Mumford turned up and got the whole session done and dusted in an hour an a half! Not bad going, and they throw in the added bonus of a Neil Young cover of Dance Dance Dance.

Communion have announced details they will be taking over Notting Hill Arts Club on Sunday 2nd and Monday 3rd May for an epic celebration of the Bank Holiday Weekend!

One of the UK’s most talked-about young singer/songwriters Pete Lawrie has announced plans to tour his native Wales performing impromptu acoustic sets in a host of unique and beautiful locations from tomorrow.

We will be introducing some music from the past that hasn’t featured before on Folk Radio UK, or if it did, it was in the early days when we ran three channels, yes, we ran three at one time, madness!

The Imagine Project, the new CD from multiple Grammy-winning artist and musical pioneer Herbie Hancock, is an unprecedented international recording and film project featuring collaborations between music legend Herbie Hancock and over a dozen superstars from every region of the planet.

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.