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This weeks ‘Album of the Week’ is Fernhill’s latest release: canu rhydd which features eight new pieces which really shows their talents off to their fullest. Fernhill have been described as cultural ambassadors for Wales and its music.

Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts have released their official video for ‘Fleetwood Fair’ which is taken from their 2010 album, Up from the Deep which was self-produced, mixed by Andy Bell and mastered by Megson’s Stu Hanna.

Folk-roots acoustic guitar duo Hickman and Quinn embark on their first UK headline tour during February and March to promote their debut album, Times. Co produced by Andy Bell (Sea Sick Steve and KT Tunstall) Times contains all original material from the singer-songwriters.

You only need to read through The Bothy Band history to realise how big they were. All the names are world famous now and there is no escaping that they changed the face of irish traditional music forever.

Watch John Martyn performing with Kathy Mattea along with Danny Thompson on bass and Jerry Douglas on dobro! A classic moment in the Transatlantic Sessions!

Watch Marcus Foster performing an intimate session for Songs from a Room. I’m sure this will be popular!

I actually planned to write this as an intro to the video below taken at Cafe Oto recently. I’ve a fascination for Sam and his music so I naturally delved deeper and thought I’d share a bit more about him.

Watch this great video of Lisa Knapp performing I Wish My Love Was a Cherry, from The singing A L Lloyd. The results are very haunting and beautiful

Another great session for you directed and edited by Babysweet. This a performance of “This Other Boy” by Lowly Knights recorded at Communion in Notting Hill Arts Club, London

I discovered and was captivated by Lisa Hannigan’s music last year. The few videos below are the work of a great director: Myles O’Reilly. There is something very warming about them.

A new short film documenting Laura Marling on tour in India, at SXSW ‘09 and the Royal Festival Hall show last year has just been released. Plus recent interview footage. Watch it now.

A great music video made by Christian Hansen for Bryan John Appleby and Mychal Cohen’s Cliffs Along The Sea. The cinematography of this is stunning and perfect for the songs. Great work!

Julianna Barwick is a Brooklyn based musician who uses her own voice and a loop station to make her musical creations. The results are otherworldly and leave you lost for words.

A great new documentary of The Low Anthem from a recent tour along with some great back stage chat about their music and their future. As ever they are down-t-earth and honest.

Blitzen Trapper have released a video for their track, The Tree, which features Alela Diane and is taken from their latest album, Destroyer of the Void. Watch it now.

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zero’s recently performed Live @Vibes which was filmed by the good folk at laundromatinee.com. Yes they do sound as good live as they do on the studio! Watch them now:

Midlake agreed to do a session for Sideshow Alley TV, a recently set up video session outfit whom I couldn’t find out much about but I thought this was a great session. So here they are. Midlake performing Small Mountain in an alleyway in Australia. I look forward to seeing more sessions!

We recently had the pleasure of the company of Buck and Shanti Curran, better know as Arborea, who stayed with us for a night during their UK/European tour. They had just performed at the Grain Barge in Bristol with Two Wings (Hanna Tuulikki, Ben Reynolds, Kenneth Wilson, Lucy Duncombe, and Doog) in support. It was an exceptional evening. I’ll mention this more in a separate post.