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Our Song of the Day is from Rachel Sermanni with ‘Jacob’, the lead single from her new album Dreamer Awake being released on Navigator Records……the song gathers you in…the musical equivalent of forest bathing.

Laura Cannell’s collaborative new album ‘Echolocation’, featuring Gazelle Twin, Kathryn Tickell, Lori Goldston, Nik Colk Void, Rakhi Singh and Kate Ellis, flows with a language of positivity and experimentation…the results are both refreshing and inspiring.

The enduring legacy of Bert Jansch is to be celebrated in a special concert featuring Bernard Butler, Jacqui McShee, Robert Plant, Kathryn Williams, Brigid Mae Power & Steve Gunn, Martin Simpson, James Yorkston, Sam Lee and more.

Plúirín na mBan is a new project featuring Cathy Jordan, Claudia Schwab and Irene Buckley. Their debut album ‘Female Rambling Sailor’ is out now and is a totally unique and enthralling listen.

On Skylarks, Harp and a Monkey present a tender and poignant ode to parenthood – based around the narrative of a father taking his children on a walk over the West Pennine Moors.

Don’t miss Gigspanner Big Band and Raynor Winn’s live dates this month for their Saltlines project. Jackie Oates will be joining them as she steps in to cover for Hannah Martin whilst she takes maternity leave.

Today, Drag City announced the release of ‘Proofs & Refutations‘ (September 8th), a new John Fahey album featuring recordings from 1995/96. Prior to this period, Fahey, who passed away on February 22, 2001, had dropped out of music after battling with chronic fatigue syndrome, alcoholism and diabetes. American music critic Byron Coley then ran a profile piece on him for Spin magazine in 1994 that essentially relaunched his career. On …

Mick Flannery’s new single ‘Goodtime Charlie’, is all killer, no filler…watch the accompanying video “…that speaks to the value of drowning out the bad voices and learning the importance of failing on your own two feet – even if they think you’re out of your mind.”

Shrewsbury Folk Festival reveal the final lineup details for this year’s festival including Red Hot Chilli Pipers, Eddi Reader, Simeon Hammond Dallas, Capercaillie, Katie Spencer, O’Hooley & Tidow and more.

Jim Ghedi and Toby Hay share a live video of them performing ‘Bright Edge Deep’. The track features on their latest self-titled album released on Topic Records and the title was inspired by Seamus Heaney’s poem ‘Digging’.

Nora Brown has teamed up with award-winning fiddle player Stephanie Coleman for their new EP ‘Lady of the Lake’. Listen to their lead single….Outstanding musicianship from start to finish.

Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening announce cloud horizons, their second album (out on September 1 via Resilient Records). Ahead of the release, she shares the lead single ‘Long For Light’, also our Song of the Day.