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Award-winning songwriter and guitarist Martin Simpson and Grammy-nominated and IBMA Award-winning songwriter and guitarist Thomm Jutz announce collaborative album ‘Nothing But Green Willow’ and share lead single ‘Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies’ ft. Cara Dillon.

Samana, Rebecca Rose Harris and Franklin Mockett, share their video for Two Wrongs, shot on Super8mm film, the track features on their new EP ‘Dharma’, which explores mythic landscapes, forgotten memories, and the innate search for freedom and peace.

Taken from their forthcoming new album “Blind Summits & Hidden Dips”, watch Track Dogs’s ‘Peace Inside’, 156 seconds of feel-good, contemplative music; a circular path that attempts to reduce the complexities and confusion of modern life to a singular point of calm within.

Watch Penguin Cafe’s video for ‘Welcome to London’ which captures the isolation many feel in a city; the video’s executive producer, Robert Raths, said, “…this video is dedicated to those who feel lost in a place like London and yet make it their home.”

ØXN, a new band featuring Radie Peat (Lankum), John ‘Spud’ Murphy and Eleanor Myler (Percolator), and Katie Kim share the video for ‘Love Henry’, their debut single – a lovely dose of Folk Horror.

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 …