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Irish quartet Lankum release their new single, ‘Newcastle’, taken from their forthcoming album False Lankum, their most uncompromising album to date. The tune was first published in ‘The English Dancing Master’ (1651) where it is simply entitled ‘Newcastle’.

For Cory Hanson’s new single ‘Twins’, taken from his highly-anticipated third solo LP ‘Western Cum’, Director Amy Scott captures him in his native California environment – rambling around a ranch home.

Taken from her latest album, ‘Morning Star’, watch the newest video from Julia Sanders for ‘Three Leaf Clover’, a song about how self-criticism and self-doubt keep us from listening to our creative voice.

Watch Harp and a Monkey’s video for Travelling Salesman, a self-penned tune that draws on such age-old concerns as separation, love, work and travel. It is the second song in their new project, ‘The Extraordinary Ordinary’, exploring everyday experiences and emotions.

Filmed at the family-run, independent Chorlton Bookshop, watch the innovative and vibrant Good Habits performing ‘The Earth Has Moved’, their new single, written after Bonnie experienced her first earthquake.

Recorded live at RYP Recording studio and featuring French-born Easymess, watch Jessie Reid performing her stunning new single, ‘A Little Closer’. This is one you will keep wanting to revisit.

Gretchen Peters returns to the UK in May for her final run of shows, following her announcement that she will retire from full-scale touring this year. She Said “It’s important to me to have the opportunity to let UK fans know just how much their support has meant to me. I literally don’t think I’d have a touring career without them.”

Esteemed Scottish singer and Gaelic language advocate Joy Dunlop is set to release her third solo album Caoir. Watch the accompanying video for her lead single ‘Mo nighean donn, ho gù’, a traditional Gaelic waulking song that is given a powerful contemporary musical twist.

Simon Emmerson, the founder of Afro Celt Sound System, core founder of The Imagined Village, record producer, guitarist, bird watcher and Honorary Bard, passed away on Monday, 13th March.

Our Song of the Day comes from Peter One, a 67-year-old country-folk musician originally from Cote d’Ivoire, West Africa, now living in Nashville. Listen to ‘Birds Go Die Out Of Sight (Don’t Go Home)’ featuring Allison Russell.

On 14th April, Yorkshire-based songwriter Phil Hooley releases his new album Provenance, the long-awaited follow-up to his debut solo release Songs From The Back Room. Listen to his latest single, ‘The Veteran’s Song’, on which a forgotten survivor examines the futility of war.

Taken from his forthcoming new album ‘Grief in the Kitchen and Mirth in the Hall’, Alasdair Roberts releases his new single today, ‘The Bonny Moorhen’. Watch the accompanying captivating stop frame animation video by Jonathan Farr.