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Real World shares a stunning new video from Montparnasse Musique for ‘Makonda’ featuring members of Kinshasa’s Bakoko collective – a group of fashion designers who combine their unique art with body performance. The garments used are exclusively made of bamboo and Mayaka seeds.

Bristol-based French folk singer Julie Abbé returns with her new single “Derrière Chez Nous”, a stunningly beautiful and deeply romantic retake on a French folk classic.

Sure to appeal to fans of the spiritual minimalism of Julia Holter and Laraaji-alike, and continuing the study in psychedelia and modulation undertaken by label alumni Bitchin Bajas and Sun Araw, Matchess will release her new album Sonoscent on Drag City on Feb 25th.

Newton Faulkner and Scottish TikTok star, Nati Dreddd join forces for a heart-warming and enriching version of ‘Winter Wonderland’ which features on his new EP ‘Christmas Light’, out this week.

Artifacts is a double-LP’s worth of music that traces the evolution of Beirut from a 14-year old Zach Condon’s first attempts at bringing the music he heard in his mind to life, to the fully formed Beirut we know today.

Featuring Guitarist Bella Gaffney, banjo player Kate Griffin and fiddle-player Holly Brandon, watch The Magpies new video for Colin’s Set, their second single from their upcoming album. Pre-Order their album and book tickets for their 2022 spring tour.

Taken from their new forthcoming double album, watch ‘This Heart of Mine’, the new video from The Wave Pictures – it’s a gorgeous audio-visual delight and a reminder of how great it is to have them back.

Watch Steve Gunn performing tracks from his critically acclaimed 2021 LP, Other You in a session recorded live at the Jackie Kannon’s Rat Fink Room in NYC.

For the final release of her four-part music series, Clare Sands joins Hothouse Flowers front-man Liam Ó Maonlaí for ‘Teacht an Fhómhair’ (Autumn’s Arrival). Watch their mesmerising video (by Liadain Ni Bhraonáin and Kasia Kaminska ), a paganistic, primal, pilgrimage recorded over 48 hours.

At last night’s RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards at Vicar Street, Dublin, winners included John Francis Flynn, Ye Vagabonds, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin and Ultan O’Brien, Caoimhin O’Fearghaill and Mick Flannery & Susan O’Neill. Christy Moore was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award and Sarah Makem was posthumously inducted into the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards Hall of Fame.

British Folk duo The Brothers Gillespie launch crowdfunder for ‘The Merciful Road’, an album inspired by the grace of life in troubled times. Get on board.

Cecil Sharp House has plenty going on this Christmas season including Belshazzar’s Feast, Celtic Christmas with Calan, A Winter Union, Freedom to Roam, The Young’uns, a New Year’s Eve Ceilidh and more.