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This week marks the release of Damien McGheehan’s (Fidil) new album Kin. Watch the accompanying video for the brilliant ‘Dúlamán na Binne Búidhe’, a colourful fusion of influences that is a real treat for the ears.

The first names are revealed for Celtic Connections 2022 which returns to Glasgow, breathing life and soul into much-loved venues across the city, the 18-day programme of events spanning traditional folk, roots, Americana, jazz, soul and world music with more than 1,000 musicians com together once again in celebration.

Today marks the release of The Brickfields, the new album from English folk trio Granny’s Attic. To celebrate, watch them performing ‘Devils’ Arch’ live.

Cath and Phil Tyler are to perform a belated release gig for their 2021 compilation album Some Heavy Hand at The Globe in Newcastle that will also be livestreamed.

Following a two-week residency on the west coast of Scotland, eight extraordinary musicians will share new collaborative works and solo performances on a ten-day tour of the UK – with the release of an album to follow.

Songwriting duo Jacob & Drinkwater share their new single ’To Call You Friend’ featuring Emily Barker. The single is taken from their forthcoming new album ‘More Notes From The Field’ which they are on the road touring now.

Featuring  Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny, Paddy Glackin, Mike McGoldrick and John Doyle, the mighty Usher’s Island announce UK dates for November 2021.

Robin Morton, founder member of Boys of the Lough, manager, producer and ‘fifth member’ of Battlefield Band, owner of Temple Records, enthusiast, author, song-collector and promoter of folk music has died at the age of 81.

Listen to ‘Ebb & Flow’ by The Little Unsaid from his new album ‘December Songs’. “I wanted to find simple songs that captured the melancholy of this time of year, but also the cosiness, the closeness…the promise of a different kind of year ahead.”

Our Song of the Day is The High Priestess and the Hierophant, the new single from Burd Ellen…inspired by finding parallels between interpretation of traditional song and the art of divination.

Taken from their debut album “The Impossible Wild”, watch the latest handmade stop-frame animation from The Last Inklings for ‘Vespers’ on which, the subtlety of the instrumentation is, as throughout the album, sublime. 

Listen to “Prune”, the lead single from Sally Anne Morgan’s new solo album “Cups”, described as being in stark contrast to the traditional and pop-informed structures of her last album Thread.