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Jonathan Day and his band are taking their contemporary rural music to a string of festivals this summer and he has a new lineup they are calling the Great Recovery, expect very joyful arrangements, animated live projections and even some hand-powered animatronic shadow puppets.

Heidi Talbot launches Kickstarter campaign for her sixth album which finds her stepping outside her comfort zone -Dirk Powell is in the production chair and she’ll be creating music with Louisiana-based musicians. We can’t wait.

There will be fiddles, mandolins, acoustic guitars & banjos galore, lively traditional tunes & evocative songs of heartbreak at the Streaming Across The Sea online festival. Feat. Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno, Benjamin Hunter, Joe Troop, Liv Greene, Melody Walker, Jaywalkers, The Jellyman’s Daughter & more.

Watch the video for ‘Sleep’, the first single from Katy Rose Bennett’s 7th album Alone On A Hill (coming September 2021)…It is an ode to insomnia and the longing for sleep.

WOMAD announce that following the recent update and the Government’s unwillingness to provide insurance support for festivals, they are very sadly out of time and have no option but to cancel WOMAD 2021. Read the full statement here.

Our Song of the Day is ‘Making Forests’, the latest single from Trippers and Askers’ Octavia Butler sci-fi inspired concept album ‘Acorn’, featuring members of Wye Oak, Califone, Elephant Micah and Sun Ra.

Granny’s Attic announce their fourth studio album, ‘The Brickfields’ and premiere the video for their lead single “Cruds & Cream/Jig From New Harmony” – a delightfully infectious upbeat couple of tunes.

Fairport Convention today announced that their annual music festival, Fairport’s Cropredy Convention, has been postponed for the second time.

Since 2012 members of Shooglenifty have been regularly collaborating with musicians of Rajasthan, they have just launched a crowdfunding campaign and prize draw to raise funds for the Rajasthani Coronavirus Relief Fund. There are some excellent prizes.

After winning ‘Best Original Song of The Year’ at the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards, Mick Flannery and Susan O’Neill announce collaborative album ‘In The Game’ and share the first single and video ‘Chain Reaction’.

David Crosby shares two knockout collaborative singles from his forthcoming new album ‘For Free’ featuring an incredible Joni Mitchell cover with Sarah Jarosz and a co-write with Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen.

Listen to ‘Two Dark Horses’, the deeply poetic new single from Anna Tivel which will feature on her forthcoming new album Blue World, to be released next month.