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Edinburgh Tradfest returns with an online programme featuring a stellar line-up of artists from Scotland and around the world including Shetland Springs: a celebration of the Shetland fiddle tradition, Karine Polwart, Lizabett Russo, Shooglenifty, Kinnaris Quintet, Moishe’s Bagel, Old Blind Dogs, Mike Vass and more.

Orcadian singer and guitarist Aidan Moodie, known to many as the frontman of Scottish folk favourites Gnoss, embarks upon a highly anticipated solo career with a genre-fluid first single this Friday titled ‘Welcome’. Watch the accompanying video which premieres on Folk Radio today.

Our Song of the Day comes from How I Became A Wave, the new solo project of Pat Carey, the former vocalist and songwriter with The Hard Ground. Fading Out, is a powerful lead single that lays a solid path for his upcoming album on which he is joined by some of Ireland’s finest musicians.

Maple Glider, the project of Melbourne-based Tori Zietsch shares video for ‘Swimming’, from her forthcoming debut album on Partisan – ‘To Enjoy Is The Only Thing’.

Watch ‘A Lot To Give’, the new single from Shropshire-born, Glasgow-based singer, guitarist and writer of gorgeously bucolic torch songs Molly Linen.

WOMAD makes first lineup announcement for 2021 including Anoushka Shankar, Nitin Sawhney, The Dhol Foundation, Sona Jobarteh, Sam Amidon, Greentea Peng, Nubiyan Twist, Dizraeli and more.

Listen to Will Beeley’s ‘Pitch Black Sky’, taken from ‘1970 Sessions’ a follow up to his debut, ‘Gallivantin’. Never released until now, the album was used as an audition tape…it deserves to be so much more.

London-based seven-piece alt-folk band Ringlefinch announce their debut album Tall Tales – a musical casserole that’s far more than the sum of its ingredients.

Watch a cut from NOA, a striking 45-minute-long film collaboration between Taylor Rogers and filmmaker Lillian Walker. This extract features Chicago-based performance artist Alana Parekh and her powerful dance interpretation of “N.A.”

Katherine Priddy announces her highly anticipated debut album ‘ The Eternal Rocks Beneath’ and shares the outstanding opener ‘Indigo’, also our Song of the Day, which harks back to the soundtrack of her own childhood.

Swedish duo Molosser share video for ‘Unsolid’. Imprinted by a rural lifestyle, their music has a vibrant folkloric edge, occasionally reminiscent of Pentangle’s jazzy vibe. One worth exploring.

Bellowhead announce the release of their new album ‘Reassembled’, the recording from their online broadcast concert in December 2020. Listen to them performing New York Girls.