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Folkeast Announces Second Wave Of Artists including The Unthanks who will headline the final night, a Canadian contingent including Irish Mythen, The Once and Small Glories, plus Ireland’s Daoiri Farrell and Jarlath Henderson – plus MG Boulter, Jimmy Aldridge and Sid Goldsmith, Three Cane Whale and lots more.

Watch the stunning video for ‘The Oak’, the beautiful new single from Serious Child which was filmed at Petworth Park, West Sussex. It features on his forthcoming second album “Time in the Trees”, the result of a year he spent in the Sussex woods.

Brigid Mae Power announces third studio album ‘Head Above The Water’ which hints at what the label is calling a more diverse, different, a bigger canvas, with broader brushstrokes…listen to lead single ‘On a City Night’.

Watch “Three Line Whip”, the new single from Bolton’s Two Hat’s Blues Band which takes a peasant’s eye view of the British political circus and straps it to a booming backbeat, mesmeric chanting, and a hefty tip of the flat cap to the late, great Nina Simone.

Lau announces new live album ‘Unplugged’ and tour. Kris Drever, Aidan O’Rourke and Martin Green recreate and rearrange material from across their catalogue for the Unplugged tour. The album highlights about an hour of raw, stripped-down Lau performance, with no studio overdubs or re-recording.

Midnight Skyracer sign to Island Records and announce the release of their new album Shadows On The Moon. Watch their video for their lead single ‘Break the Rules’ and don’t miss their UK dates in June 2020.

Listen to the moving lead single Reckless from electric folk-pop duo Sky Barkers whose debut EP is to be released on one of our favourite record labels next month – Cambrian Records.

Wide Valley is the title of the new project from Madrid-based singer/songwriter J. González. Watch the video for his new single ‘Thirty’, a song about mid-life and personal expectations. Keep an eye out for the many musical and literary influences.

Listen to Hearth Bite, taken from Sing High! Sing Low!, the second album from The Silver Field, a sound world of Coral Rose and friends, to be released 12th June 2020 on Crossness Records.

Our Tune of the Day is ‘Vestris Lament’ a track taken from London-based guitarist/producer Leo Abrahams and NYC master musician Shahzad Ismaily and their forthcoming collaborative album Visitations.

Watch ‘Working for the Men’, the new single from new Bella Union signing Drab City. A degraded service worker’s revenge ballad, imagining male tormenters brought to a violent end.

Along with Arthur Jeffes and his talented array of musicians, Penguin Cafe are to headline London’s Barbican on September 27th, bringing their effervescent sound to one of London’s premier venues.