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Critically acclaimed English singer and songwriter Maz O’Connor releases Chosen Daughter, her first new studio album since 2016, on October 25 via Restless Head/Hudson Records. Watch the video for ‘San Francisco’, a stunning first single.

The first week of August sees the Devon town of Sidmouth reverberate to the Sounds Of Modern Scotland, thanks to the support that the long-running Sidmouth Folk Festival receives from Creative Scotland. The remainder of the week sees two phenomenal young Scots singers step into the Sidmouth spotlight.

200 years ago next week, sword-wielding soldiers on horseback cut through a crowd of protestors in Manchester – Peter Coe, Brian Peters and Laura Smyth, through ballads and broadsides from that period, tell the story of one of the most notorious incidents in British labour history.

Watch the premiere of Without You, the new single from Chloe Foy. The video, which was directed by Will Thomas, is refreshingly inventive, creating windows into other scenes like Lewis Caroll’s ‘Through the Looking-Glass’. 

Watch the new video from Junkboy for ‘Old Camera, New Film’, taken from their new album ‘Trains, Trees, Topophilia’, a collection of instrumental music inspired by seasonal tipping points, nature, place and memory.

Ken Abrams shares his highlights of this year’s Newport Folk Festival which celebrated its 60th anniversary and the 100th anniversary of Pete Seeger’s birth.

There’s a rare opportunity for Scots music lovers in the south of England to see multi-award winning Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis at The Sidmouth Folk Festival on Monday 5th August.

Earlier this year, Brooklyn-based folk singer Katie Schottland, better known as Swimming Bell, released her stunning debut album Wild Sight. Watch her new video for her cover of Wands “Driving”, simply stunning…but then I expected nothing less.

Our Song of the day comes from The Lasses, a folk duo from The Netherlands. Take a listen to their new single ‘The Tide’, taken from their forthcoming new album ‘Undone’. They will be in the UK in early September so don’t miss them.

Mark Radcliffe announces the nominees for the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2019. Now in its 20th year, this year’s ceremony, presented by Mark, will take place at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester on Wednesday 16 October 2019.

Harrow are getting ready to host their first-ever Folk Festival. Folk on the Hill takes place at the Ryan Theatre on 10/11 August 2019. The lineup includes Reg Meuross, Holy Moly and the Crackers, Grace Petrie, India Electric Company, Odette Michelle and more.

Watch Mexico Alone, the new single from The Mining Co., the musical project of Ireland born, London based singer/songwriter Michael Gallagher. It features on his forthcoming new album Frontier out on 27th September.