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Ten leading traditional poets and musical artists have completed an exciting, multi-lingual residency in Galloway, Scotland.  The artists have been working together to create a new arrangement of the Galloway Gaelic Oran Bagraidh song as well as original compositions inspired by the song, the landscape and each other.

Watch the new lyric video for the groove-driven ‘Tiger’s Eye’, the second single to be released from Manitoban Folk musician Carly Dow’s new album “Comet” which is set for release on October 19th.

This Friday sees the release of a new digital single from Ireland’s Brigid Mae Power. Watch the beautiful accompanying video for ‘Is My Presence In The Room Enough For You?’ and hear her gorgeous cover of Fred Neil’s ‘The Dolphins’.

Mercury is the third solo album from multi-award-winning Scottish singer-songwriter Siobhan Miller and her first album of entirely original material. The title track, which is released as a single today, is also out Song of the Day.

Simon Haines takes a looks at the career of traditional Irish music fiddle player Frankie Gavin and how he constantly manages to reinvent himself. He is now involved in several new and exciting groups including The Roaring 20s Irish Orchestra, The Provenance & KGB.

This autumn Ma Polaine’s Great Decline release a new single ‘The Poison Sits’. This is a remixed ‘single version’ of the song which features on the band’s latest record “The Outsider”. Watch the accompanying video.

The Young’uns earn themselves a very special place in the history of Ceòl Cholasa – The tiny Hebridean Island of Colonsay, population circa 120, location, on the left of Scotland in deep water, finally rose as one to give a standing ovation to the first English band to appear at the festival.

Maiden Voyage Recording Company are set to release Fair Lady London, the fifth studio album by husband and wife duo, Trevor Moss and Hannah-Lou on November 23rd which sees them return to the trusty Tascam 246 4-track cassette recorder.

Our Tune of the Day is Domino Road from Phillip Henry’s forthcoming solo album True North. Consisting of two tunes, Jutland by Tommy O’Sullivan, and Domino Road by Phillip, watch the beautiful accompanying video featuring footage shot on tour in Australia.

Johnny pays tribute to the late Maart Allcock who made his final live performance at Cropredy this year and shares his highlights from the festival including Afro Celt Sound System, Midnight Skyracer, Oysterband and Le Vent du Nord.

Blair Dunlop has released the video for his new single ‘Sweet On You’ (also our Song of the Day), taken from his critically acclaimed 4th album ‘Notes From An Island’. It precedes his upcoming UK tour with Australian singer-songwriter Jack Carty.

Our Tune of the Day comes from The Finnegan McSherry Project, recorded live at this year’s Fleadh. Featuring John McSherry and Brian Finnegan who are joined by their good friends Donal O’Connor, Niall Murphy, Sean Og Graham and John Joe Kelly.