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Dead Rat Orchestra and Poland’s Sutari, two of the world’s most prominent avant-folk ensembles, are to join forces for a headline tour of the UK in July. Flying under the banner of Free Folk in Brexit Britain this is one you should make every effort to see.

Calexico have announced a run of European tour dates for this summer and celebrate with a new video for ‘Another Space’ which captures the rituals of daily life through a striking time-lapse lens.

Cambridge Folk Festival is carrying on its long tradition of supporting rising talent with the announcement of The Den’s lineup. The Den is the festival’s space for young, up-and-coming acts, presenting the stars of tomorrow in an intimate and relaxed environment.

Lucy Ward has given fans a little sneak peek behind the scenes of the recording of her new studio album ‘Pretty Warnings’ including a small preview of two tracks, ‘Lazy Day’ and a band backed version of the traditional song ‘Maria Martin’.

Eddi Reader has announced that her brand new studio album ‘Cavalier’ will be released worldwide on September 28 by Reveal Records. Featuring sixteen songs, the new album was recorded and produced in Glasgow, Scotland by Eddi Reader and John Douglas.

Watch the video for ‘Late to the Flight’, the latest offering from LUMP – the new collaborative project between Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay of Tunng and Throws. LUMP is set for release on 1st June 2018 via Dead Oceans

Texas’ genre-bending rock ‘n’ roller Israel Nash announces his fifth studio album ‘Lifted’, a modern-day hippie-spiritual, which finds Nash continuing his tradition of creating a sonic landscape that is at once both vast and intimate – soaring and untamed at times, placid and sincerely personal at others. Listen to lead single Rolling On.

The Jayhawks are to release Back Roads and Abandoned Motels, a new studio album, on Friday, July 13. Produced by Gary Louris, John Jackson and Ed Ackerson. It features nine songs co-written by Louris with other artists alongside two of Gary’s latest compositions.

Our Song of the Day comes from Laurence Made Me Cry, the project of multi-instrumentalist and folk pop songstress Jo Whitby. For Scott was written in memory of the late Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit.

Taken from her latest album Beautifully Astray, listen to Abi Wade’s stripped back version of Hawk In Your Side which will be released alongside her new album single Laws and Mankind.

Mutual Benefit, the songwriting outlet for multi-instrumentalist and producer Jordan Lee, shares two new songs from his new album Thunder Follows The Light – out September 21st via Transgressive Records.

John Parish unveils a new song about football’s first true celebrity, George Best. “The First Star” is taken from Bird Dog Dante, the composer and producer’s forthcoming new album out 15th June.