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Tamara Lindeman aka The Weather Station shares her new video for Impossible which cleverly explores “the idea of habit, or how much one is controlled by unconscious ideas”. Don’t miss her UK tour dates this Summer.

Watch the latest video from Alasdair Roberts, Amble Skuse, & David McGuinness for “The Fair Flower of Northumberland” from their new album “What News”. Filmed at the University of Glasgow it features the otherworldly presence of Glasgow-based performance artist Sgàire Wood.

Gigspanner, formed by (ex-Steeleye Span) fiddle player Peter Knight and BBC Folk Award winners (Best Duo) Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin (now Edgelarks) head out on the road together tomorrow as Gigspanner Big Band – “a unique musical proposition; they are taking folk music down new and enthralling paths.”

Watch Lowpines, the recording name of British songwriter and producer Oli Deakin, performing  Connecting The Fireflies live. The song features on In Silver Halides which was released February 23rd on Adventure Club Records.

Scottish guitarist and singer RM Hubbert (Hubby) has announced today that he is releasing his Recovery EPs as a single collection on a Pay What You Want basis via Bandcamp.

Glaswegian spirits writer Dave Broom has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a road-trip documentary called The Amber Light which will highlight the lesser known parts of Scottish culture and history through the lens of whisky, with personalities from art, music, literature and food.

Laura Veirs reveals “Lightning Rod”, the final pre-release song from her new album ‘The Lookout’, and it’s accompanying video created by Basque artists Izar Etxeberria (illustrations) and Eñaut Uribesalgo (animation).

Watch the new video from Bennett Wilson Poole for ‘Ask Me Anything’,  inspired by 60s and 70s spy movies, with Oxford’s social enterprise micro-brewery The Tap Social Movement (scene of BWP’s first ever gig, in fact) doubling as a vaguely Kafkaesque den of subterfuge.

Growing in stature every year, East Anglia’s fast-rising FolkEast is back for the seventh time this August with another great lineup including Oysterband, Show of Hands, The John Langan Band, John McCusker, Mike McGoldrick and John Doyle and many more.

Watch Mud and Flame the new track from Modern Studies, taken from their forthcoming album Welcome Strangers (out on 18 May 2018 via Fire Records on Digital|CD|Vinyl). The video was directed by Mario Cruzado.

Filmed deep in the woods by our good friend Harry Wheeler (Harmonic Rooms), watch Cath & Phil Tyler performing The Two Sisters from their new album The Ox and the Ax which is out on 30 March via Thread Recordings. 

Taken from his most recent release Everywhere A Man Can Be, watch Canadian folk and country artist Zachary Lucky and his band performing “Can’t Say Why”. They performed the song live at an intimate performance in Zachary’s now hometown of Toronto Canada.