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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.

John Parish’s musical accomplishments have long been outside the spotlight. That’s all set to change with Bird Dog Dante, his new album out 15th June, which features a collection of songs, including a duet with his longtime musical partner PJ Harvey. Listen to Sorry for your Loss here.

John Smith has shared the video for his new single, ‘Save My Life’, taken from his latest album Headlong. In line with sharing the video, he has been confirmed for a support slot on tour with Gomez throughout April and May.

James Yorkston has announced his second novel: The High And Lonesome Blues of Tommy The Bruce – Precise, chilling and all too believable – scored throughout with a genuinely unsettling menace, belied by the ease of James’s storytelling – it’s a shot of southern Gothic poured out in the Southern Highlands of Scotland.