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Tomorrow sees the release of Death Had Quicker Wings Than Love, the new album from Marry Waterson & David A Jaycock. To celebrate the release, you can listen to the album in full and read, in Marry’s own words, about the songs and the making of the album.

Watch ‘Write Me a Song’ the latest song and video from Saskia Griffiths-Moore’s forthcoming third studio album Night and Day. A folk style ballad that will leave the listener carried by the song and caught in the story.

Paisley’s National Festival and one of the biggest events in Scotland’s cultural calendar, The Spree is back for its sixth consecutive year with some of the biggest names in Scottish music, comedy and entertainment including Breabach, Kris Drever, Talisk, Dougie MacLean as well as Ireland’s Sharon Shannon. Watch our preview.

Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards are set to release their new album California Calling on 6th October. Watch their new music video for Stockholm and don’t miss their UK Tour dates which kick off this month.

Hands Up for Trad have announced Billy Connolly is amongst the 2017 Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame inductees. See the full list here which includes Rab Noakes, Christine Primrose, Jock Tamson’s Bairns, Kenneth McKellar and lifelong Gaelic advocate Kenna Campbell.

Jon Boden, the former Bellowhead frontman and 12-time BBC Folk Award winner has shared the third cut from his forthcoming album, ‘Afterglow’. ‘Bee Sting’ helps set the visual backdrop for the narrative of ‘Afterglow’ with Jon turning to his experiences of the infamous Lewes Bonfire Night for inspiration.

The name Kirsty Merryn may be new to most of you but that’s all about to change with the release of her debut album ‘She and I’ which she will launch at London’s Union Chapel on November 9 whilst supporting Show of Hands on their UK Cathedrals tour.

Watch the new video from folk singer songwriter Emily Mae Winters for Down by the Salley Gardens. The traditional Irish song which is based on the lyrical poem by Irish poet W.B Yeats featured on her debut album’ Siren Serenade’ which was a Featured Album of the Month on Folk Radio UK.

Bill MacKay and Ryley Walker have a sonic connection that some duos only dream of. Watch their latest video for Lonesome Traveler (from their forthcoming album SpiderBeetleBee), it expresses a touch of surrealism that merges the ethereal, the old cinema, and the dark reality of destruction together.

Karine Polwart – five-time winner of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards – will release her new album ‘A Pocket Of Wind Resistance’ via Hudson Records on November 17, 2017. the album was written in collaboration with the Scottish sound designer Pippa Murphy. Listen to the title track here.

‘Hey Sammy’ is the long-awaited ninth solo album by Edale-born singer songwriter Bella Hardy, a record that bears the stamps of extensive musical expeditions far from home. Listen to ‘Learning to Let Go’ exclusively on Folk Radio UK.

Listen to “What Will We Do When We Have No Money?”, the first track from Lankum’s forthcoming new album ‘Between the Earth and Sky’, due for release on Rough Trade Records on October 27th.