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The Young’Uns announce that they will once again don their festive jumpers for a lighthearted romp through Christmas’ past. Plus, we have David Eagle’s DJ set from FolkEast to share in which Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar join forces with Daft Punk, The Watersons share the stage with Van-Halen, the Prodigy embrace sea shanties…

Reaching back to their raw and energetic sessions for “Gets Loaded”, a critically lauded revisiting of the seminal The Velvet Underground album, Hollis Brown have re-teamed with Don DiLego for their brand new single, ‘Run Right To You’, due to be released on 7” vinyl on 28th October. On Tour now.

Jack Cheshire Band have announced their new single Visitations, which will be released on 25th November and is also our Song of the Day. A spiralling, multi-layered hallucination, it alludes to various themes; echoes from the past, transience, dreams & the supernatural.

Two events combine to make a great day: UnampliFire Festival – a festival of listening and music appreciation featuring Martin Carthy, Cosmo Sheldrake, Seckou Keita, Ríoghnach Connolly and more. Plus the Song Collectors Collective Gathering – a celebration of the art of song collecting with insightful talks and more.

Following the UK release of their debut album Stadium Cake back in August, Melbourne-based Indie-Folk duo Oh Pep! return to the UK next week with a full tour. Check their live video for Crazy Feels, our Song of the Day.

Watch the latest video from John McSherry for The Atlantean, a track from his new concept album The Seven Suns. A musical journey into the heart of ancient Ireland, richly inlaid with elements both personal and national, mundane and mythical.

British folk heroine Kate Rusby and former Bellowhead frontman Jon Boden are among the first headline acts announced to appear at the Gate To Southwell Festival next June, and reduced price tickets are now available.

Touring in February 2017 – Shake the Chains – featuring new and classic protest songs from Nancy Kerr, Findlay Napier, Hannah Martin, Greg Russell & Tim Yates with special guests Peggy Seeger, Steve Knightley, Martin Simpson and Boff Whalley.

As sales figures report that the UK’s love affair with the printed book is far from over The Bookshop Band take that love and prepare for the Spooky Season with their new album That Ghost Belongs To Me from which we take our Song of the Day. Support your local bookshop.

The Times They Are a-Changin’ as Bob Dylan is awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature, the first songwriter to have received the award since the Nobel Prize for Literature began in 1901. Previous winners have included John Steinbeck, Gabriel García Márquez, Samuel Beckett and Ernest Hemingway.

Listen to The Bird it Sang, taken from The Lords of Thyme forthcoming debut album Pellets. A “fried odyssey” – Michelle’s dreamlike takes on trad with the soft psyche of Joe’s own compositions, transported to a far-out realm by Tali and Pat’s intoxicatingly woozy rhythm section.

Kathryn Williams has teamed up with revered jazz musician and vibraphone player Anthony Kerr, to create an album of complete re-imaginings of classic jazz standards, listen to her new single ‘Autumn Leaves’.