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Listen in full to “Pendulum Swing” from Danny Green, aka Laish. A set of twelve songs that span the spectrum of gentle fingerpicked acoustic guitar ballads, through to more robust art-rock jams.

DJ Dolphin Boy makes a fitting tribute mix to the much-missed Angus Grant of Shooglenifty. This is bloody wonderful….how the man would want to be remembered – through his music.

Marry Waterson and David A Jaycock are at the top of my list when it comes to favourite folk duos, so don’t miss their tour supporting Marry’s cousin Eliza Carthy throughout November and their headline tour in February next year.

Carrie Rodriguez, acclaimed singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas, announces a headline November UK tour, following her recent project, the celebrated Spanish/English album “Lola,” released in the UK earlier this year.

The third London Folk & Roots Festival kixks off this month with acts such as Newton Faulkner, Jon Boden, Mick Flannery, Sarah Jarosz, Tony Joe White, Eliza Carthy, Michael McGoldrick, Maz O’Connor and many more. Listen to our spotify playlist preview.

Listen to Bless Your Heart, our Song of the Day and the first single taken from Worry Dolls’ forthcoming 2017 debut album, co-written with Wild Ponies. It was the first song they wrote in Nashville. They’d been in town for a couple of days and were picking up the southern slang, including “Bless Your Heart” – which they were told can be used to point out to someone that they …

‘Gaelic Americana’ artist Kyle Carey is delighted to announce the launch of a Kickstarter campaign for the creation of her third album The Art of Forgetting – due out next fall.

Unhindered by the limits of technical ability, Gigspanner take music rooted in the British Isles and with the flick of a bow, a finely chosen chord or slip of a beat, produce hypnotic arrangements layered in Eastern European, French, Cajun, African and even Aboriginal influences, touching on baroque, classical and gypsy jazz along the way. 



Inspired by the sea-inspired James Joyce poem of the same name, Noise Of The Waters is the second EP from Brighton folk Hickory Signals are multi-instrumentalists Laura Ward and Adam Ronchetti, the pair combine strong vocal melodies with vibrant guitar, shruti, flute, glockenspiel and pulsing percussion; layering sounds carefully and minimally to create magical and atmospheric folk.

The programme for Celtic Connections 2017 has been announced which features concerts from Laura Marling, Karine Polwart, Shirley Collins, a special tribute to Angus R Grant, a star-studded folk orchestra with La Banda Europa led by Jim Sutherland and lots more.

Shirley Collins has shared her new music video for Pretty Polly from her new album Lodestar. This version is one she recorded from Mrs Ollie Gilbert in Timbo, Arkansas, in 1959 when she was travelling with Alan Lomax. Two live album launch dates have also been announced.

Watch Anaïs Mitchell performing Why We Build the Wall from her folk opera ‘Hadestown’, currently a Broadway Show. She is joined by Chris Thile and The First-Call Radio Players — Rich Dworsky, Chris Eldridge, Brittany Haas, Sarah Jarosz, Paul Kowert, and Ted Poor.