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Watch the new video from Steve Gunn and the Black Twig Pickers for Trailways Ramble, a glorious concoction of old time music, drone with an eastern undertone that reels you in. Matt Peyton’s video collage forms the perfect companion to the track as you leave the main roads and head to the country.

Our Song of the Day comes from Harry Bird and the Rubber Wellies who are fast becoming a FRUK favourite. They have a new album on the way and a 100 date tour of Britain and Ireland so you’ve absolutely no excuse whatsoever to get out and see them play.

We have a track premiere today from the wonderful Kelly Oliver. Jericho is Kelly’s first single off her second album due out this summer and features a number of guest musicians including Ciaran Algar. The single is out on 11th May 2015 via Folkstock Records.

The lineup for this year’s Purbeck Valley Folk Festival just keeps getting better but they have pulled out all stops this year with their latest announcement that Richard Thompson will headline their Friday night solo. A rare opportunity and a great start to this brilliant family friendly festival.

Sufjan Stevens has revealed the new audio video for Should Have Known Better from his forthcoming new album ‘Carrie & Lowell’. The album is out on March 30th via Asthmatic Kitty Records and sees Steven’s returning to his contemporary folk roots.

Our Song of the Day is a video premiere of Lovely Molly. A beautiful live recording session on which Sam Lee is joined by the Roundhouse Choir who certainly live up to their reputation here as one of the most exciting and energetic young choirs in London. It features on his new album ‘Fade in Time’.

Our Song of the Day is a premiere from Daphne Lee Martin. She performs a great cover ‘Reciprocity’, a much overlooked song by Loudon Wainwright III. Along with guest vocals from Eric Michael Lichter they certainly breathe new life into it. This is one of a series of stand alone covers, she is set to release this spring.

Watch this 1977 documentary about Irish Traditional singer Sarah Makem of Keady, County Armagh. It’s a magical piece of film-making that has some wonderful moments. The conversation between Sarah and husband and fiddle player Peter Makem is a personal highlight, the two of them seemed to be playing with the film-maker.

Our Song of the Day comes from the award-winning British singer, songwriter and guitarist Blair Dunlop. ‘Fifty Shades of Blue’ is the third single from his acclaimed 2014 album ‘House Of Jacks’ which was one of our featured Album of the Month last year. Blair embark on a co-headline tour with British songwriter Emma Stevens in April.

We have a great song premiere today from Brighton-based Californian singer-songwriter Ed Prosek. Ed covers the folk classic ‘Moonshiner’ which has been covered covered by the likes of Bob Dylan and The Punch Brothers. It features on his latest digital only single Michigan. Listen here.

It was a couple of years ago now that we ran an introduction and interview with Brooklyn-based band Wild Leaves. Fast forward 2015 to enjoy their new video for ‘Mystic Ocean’ on which they take you through an animated stop-motion psychedelic, trip through the cosmos.

The three surviving members of Fotheringay – Jerry Donahue, Gerry Conway and Pat Donaldson are to reunite for 6 UK Tour Dates in June this year with a new exciting line up. Plus: Universal Music catalogue announce the release of a new Four CD Boxset – Nothing More: The Collected Fotheringay, scheduled for release on March 30th 2105.