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Steve Earle released I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive back in April this year which accompanied the publication of his first novel sharing the same title. Find out more about the Hank Williams connection and get those Uk and European Tour dates!

Society are a three piece band from West Sussex whose music ranges across country-soul, indie and folk-rock. Their album ‘Songs from the Brickhouse’ was released in 2009. You can hear clear influences of West Coast Country Rock and their three part harmonies set them apart from the crowd.

Brendan Trinkle’s latest album release, The Quarry, was recorded during the winter of 2011. “One hears often that beauty is all around, that art imitates life, that real life is stranger than fiction, but I think perhaps many of the words we write aspire toward our ideals.”

Many of you will by now be familiar with the early inspired English Folk Rock sound of Galley Beggar whose album, Reformation House, we reviewed back in June. They have put together a fantastic session for your enjoyment which you can listen to below.

Yep Roc Records is set to release the sophomore album from London / Brighton-based trio Peggy Sue on October 25. Singer / guitarists Katy and Rosa along with drummer Olly recorded Acrobats in Bristol with producer John Parish.

Show of Hands are to headline a special one-off free Folk Night in London, as part of the biggest outdoor summer events programme ever seen at Canary Wharf on Wednesday, August 10.

On our latest Friday Folk Music Club we feature Karen Dalton, Matt Bauer & Dana Falconberry, Benjamin Folke Thomas, Laura Gibson, Arborea and Ivor Cutler, as well as some free tracks.

Wilco release their eighth studio album – ‘The Whole Love’ – on 26th September 2011 through their newly launched dBpm Records. ‘The Whole Love’ features 12 new original tunes and is produced by Jeff Tweedy with Patrick Sansone and Tom Schick.

David Byrne is probably best known as a founding member of Talking Heads but he has a number of other passions which span across art, literature and the bike! Bicycle Diaries chronicles David’s observations and insights — what he is seeing, whom he is meeting, what he is thinking about — as he pedals through and engages with some of the world’s major cities.

Other Lives leave their home turf of Stillwater, Oklahoma for a series of UK appearances next week taking in a number of festivals as well as their own debut headline shows. Watch their recently recorded live session of ‘For 12’.

Watch this new video session of Gregory Alan Isakov performing the John Hartford cover, In Tall buildings…It is filmed by ‘Before The Winter Fires’ in an old, water filled quarry near Halvasso, Cornwall.

Neverest Songs is the work of Margate based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Luke Twyman who has released a new single this week titled Paper Trumpets. He took some time out to also record an exclusive session for Folk Radio UK. Listen Now.