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Wilco have unveiled their video to the new single ‘Born Alone’from their forthcoming album, ‘The Whole Love’, which is released on Sept 26th via Wilco’s own label dBPM Records.

The use of projections onto buildings has in recent years gone way beyond everyday perceptions of what can be achieved. The concept for the following facade projection by Urban Screen was derived from the underlying architecture of Kunsthalle in Hamburg, a leading art museum.

As a small taste of some of the music we play on Folk Radio UK you can find yesterday’s playlist below. We continue to introduce new music on a weekly basis from well known independent artists to newly established acts.

The Strange Boys have released a new video for ‘Me and You’, a track taken from their third album titled ‘Live Music’. It will be released on 24th October 2011 on Rough Trade Records. Watch the video and download a free track!

Nick Jonah Davis hails from Nottingham, England and it was his discovery of prewar blues and modal British folk upon which he began to develop his improvisational skills. The post-Takoma acoustic guitar solo scene then provided a context for his music which might otherwise have remained a private endeavour.

Watch the latest new video from Beirut. Santa Fe is the second track taken from their latest album The Rip Tide. A video classic in tragicomedy!

Oliver Jeffers was born and brought up in Belfast and now lives and works in Brooklyn, NY where he has a studio. He makes art, from oil paintings, commercial illustrations and collage, but he is probably best known for making picture books for children.

‘Marginalised’ is a fantastically entertaining and engaging annual festival of events with music, art, comedy, talks, childrens workshops and discussions – all celebrating the breadth and the best of arts events at the Union Chapel.

Chris Stout is delighted to have been asked by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra to compose a piece of music especially for them and he also releases a new album this week: Chris Stout’s Brazilian Theory – Live In Concert

PJ Harvey has won the prestigous Mercury Prize for her outstanding album Let England Shake. This was one for the record books as she also won the award back in 2001 for “Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea” a first double win in the history of the award.

TUSK Festival takes place in Newcastle upon Tyne from 7th – 9th October and boasts an unrivalled line-up of unclassifiable international music. Watch Uncle Jim’s Video promotion!

Congolese artist Niwel Tsumbu moved to Ireland in 2004. Like Liam O’Maonlaí he has continued to explore many strands of music and their eventual collaboration seemed inevitable. Watch them performing on Donal Dineen’s late night show The Small Hours.