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Sally Seltman, Holly Throsby and Sarah Blasko make up the dream combo ‘Seeker Lover Keeper’. Their debut album is released in June, watch their latest album introducing videos.

Anyone familiar with Gregory Alan Isakov will have experienced the magical silken threaded balance he uses to engage the listener. With a UK Tour in June it was too good an opportunity to miss so we got him to record a session for us.

The Horn The Hunt are a Leeds based duo, comprising of visual artist Clare Carter and Joseph Osborne. Their second album, Depressur Jolie, is genre defying, a calamity of influences held together by an intricate weave of darkened undertones which comes across perfectly in the video below for the track Old Town Cow.

Here it is again for those of you that missed the incredible performance of Seasick Steve and guest bassist John Paul Jones performing a track from his forthcoming new album ‘You Can´t Teach An Old Dog New Tricks’ live on Later with Jools Holland

A noted highlight of the annual MusicNow festival weekend was a collaboration between Megafaun, Fight The Big Bull, Bon Iver and Sharon Van Etten called Sound Of The South, re-imaginings of the songs recorded by ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax in his early travels.

Diagrams are the latest signing to Full Time Hobby, home of Timber Timbre and Erland and the Carnival. Their self-titled 5 track debut EP will be released on CD and digitally on 11th July in the UK. Download free track below.

Sin Fang Bous is a Project by Sindri Már Sigfússon from Iceland, who also founded “Seabear”. While Seabear is focussed on folky music, Sin Fang Bous is Sindri’s playground for his more experimental songs.

The fiery passion of William Elliott Whitmore is unleashed once more on July 12th with the release of his new album titled Field Songs. Whitmore’s music is entrenched in the roots of folk and blues and more importantly, the people and experiences that went into its creation. Field Songs explores this avenue through the metaphorical and literal as he re-kindles not only a life of struggle but how it is …

As daffodils bloom and lambs gambol in the fields, there can be no better time to announce that the next single to be taken from Erland & The Carnival’s new album, Nightingale, is “Springtime.”

The familar bluesy vocals of Fink are back with a new single release on June 13th titled ‘Yesterday Was Hard On All Of Us’. Get your first taster below and download the title track ‘Perfect Darkness’, from his forthcoming album.

Songlines Magazine is having its inaugral ‘Songlines Encounters Festival’ at London’s Kings Place on June 23-25. The event is to be curated by Songlines editor in chief, Simon Broughton and eight concerts have been programmed featuring major artists (see below) that Songlines are pleased to be championing.

Congotronics is the collaboration of Congolese bands Konono N°1 and Kasai Allstars. They, along with Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Wildbirds & Peacedrums and Skeletons will form a collaborative ensemble for a great new tour.