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Now you’ve seen what we play on Frukie (see previous post) this is a taste of what we played on the Roots Channel! The playlist is from the 4th May. The image is of Natalie Merchant whose latest album, Leave Your Sleep, features on the Roots Channel.

I occasionally post details of past playlists to give a flavour of what we play. This is the Frukie playlist for 4th May 2010. Maybe at some point in the future when we have more time on our hands we’ll post them daily. The image is of Michael Hurley who has been making incredible alternative music since 1965!

For those of you that know and love the music of The Low Anthem you will know the line-up as frontman Ben Knox Miller, multi-instrumentalist Jeff Prystowsky and the classically trained composer Jocie Adams. So who do those extra pair of feet in the photo above belong to and where is it?

That’s right, Colin Meloy of the Decemberists is about to release a series of Children’s books. Maybe not so surprising as some may report though. The series entitled Wildwood see’s Meloy collaborating with his wife, Carsons Ellis, an illustrator. Wildwood is a classic tale of adventure, magic, and danger.

Laura Marling performs Made By Maid exclusively for Later (BBC). The London new-folk favourite made her TV debut on the show in 2007.

Seth Lakeman this afternoon unveils the details of his brand new album ‘Hearts and Minds’ alongside an exclusive free download of one of the album’s stand-out new tracks ‘Hard Working Man’.

La Blogotheque managed to get Megafaun and Sharon Van Etten together in Montreal for a great video session. The whole setting was quiet and peaceful, very unlike some of the other settings they contend with when filming. They were really keen to spend the afternoon with them and listen to their stories and drink coffee but they had to leave for Toronto.

Johnny Flynn has unveiled his new video for the new single ‘Kentucky Pill’, the first track to be taken from his forthcoming album ‘Been Listening’ which is released on the 7th June through Transgressive.

I was meant to be going to see The Whale Watching tour in Bristol last weekend…I had a ticket! For one reason and another things just didn’t work out so I missed it. I’m slowly recovering as I also had tickets to see them at the Barbican which got cancelled due to the air flights problem. Not good.

Whilst on her European travels, Lancashire lass, Nancy Elizabeth, recorded an interview in Portugal on which she gives some honest and open insights into her work.

Wildbirds & Peacedrums return in May with a very special European tour and Retina, the first of two vinyl only EPs. The Gothenburg-based duo will be accompanied by a handpicked 12-strong Swedish choir on the cluster of dates, which begins at the Pavement-curated ATP on Friday 14 May.

If you like your music more experimental and “out there” then try this for size. This is an exclusive and digital-only compilation created by Brad Rose, founder of the Digitalis label, out of the three volumes of the incredible “Gold Leaf Branches”.