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Cylene II is the new materialization of the collaboration between François J. Bonnet & Stephen O’Malley. The first revelation is “Rainbows”, which features guitars in duet; a sound that reaches from the deep and scales up to the far firmament in its careful motion.

For the first time in 5 years, the much-loved Derbyshire-based performer Lucy Ward returns to the studio for a new UK-Icelandic-Canadian collaboration – Ward Knutur Townes. Watch the video ‘Unanswered’, the title track of their debut album.

The much-loved Alasdair Roberts is touring the UK, playing songs from his recent album, Grief in The Kitchen And Mirth In The Hall. Includes dates in Edinburgh, Nottingham, London, Sheffield, Todmorden, Manchester, Glasgow and more.

Laura Veirs announces her new album Phone Orphans, which involved sorting through 900 voice memos – These songs have been hiding out on my phone…They are about my family, my lovers and me. I recorded them alone in my living room into my voice memo app.

Watch the video for “Don’t Go Back to Sleep”, the new single from Bex Burch – a twinkling piece of arcadian minimalism, that eavesdrops on an electro-acoustic conversation with the avian world.

Taken from Documenting Snapshots, the new album from Gilmore & Roberts, watch their video for ‘I, Burnum Burnum’, based on the declaration read out by Australian Aboriginal activist Burnum Burnum, as he planted the Aboriginal flag on the beach in Dover on 26th January 1988.

Benji Kirkpatrick’s sixth studio release, In Phase, is out on 6th October; watch his new video for the beautifully arranged “You Could Try Roulette”, his second album single. Don’t miss his album tour, which kicks off in October.

Banjo-loving Coleraine native Damien O’Kane and California’s Ron Block are on the road again this month with their band for what promises to be a great party. It includes a one-off show at Hammersmith Irish & Cultural Centre with Michael McGoldrick and Irish singer Aoife Scott.

Melrose Quartet, featuring Nancy Kerr and James Fagan, and Jess and Richard Arrowsmith, announce their new album, ‘Make The World Anew’ and share their lead single and video animation (by Marry Waterson) for ‘Scarecrow’, a song written by Lal & Mike Waterson.

In 2016, we interviewed Ex-Midlake frontman and songwriter Tim Smith about his new project ‘Harp’. While a lot has changed since that interview, today he is announcing his debut album ‘Albion’ and sharing the lead single and video “I Am The Seed”.

John Francis Flynn announces his new album ‘Look Over The Wall, See The Sky’ and shares ‘Mole In The Ground’, an unconventional new single that evokes the rebellious energy he felt when his home of Dublin was being “torn to shreds by property developers and vulture funds.”

Rita Braga’s ‘Flores Indigestas’ has the vibrancy of tropicalia and the noirish shades of off-kilter pop. The effect is playfully engaging and demonstrates her beautifully progressive musical vision. The accompanying video reflects the eccentricities of Braga’s music, continually mutating and shapeshifting, making it so beautifully original.