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Ahead of her forthcoming self-titled album due for release on 6th October, Thea Gilmore releases a gritty and commanding new single & video ‘Nice Normal Woman’. She created the video herself, which involved taking ‘800 still images of me in various states of genuine dishevelment’.

Ahead of her biggest UK tour for over 4 years. Charlie Dore is releasing a new single – watch the accompanying video for the radio edit remix of ‘Blowing Leaves’, taken from her album ‘Like Animals’.

Owen Spafford announces live installation ‘Welcome Here, Kind Stranger’, exploring memory, culture and community through the traditional music Session. It features Owen, Sam Amidon, Brìghde Chaimbeul, Méabh Begley, Mikey Kenney, Louis Campbell and artist Annabelle Blott.

Galway artist Me Auld Flower returns with his new single ‘An Unholy Amount’ that delves into the duality of life, exploring the contrasting aspects of existence with an intricately woven musical arrangement.

To celebrate the release of ‘Real to Reel : Garech Browne & Claddagh Records’, watch the animated video for ‘One Night in Luggala’ created by Bárbara Oliveira & Cian Hughes -, taken from the Paddy Moloney & Sean Potts album Tin Whistles (Claddagh Records, 1974).

Dylan LeBlanc has announced his new album ‘Coyote’, described as semi-autobiographical and a concept album, chronicling a man who lives dangerously, always on the edge. Watch the accompanying lyric video for his lead single, ‘No Promises Broken’.

Watch the accompanying video to “Homecoming”, the stunning debut single from Rooftop Assembly, a grime & folk fusion project from London that formed playing rooftop concerts during lockdown. This is music to be celebrated.

New doom folk band ØXN, featuring Radie Peat (Lankum), John’ Spud’ Murphy and Eleanor Myler (Percolator), and Katie Kim announce debut album CYRM and two live dates at The Sugar Club, Dublin – Presented by Enthusiastic Eunuch and Foggy Notions.

Karine Polwart is back in the company of award-winning composer and sound designer Pippa Murphy and pianist and composer Dave Milligan on ‘Seek The Light’, a new EP and BBC Radio 4 series that combines a love of science, history, folklore and the natural world. 

Sheffield’s Jim Ghedi and East London’s Stick In The Wheel deliver a visceral remix of What Will Become of England, marking a repeated mood present up and down the land. An antidote to, or rather an affirmation of, the state of England’s politics.

Taken from folk singing legend Alice Gerrard’s forthcoming new album “Sun to Sun”, listen to “You and Me”, a simple, refreshing reminder to treasure the love in our lives. She is joined by Reed Stutz, Tatiana Hargreaves, DaShawn Hickman and Hasee Ciacco.

Edinburgh-based folk/old-time quartet Wayward Jane, featuring Dan Abrahams, Sam Gillespie, Rachel Petyt and Michael Starkey, announce their third album ‘The Flood’, and premiere their video for ‘Crossing Over Water’, a song Rachel wrote in response to hearing about migrants trying to move to safer places.