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Communion Records have teamed up with Ministry of Stories to present ‘Share More Air’, an album featuring lyrics by east London children and music by Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Matthew and the Atlas, Ben Folds and more.

Bushstock 2014 has been announced and tickets are now on sale. Watch the mini-documentary on this year’s event which included Bear’s Den, Fyfe, Willy Mason, Scott Matthews & more.

Listen to Everything that Dies taken from the forthcoming long-awaited debut album from Matthew and the Atlas.

Listen in full to ‘Fever to the Form’ the highly anticipated EP from Nick Mulvey which was released on Communion Records yesterday.

Watch London based trio Bear’s Den new mini documentary featuring footage of their recent sold-out homecoming show at St Stephen’s Church, London + hear their new EP Agape in full.

Bristol based singer songwriter George Ezra had a good finale to 2012 when he was invited into BBC Maida Vale Studios to record a session, watch him performing ‘Break Away’.

We have a great session from the folk rock band Hot Feet who hail from Stroud, a band we first saw performing at the opening night of Communion in Bristol. They release their debut EP ‘Wood House’ this month.

Canadian singer songwriter Leif Vollebekk has a lot of endearing qualities that you just can’t help but like from his care-free personae to his infectious smile and his ability to carry off the sparsest of ballads with unnerving confidence.

Communion Records are pleased to announce that Irish singer-songwriter Foy Vance will release his new four-track ‘Melrose EP’ on the 27th August. Download a free track now.

During this year’s SXSW Michael Kiwanuka, Ben Howard, The Staves, Ben Lovett & members of Bear’s Den got together to for a Communion Jam and recorded a cover of John Martyn’s classic ‘Over the Hill’. Watch it below: The Staves Tour The Motherlode EP will be released on the 23rd April through Atlantic Records, featuring 3 brand new tracks; The Motherlode, Pay Us No Mind and Wisely And Slow. The …

Our ‘Song of the Day’ is from Sam Airey titled ‘The Unlocking’. It’s taken from his new EP A Marker and a Map, which will be released on Hide and Seek records on Monday 26th March. Sam is playing two launch gigs with a FULL BAND at Holy Trinity Church in Leeds on Friday 23rd March (tickets) and The Slaughtered Lamb, London on 28th March (tickets).

Nick Mulvey is a highly accomplished singer and guitarist who left Portico Quartet last year to pursue his solo career.

David McCaffrey has been taken under the wing of Communion with whom he recorded ‘Stars’ for their forthcoming compilation ‘New Faces’ due out on April.

The renowned music site Daytrotter – based in Rock Island, Illinois and dubbed by many as the current generation’s John Peel – announces a new second home in Crouch End, London, UK.

Ellen and The Escapades are about to emabark on their biggest tour to date on the run up to the release of their debut album ‘All The Crooked Scenes’ on 16th April.

Treetop Flyers release their new single ‘It’s About Time’ through Communion Records on 18th Sept with a launch party at London’s Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen on 19th Sept.

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.

Michael Kiwanuka takes classic raw soul and country blues elements and transforms them with some clever modern arrangements. If it wasn’t for the more modern stylish embellishments and arrangements I’d swear I was listening to an old legend, you can hear the essence of the likes of Otis Reading and Marvin Gaye, brilliant!