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Greg Butler’s musical documentary creates a space that is filled with Broughton’s complex personality and equally complex talent. It also serves as a valuable introduction to this most under-appreciated and fame-shy of artists.

Emily Barker composes music for heart-warming new film ‘Hector’ – a story of a homeless man who makes an annual pilgrimage from Scotland to a London homeless shelter. Watch Emily performing the title track ‘Anywhere Away’, also our Song of the Day.

Soundtrack to a Ghost Story is an outstanding album, the brainchild of producer Neilson Hubbard in collaboration with Ben Glover and fellow singer-songwriter Joshua Britt, the album and its accompanying documentary are rooted in Civil War history.

Blues Run the Game is a new film by producer and director Damien Dupont about the life the cult American folk troubadour Jackson C. Frank. It features interviews with the likes of Wizz Jones and the late John Renbourn. Watch a clip here.

The new film by London film maker Liam Barker ‘Voice of the Eagle: The Enigma of Robbie Basho’, is to receive it’s world premiere next month following its selection for the Raindance film festival.

Cold Specks has unveiled a new short film taking the title of her 2014 album Neuroplasticity. The storyline involves a search for a missing girl and a friend, it leaves a mystery surrounding her disappearance with more questions than answers.

With Balkan music more accessible then ever thanks to bands such as A Hawk and a Hacksaw and Beirut why not give this one a go featuring recordings from 1930s​-​80s. Plus watch a short film on A Hawk and a Hacksaw which documents two years of travelling and performing throughout Europe and the United States.

Richard is a piano tuner. One day he sold virtually everything he owned and took the decision to live outdoors…18 months later he was debt free and a happier person…with just his bike and a bag of all his belongings this short film looks at that journey.

Enter the world of photographic artist Anna Bean: “Like stepping through pages of dark faerie tales, trying on different heads for size. Imagery just as likely to be re-inventing a musician’s creative identity, as adorning gallery walls in ornate frames; her work is part dreamlike Dali; part magic realism of Dahl; part homage to horror and all Bean.”

Watch the full-length film ‘Davy Graham & Bert Jansch: The Parting Glass’. Filmed in 2005 when Davy was travelling to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe with Bert Jansch.

Can’t Go Back is a documentary about the exceptionally talented singer/songwriter Dan Raza. It follows his fascinating journey, examines the music industry and showcases his undiscovered talent. Share it far and wide.

The Month of May – one of tradition and ritual. One of the most famous is the Obby ‘Oss festival of Padstow in Cornwall. Watch this short film by Alan Lomax, Peter Kennedy and George Pickow about the festival from 1953. Brilliant!

This is a short film featuring Blair Somerville, a New Zealand based inventor, artist and self-confessed tinkerer. His inventions are made from recycled parts, his mortgage free and he relies on solar power. He has a very simple philosophy that has been driving his creative juices for years, as testified by his Lost Gypsy Gallery, a wonderland of homegrown wizardry and a playground for kids and adults alike.

Watch this 1977 documentary about Irish Traditional singer Sarah Makem of Keady, County Armagh. It’s a magical piece of film-making that has some wonderful moments. The conversation between Sarah and husband and fiddle player Peter Makem is a personal highlight, the two of them seemed to be playing with the film-maker.

Watch the latest documentary from Myles O’Reilly in which he accompanies Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill​ on their tour of India. A tour that Martin has been particularly looking forward to as he confesses his 25 year love affair with Indian classical music. They are joined by Irish musician and composer Matthew Noone and the fusion of music that takes place is spectacular.

If you’ve never yet had the chance to watch the 1971 cult classic ‘The Moon & The Sledgehammer’ then now’s your chance to watch it online for the very first time. Plus we have a DVD Giveaway!

FOLK is a new documentary by Sara Terry which focuses on three singer-songwriters, ages 30 to 60, who navigate the quirky sub-culture of American folk.

Double Alaska is a film made by Brooklyn based artist Ben Seretan which was filmed during the two months he was living in Southeast Alaska on a former college campus.