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Glasgow-based darling of the Scottish underground scene Jonnie Common is back with a new album that has great depth and plenty of surprises.

Our Song of the Day is from Frances Donnelly, better known as Animal Magic Tricks. Heavenly Bodies is taken from her album Sex Acts, an album that nearly wasn’t….

This week’s Simple Folk Radio will be presented by Dillon with Chris Bye (Arts Council England) & Matthew Young (Song, By Toad Records), featuring in session ELECTRICIAN.

Sparrow & The Workshop are gearing up for the release of their third album ‘Murderopolis’ on 27th May. Watch their latest video for The Faster You Spin and watch an early session from 2008.

The pastoral sounds of Rob St. John return tomorrow on MayDay with a stunning special release on Song, by Toad Records which I have to admit I have been bowled over by. Charcoal Black and the Bonny Grey / Shallow Brown is simply stunning and beautiful!

The latest Simple Folk Radio show features a session from Rob St. John which marks the re-release of his critically acclaimed first album, Weald. Don’t miss it!

Edinburgh based band Meursault are due to release their third album Something For the Weakened. It will be released on 16th July on CD, vinyl and download via Song, by Toad Records. Listen to the new single ‘Flittin’.

I‘ve chosen two songs today for ‘Song of the Day’ simply because they’re from a split 7″ double A side and I couldn’t decide between them and it didn’t seem right just choosing one seeing as this is their first joint release. The first is Rob St. John with Your Phantom Limb and the second is Ian Humberstone with House on the Hill.  Ian Humberstone and Rob St. John …

Song, by Toad Records have just released an annual free download sampler as a taster of the sort of music they will be releasing this year.

Matthew over at Song, By Toad has been making a great video diary of the Fence Collective’s Haarfest 2010. Needless to say, in typical Toad fashion things don’t always go according to plan. The Day Three video is below. There was a problem with the power supply and the workmen that turned up to fix it managed to spread the problem and then the gas board were called out…despite this …