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Martin Simpson - Skydancers

Expected Release 12th April 2024 New album by prolific, world-renowned English guitarist/singer-s...

Expected Release 12th April 2024 New album by prolific, world-renowned English guitarist/singer-songwriter brings together Americana/Folk originals alongside inspirational Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell repertoire Martin Simpson is not a man to sit still for very long.   Undoubtedly one of the hardest-touring musicians on the UK folk/roots circuit, he also averages a brand new studio album almost every two years. 'Skydancers,' his 12th full length solo record for Topic Records since ...

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Richard Thompson - Ship To Shore

Expected Release 31st May 2024  When Richard Thompson began writing songs for his latest album, S...

Expected Release 31st May 2024  When Richard Thompson began writing songs for his latest album, Ship to Shore, the artist was instinctively drawn to his own musical roots, employing them in the service of fashioning a deep and diverse 12-track collection that pulls from various styles, genres and eras, but remains unmistakably Richard Thompson.  There's the rumbling, Motown- style rhythm that propels "Trust," and the straightforward riff-rock of "Turnstile Casanova." The drone-y "The Old Pack...

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Emily Barker - Fragile As Humans

Expected Release 3rd May 2024 We're delighted to announce that Emily will be joining us for an al...

Expected Release 3rd May 2024 We're delighted to announce that Emily will be joining us for an album launch performance and signing at St. Peter's from 8pm on Saturday 4th May. It's a FREE event but please let us know if you'd like to attend, or pre-order a copy of the album from us to guarantee entry. On her new album, Fragile as Humans - written and recorded as her time living in the UK was coming to a close - Emily Barker turns her lyrical gaze inwards. The expansive themes of her previous...

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The Staves - All Now

Expected Release 22nd March 2024 It was in December 2022 that The Staves celebrated the 10th anni...

Expected Release 22nd March 2024 It was in December 2022 that The Staves celebrated the 10th anniversary of their debut album Dead & Born & Grown – a strange and beautiful period in the lives of sisters and band members Jessica, Camilla and Emily Staveley-Taylor, making their fourth album All Now with the same organic vulnerability as that first record: except now everything was different, and they kind of were too.  All Now emerges, bold and bright, from a period of quiet, which foll...

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Nick Harper - Tempus Fugitive

Released 3rd November 2023 2023 sees Nick Harper jettison his normally aspirated time machine whi...

Released 3rd November 2023 2023 sees Nick Harper jettison his normally aspirated time machine which clocks in at just 60 minutes per hour, for a model that can appear anywhere at any time in the many portals of Harperspace - In a new, uniquely styled, acoustically driven album and tour, Nick explores the past, present and future in his own singular way. The new project follows up recent successful sojourns back in time to explore swinging 60s London (58 Fordwych Rd); 19th century Fantasy lite...

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Smoke Fairies - Carried In Sound

Released 17th November 2023 Following on from the release of their highly-praised 2020 LP ‘Darkne...

Released 17th November 2023 Following on from the release of their highly-praised 2020 LP ‘Darkness Brings Wonders Home’, which was applauded by the likes of Mojo, Clash Magazine, Q and many more, alt-folk duo Smoke Fairies return once again to announce the details behind their sixth studio album ‘Carried In Sound’, previewed by the wondrous new single “Vanishing Line”. Continuing to pursue more of that warm and ethereal aesthetic the pair have cultivated since their earliest beginnings, “Van...

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Johnny Flynn & Robert Macfarlane - The Moon Als...

Released 10th November 2023 Johnny Flynn’s sixth album, and the second co-written with his friend...

Released 10th November 2023 Johnny Flynn’s sixth album, and the second co-written with his friend Robert Macfarlane. Out 10th November 2023 on Transgressive.  Gathers songs that Johnny and Robert have written together since finishing their first joint album, Lost In The Cedar Wood (2021). At its heart are the oldest themes of all: death and renewal, darkness and light. The first five tracks are songs of burial, shadows and memory, while the final four are songs of awakening, light and love. T...

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The Mary Wallopers - Irish Rock N Roll - SOLD OUT

Released 13th October 2023 The Mary Wallopers have announced details of their second album and a ...

Released 13th October 2023 The Mary Wallopers have announced details of their second album and a huge tour of the UK and Ireland that runs from November through to Christmas this year.  Irish Rock ’n’ Roll is due for release on October 6th and follows last year’s hugely acclaimed self-titled debut (“these youngsters are all about presenting vibrancy, saltiness and edge via roots music from a bygone age, at a moment when such qualities are all but absent form contemporary pop” Mojo).  If every...

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Rufus Wainwright - Folkocracy

Released 2nd June 2023 Rufus Wainwright's 2023 album 'Folkocracy' is an album of folk classics th...

Released 2nd June 2023 Rufus Wainwright's 2023 album 'Folkocracy' is an album of folk classics that features a number of notable collaborations, including John Legend, Brandi Carlile, David Byrne, Sheryl Crow, Nicole Scherzinger, Chaka Khan, Andrew Bird, ANOHNI and many more. Praised by the New York Times for his 'genuine originality', Rufus Wainwright has established himself as one of the great male vocalists, songwriters, and composers of his generation. 

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Julie Byrne - The Greater Wings

Released 7th July 2023 The first album in over six years from American songwriter Julie Byrne is ...

Released 7th July 2023 The first album in over six years from American songwriter Julie Byrne is a testament to patience and determination, the willingness to transform through the desolation of loss, the vitality of renewal, and the courage to rise, forever changed. For nearly a decade, Byrne has moved through the world as a characteristically private artist largely outside the public eye. A self-taught musician that has committed her life to her work, she now emerges from a deeply trying an...

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This Is The Kit - Careful Of Your Keepers

Released 9th June 2023 **UPDATE 10th June - We've reached capacity for what we can comfortably a...

Released 9th June 2023 **UPDATE 10th June - We've reached capacity for what we can comfortably accommodate in the shop. You're welcome to still purchase the album and attend but we can no longer guarantee a good vantage point for orders after this point.** We're delighted to announce an acoustic instore with This Is The Kit on Sunday 11th June. Kate will be playing some tracks from the new album in the shop from 1pm and signing copies afterwards. If you'd like to attend, you'll need to purch...

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Shirley Collins - Archangel Hill

Released 26th May 2023 One of the most important voices in British folk music Shirley Collins ret...

Released 26th May 2023 One of the most important voices in British folk music Shirley Collins returns with Archangel Hill, her third album for Domino. Due for release on May 26th, it showcases another peerless collection of songs chosen by Collins, some from traditional sources but others from favourite writers of hers.  Produced by Ian Kearey - Shirley Collins’ musical director - the arrangements were shared between Collins, Kearey, Pip Barnes, as well as Dave Arthur and Pete Cooper, players...

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