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Penelope Isles is the sound of brother and sister Jack and Lily Wolter, from the Isle of Man, formed in Brighton, UK. Read more on Last.fm

Field Music is a band from Sunderland in north-east England led by brothers David and Peter Brewis. Commonly described as making "experimental pop" music, they have released eight 'proper' albums: Field Music (2005), Tones of Town (2007), Field Music (Measure) (2010), Plumb (2012), Commontime (2016), Open Here (2018), Making A New World (2020), and Flat White Moon (2021). A ninth album, Limits of Language, was released on 11 October 2024. They have also released a compilation of B-sides (Write Your Own History Read more on Last.fm

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Yeah Yeah Noh were a post-punk group formed in Leicester, England in 1984. They released two albums and five singles while still together, and have had two compilation albums issued since they split in 1986. The group reformed in 2011, an announcement appearing on the Cherry Red Records website: "STOP PRESS: Yeah Yeah Noh are back together and are playing live as of summer 2012, on the lookout for 'interesting gigs in fields; gardens with expansive lawns considered'." Read more on Last.fm

Margaret Glaspy is an American singer and songwriter based in New York City. She began playing and living in New York at 21 years old and is currently signed with ATO Records. Her debut full length album "Emotions and Math" was self produced and critically acclaimed while her subsequent records have followed suit from her EP "Born Yesterday" to her second full length "Devotion". Glaspy boasts a diverse of musical background from competitive fiddle to marching band trombone and influences ranging from Joni Mitchell to Elliott Smith. Read more on Last.fm

Katherine Priddy is a British folk musician based in Birmingham. Growing up surrounded by nature and the music her parents listened to, she developed her own style with of harmonies, melodies and lyrics. Following an initial EP, her debut album, "The Eternal Rocks Beneath", was released in 2021. Read more on Last.fm

Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born 22 July 1973) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. Wainwright was born in Rhinebeck, New York, USA, to folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle (they divorced while he was a child). He began to play the piano at age six, and by age thirteen he was touring with his sister Martha Wainwright, mother Kate, and aunt Anna as the McGarrigle Sisters and Family. His song I'm A-Runnin', which he performed Read more on Last.fm

Native New Yorker Jeffrey Lewis is a comic book writer/artist and a musician. Jeffrey Lewis and his band tour the world, mixing folk with noise and sharing stages with the likes of Stephen Malkmus, The Mountain Goats, and more. Jeffrey has had albums on Rough Trade since 2001, his comic Fuff has been running since 2004, and he's been featured by NPR, The History Channel, The NY Times and more. Read more on Last.fm

Arab Strap are an independent rock band from Falkirk, Scotland, UK, signed for the majority of their albums to independent record label Chemikal Underground. The duo had a short lived flirtation with a major label at the peak of their critical acclaim (after "Philophobia") when they signed to Go!Beat records (a former independent label now owned by Universal). Vocalist Aidan Moffat and multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Middleton met in Falkirk, bonded over their mutual love for Drag City recording artists such as Smog and Will Oldham Read more on Last.fm

Band Members: King Salami-howlin'& shakin' / Kamikaze U.T. Vincent-bass / Eric Baconstrip-drums / Pepe Ronnie-guitar / Chuchi Sobrassada-saxophone After all having roamed around the globe separately, four freaks, one French, one Caribbean and one Spanish got together in London in 2006 to form a black rhythm & blues party band. With a repertoire encompassing many of the greats of the ’50s and ’60s you won't be able to help but move your feet. Read more on Last.fm