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Photo courtesty of Stephan Hoglund/Mountain Stage

In case you missed it, Great Lake Swimmer's recently performed on NPR's Mountain Stage at North House Folk School in Grand Marais, MN. Listen to the full performance on NPR's website here: http://n.pr/swdHe0.

Stay tuned for more news from Great Lake Swimmers, including information on their new album due out in 2012. 

Ivy's frontwoman, Parisian-born singer Dominique Durand, chatted with NPR Weekend All Things Considered host Guy Raz about the band's new album, All Hours.  The feature ran this past Sunday, September 25, but is available for streaming on NPR.org here: http://n.pr/nPJvMX.

"Absolutely beautiful - a great new talent" - BBC Radio 1

“Top 10 At SXSW 2011” – Paste Magazine

“****” – MOJO

Released yesterday, Boots Met My Face by Nettwerk One’s Scottish quintet Admiral Fallow, is a joyous, heart-filled, orchestral-tinged and beautifully well-crafted album. Released earlier this year in the UK, the band received tremendous praises, including BBC, NPR, MOJO and Paste Magazine.

Check out lead single, “Subbuteo” HERE

Comprised of lead singer and main writer Louis Abbott, Sarah Hayes, Joe Rattray, Kevin Brolly and Philip Hague, their sets go from simple voice and guitar compositions ("Four Bulbs"), through stomping Wilco-esque tunes to riotous cacophonies of white noise (see "Squealing Pigs" above); their songs about alienation within relationships and experiences of “youth” itself are sung and screamed with utter abandon while the band works themselves into a furious frenzy.

The full album is currently streaming at AOL Spinner, click HERE to listen.

Set for release March 8, Alexi Murdoch’s forthcoming album, Towards The Sun, is “the most alluring and fully realized collection of songs he's crafted so far,” – NPR. The full album is currently streaming on the site. Click HERE to listen.

Murdoch recorded the majority of Towards the Sun in Vancouver in a single night while on tour in North America in 2009. Revisiting the tracks months later in New York, Murdoch fleshed out the tracks with the help of musicians known for their work in Brooklyn’s independent music scene, including Jon Natchez (Beirut), Kelly Pratt (Beirut) and Kyle Resnick (The National).

Married folk-duo Deb Talan and Steve Tannen of The Weepies were recently feature on NPR's World Cafe. The pair are in the final stretch of their 35-city US tour behind their latest album Be My Thrill. Listen to the in-depth interview and acoustic performance HERE. 

Frazey Ford recently sat down with Guy Raz, the host of NPR's Weekend All Things Considered, to talk about new album Obadiah. If you missed it, listen HERE. 

Former Be Good Tanyas frontwoman Frazey Ford stopped by the NPR offices in Washington, DC a couple weeks ago for a special acoustic performance at host Bob Boilen's desk for NPR's coveted Tiny Desk Concerts.  Check it out HERE. 

Says host Bob Boilen: "Ten years ago, I heard an astonishing voice stand out in a group filled with strong singers. The voice belonged to Frazey Ford; the group was The Be Good Tanyas.

The Be Good Tanyas released three outstanding albums — Blue Horse is still a favorite of mine — and then, silence. It's been four years since we've heard Ford's lilting, laid-back sound, but now she's back with a solo record. The album, Obadiah (which also features another Be Good Tanya, Trish Klein) follows Ford's love of rhythm and blues and traditional American country music.

Ford came to the NPR Music offices for this Tiny Desk Concert — armed with her acoustic guitar and a cheetah jumpsuit — and lulled our office with four beautiful tunes. If you loved The Be Good Tanyas, like me, you'll be thrilled to hear her sing again. And if you've never heard Frazey Ford, you're in for a treat."