Guardian Music — The stock may be insured, but what about labels with cashflow problems or record stores awaiting stock? We talk to them ...A few days after the Sony DADC warehouse was set on fire during the riots in London, destroying a catastrophic amount of record... more info

DrownedInSound — Erland and the Carnival are a group who don't need to concern themselves with where they figure in the history and future of folk music in any sense. They are more than interesting enough just being themselves. Read the full story on Drownedin... more info

Guardian Music — (Full Time HobbyRecorded in the bowels of HMS President, a first world war ship moored on the Thames, and with lyrics inspired by TS Eliot, the Egyptian Book of the Dead and Dream of the Rood (one of the oldest known poems in English), Nightingale is... more info

Guardian Music — A pop song inspired by a Grayson Perry artwork? Yes, and with a rather fine video tooMap of an Englishman – the first single from Erland and the Carnival's second album, Nightingale – is named after a Grayson Perry artwork that hangs in the studi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Kyle Dean Reinford Villagers @ Knitting Factory "The great thing about Conor and his crew, playing for as a full band on this tour, is the variety of styles and feelings. On the low end of the spectrum... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: The Fresh & Onlys - Waterfall (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Erland & the Carnival - Trouble in Mind (Mp3) The Fresh & Onlys It's an early installment of TWII this week. Most of the awesome shows (to me)... more info

Guardian Music — Purists beware – Erland and the Carnival, Ian King and Trembling Bells are among a new wave of bands unafraid to reclaim traditional folk songs for their own musical endsSomewhere between singing folk ballads as an Orkney-dwelling teenager and... more info