Putting together a fab series of gigs in 2026 at Bishops' House ... more to be announced but so far this is what we have coming up.

I'm heading up to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Thurs 20th Nov to play alongside Alula Down at the Star and Shadow. I'll be previewing some new sounds from my forthcoming album due in 2026.

Not many tickets left for this!

Scotland bound…. Playing Glasgow on 19th November at Cottiers with the formidable Rún. Their new album on @rocketrecordings.bsky.social is soooo good!!

Sheffield tickets more than half gone for Sulk Rooms / James Adrian Brown so don't delay!

Friday 31st October at Bishops' House, Sheffield Feathered Thorns + Zandra

The world is stuck. The world is echoing through its own time. The world is tired and old and wants to sleep. Time to sing the world to sleep. Time to sing the stars to sleep. This is the shadow time. This is Dusking bonfirehill.bandcamp.com/album/songs-...

Next live appearance from me will be on your screens, not in person! I am delighted to be part of the next online transmission from Papay, Orkney, as part of Holm Sound where I will performing a live deep time survey of geological formations in South Ayrshire and the ancient ocean of Iapetus.

End of this week at Bishops' House,Sheffield Me Lost Me (full band) With support from Ben McElroy

Exploring a couple of Portugal's dolmens. Anta da Melriça Anta do Penedo Gordo #StandingStoneSunday @megalithic.bsky.social

qd40 Scanner - Forces, Reactions, Deflections - out now! Elated to welcome one of the most enduringly creative and boundary-pushing artists of the last few decades to quiet details, Robin Rimbaud, @scannerdot.com Out now on CD and digital #scanner #quietdetails #music #ambient #musicsky

Same shit, different church! we have added a second violet hour show as the first one sold out immediately. Thur 27 November - St Matthias Church, Stoke Newington tickets go on sale on Friday at midday UK time link.dice.fm/I94a007793e0. wegottickets.com/event/677968/

Come and join me in Whitby. Some absolute legends playing (and me) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/switched-o...

Will never tire of watching the kids in this video, having absolutely no idea what's going on, but still vibing anyway: youtu.be/3H-fmmNmrRs?...

Have I happened to mention that my associates and I that comprise the Wildlife Discotheque are supporting the wonderful @sulkrooms.bsky.social and more at Images, Plymouth on Nov 9th and we're all very excited:)

Welcoming back the very wonderful Emma Tricca in January, alongside Pete Greenwood (The See See) wegottickets.com/event/677736/

This Friday at Bishops' House We've some of the WIP for this so we can say with certainty it involves castings of Lou's teeth and some of the wooden heads from the house. Beyond excited about this pairing of Lou Barnell and Quieting and their re-interpretation of the scold's bridle exhibit

Linktree updated with two new gig announcements for December 5/12 Hidden Britain presents 'Wren's Nest / The Balloonist 12/12 Thomas House / Pefkin linktr.ee/sonidopolifo...

A reminder of our line-up for the rest of the year. Tickets getting low for: Lou Barnell Arianne Churchman & Ben Drew Sulk Rooms David Boulter

Just over a week until the magic of Folklore Tapes takes over Bishops' House A wee clip from last time around to entice! 4th October

Omg only 1 week

My wonderful label has a new release from Soccer Committee.

Feel like I just try and plug things on here instead of engaging but anyway… I have this YouTube channel. It’s a random mess of stones stuff, music stuff and videos about my van, Sven. But, if subscribing to YouTube channels is a thing you do, there’s probably something interesting there…

Penelope Trappes + Sara Zozaya (CAPRICHOS DBDB, dark ambient, AUS/UK) 06/10/2025 Sarrerak DICE & dabadabass.com

head on over to AQD today and check out these new tunes i recorded - YAY !

Today's my birthday! It's a real gift to be guest mix Midwife's NTS show tonight at 10:00pm(GMT) The show is dedicated to the souls who've been undeservingly taken from us by war & to folks all around the world who live with only love & hope in their hearts to be free from oppression of any kind 🕊️

I'm playing a gig in Sheffield tomorrow at Sidney & Matilda, supporting Beautify Junkyards. I'll be on at 8pm. www.sidneyandmatilda.com/events/sm-presents-beautify-junkyards

HEY COOL PERSON! YES YOU! SEEN THIS ABSOLUTELY FAB EVENT HAPPENING IN NOV IN MY STUNNING COASTAL CITY OF SUNDERLAND. SOLD NEARLY HALF OF THE TICKETS! THRILLED TO SEE THE DEMAND DESIRE FOR EVENTS LIKE BOUNDARIES. GRAB A TICKET BELOW OR SPREAD THE WORD IF YOU CAN..X musiccity.uk/whats-on/bou...

The mystical 6 string splendour of Buck Curran, visiting us from Italy, sure to appeal to fans of Robbie Basho, Jack Rose et al. Max Tzortzatos, from Switzerland, will be bringing mysterious folk noir with a hint of cosmic Americana. Thursday 11th September 7pm Bishops' House, Sheffield

Some Bishops' House news too. This week we have tickets left for Liverpudlian fiddler / songwriter / trad interpreter Mikey Kenney (but not many) 10th September

Very happy to announce that my new Pefkin show will be supporting Beautify Junkyards at Sidney & Matilda in Sheffield 20th September

use code sep10 to get 10% off anything in my Bandcamp shop between now and Saturday 😍 I got t-shirts now and everything! loulayorke.bandcamp.com

I put together a playlist and a blog post for Harry Towell’s @whitelabrecs.bsky.social, A Field Guide to Ambient Folk. Two hours of gorgeous sounds, here: whitelabrecs.com/blog/b/field...

For yr B-ndc-mp FRIDAY consideration: new tape drops over at jeffreyalexander.bandcamp.com Heavy Lidders outrageous live takes on Trad Gras + The Guess Who. holy moley. With guest players Brent Cordero (Psychic Ills) on rheem combo organ and Clint Takeda (Bardo Pond) on vocals. What the what ?

Here's some big Electroscope news and something I never anticipated. All Night Flight have reissued our very first release "When the Oscilloscope Meets the Magic Eye". Recorded to 4 track / Ferrograph in 1996, clueless but undeterred! allnightflightrecords.com/collections/...

Bandcamp Friday is a good day to pre-order my new album, out on Weds 6th, Listening Party party next Thurs 7th 💜💫

Half our tickets gone for this marvellous double bill of Pete Astor and Emma Tricca. It's over a month away so expecting this to sell out. It's an intimate venue with very limited capacity so don't sleep if you want to see these fabulous singer-songwriters in Sheffield

Every so often Electroscope arises from slumber! Stay tuned for some fab and unexpected re-release news coming this Friday! 90s throwback photos from Castlerigg and 13th Note

People of Stockton, a reminder that me and @bobfischer.bsky.social are bringing our Folk Horror show your way on Wednesday 10 September, at the Stockton Arts Centre! Robes and goat masks optional. Tickets: bit.ly/44Jh9EJ

Dons of drone Slomo play their first ever Sheffield gig after 20 years of making sublime ambient doom duo and it's at Bishops' House in September!

Very happy to announce that next in the quiet details series is the wildly creative and prolific multi-disciplinary artist and music writer, Brad Rose @foxydigitalis.bsky.social Digital and CD with long-form edition, six panel digipack and art print. Digital half-price until 1st August. #musicsky

New release : the legendary duo The Child Readers with its 3rd album. 18 years later Available here and only here (no platforms except this one ) : ruralfaune.bandcamp.com/album/kill-y...

I forgotten I have blue-sky. Anyway, new @taktentradio.bsky.social ! taktentradio.com?p=4615

Spent the afternoon in the Cumberland Arms watching the Pastels and it was totally life-affirming

Many of you have been asking about how to help our dear pal Keith, aka JD Twitch (Optimo) who has in-operable aggressive brain cancer - here's the crowdfunder ❤️ This man has done so much for music, music careers, and his charity work has been relentless ❤️ Thanks so much friends❤️ tinyurl.com/y9vtc7pj

Line-up for autumn at Bishops' House, Sheffield Folk - ambient doom drone - American primitive guitar stylings - indiepop legends - psych folk chanteuse - electro-folk - improv - electronica - cosmic cowboys It's going to be great - be part of it!

Enormous thanks to Klemen Breznikar at It's Psychedelic Baby for interview Alison O'Donnell and me about A Colloquy of Birds. You can read it here: www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2025/07/a-co...

Including Horse Loom and Summerisle at Bishops' House on 24th July ... down to single figures for tickets

INCOMING The incomparable Me Lost Me! 24th October, Bishops' House, Sheffield wegottickets.com/event/669085

Truly astonishing album from Dean Brown and Ben Spiers catapulting me right back to the mid 00s with its cosmic spiralling drone and splutter bunkland.bandcamp.com/album/celest...