The 2011 Grammy Award Nominees were recently announced and included nominations for Gary Paczosa and Brendon Bell (engineers) and Sunny Nam and Doug Sax (mastering) for their work on Sarah's album Follow Me Down - the Grammy Award Show airs February 12th on CBS.

The nominees for the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2012 were announced recently on the Mike Harding show and we are delighted to let you know that Emily has been nominated in two categories! The first is for the prestigious title of 'Folk Singer of the Year' and the second is 'Best Traditional Track' for her song 'Sweet Lover of Mine' as featured on her album 'Traiveller's Joy' released earlier this year. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in Salford on 8th February 2012.

Sarah Jarosz is set to return to the UK & Europe in May/June 2012 in support of her recently released album 'Follow Me Down' on Sugar Hill Records. There's also a possibility of a return in August to play a few festivals.

The Carolina Chocolate Drops will bring their unmissable live show back to the UK next year with a date at London’s Cecil Sharp House on January 23. The band is currently working on the follow up to their Grammy Award-winning Nonesuch Records debut Genuine Negro Jig, which was released to wide acclaim in January last year.  2010 also saw the Carolina Chocolate Drops play to sell-out audiences and festival crowds across the UK.  As The  Times remarked in one live review, 'In the end, a standing ovation was the only possible response. Anything, you sense, is possible now'.  The band’s as-yet-untitled new album is due for release in early 2012.

We're pleased to announce representation of Fay Hield who is to release her new album on Topic Records in 2012. Fay & the Hurricane Party will be supporting the album with a run of summer festivals & a 10 date in October 2012. The band will be drawn from a pool of musicians - Jon Boden, Sam Sweeney, Andy Cutting and Rob Harbron etc.

We're pleased to welcome the David Wax Museum to the Unique Gravity roster.  Recently anointed as Boston's Americana Artist of the year(2010 Boston Music Awards), the DWM has been called 'one of Boston's hottest new bands'(Boston Globe). After a summer of playing all the key US festivals & concert halls the DWM will be over playing UK festivals/concerts in July 2012 in support of their latest album Everything Is Saved.

Will be opening up for Ade Edmondson & the Bad Shepherds on their extensive Autumn UK tour as well as playing a few solo shows in the UK & Europe. Samantha will be releasing her new album You(Understood) in October on Ramseur Records via Proper Distribution.

The multi-artist collaboration brought together by Shrewsbury Folk Festival and the EFDSS release their CD/DVD on the 5th September based around the life and legacy of English Folk Collector Cecil Sharp. We're pleased to annouce they will be touring the project again in January 2012.

We're pleased to announce Richard Shindell is to be the Special Guest on the Show Of Hands November tour - dates listed on the tour page.  Richard will also play 3 solo headline shows in London, Sheffield and Chorley.

After a recent trip to the ECMA Conference in Nova Scotia we are pleased to announce representation of the Canadian band New Country Rehab.  The plan is to tour them Jan / Feb 2012 in support of their new album due for release later this year - see artist page for more information.