VIP: Very Interesting Persons takes the trawler’s approach with Findlay Napier & Boo Hewerdine dragging their net across the globe in search of characters worthy of a song. As an album it marries musicality with individuality, hits the sweet spot early and keeps giving ‘til the end.

Pokey LaFarge will release his new album ‘Something in the Water’ via Rounder Records on April 7th. Watch his new video for the title track and lead single. He told NPR that inspiration for the song came from a “band member’s girlfriend, who at one point literally had an El Camino in her front yard up on blocks.”

Our Song of the Day is Little Deaths, the opening track from Emily Barker’s new album The Toerag Sessions which is available to pre-order from Bandcamp today. The album was recorded live direct to tape at the legendary Toe Rag Studios in London. It’s a totally analogue using authentic 50s and 60s gear – the real deal.

Southdowns Folk Festival looks set to be another great year with headliners including Show of Hands, Breabach, O’Hooley & Tidow, The Young’Uns, the Broonzies, Craobh Rua, Pilgrims’ Way and many more. Check our video preview.

Rightly celebrated as one of the best banjo players in the UK as well as being a superb singer, songwriter and guitarist, Dan Walsh releases his new album Incidents & Accidents this month supported by an extensive UK tour. Watch his new video for Time To Stay.

A new name on the folk circuit, David Roberts makes his debut with the obliquely beautiful and poetic St Clears, an album inspired by a stay in the Carmarthenshire town of the same name. The album is full of references to nature, but cast in impressionistic lines that conjure a dreamy haze to wander through. A dappled musical dream that you won’t want to wake up from.

Since the current Fairport Convention line-up (Leslie, Pegg, Sanders, Nicol, Conway) came together in 1998 they’ve not put a foot wrong. Indeed, each successive album has, arguably, been better than the last. Myths And Heroes proves no exception as they set yet another high bar to be surpassed as they contemplate a follow up to coincide with their 50th anniversary.

Paul heads to Servant Jazz Quarters on a February Thursday to see relocated Canadian native Miriam Jones faithfully reproduce tracks from her latest album, ‘Between Green And Gone’.

We have a very special UK video premiere of Great Lake Swimmers performing ‘Don’t Leave Me Hanging’ at Tyendinaga Cavern and Caves in Tyendinaga, Ontario. The song features on their new album ‘A Forest of Arms’ due out in April.

Watch the new video from Bob Dylan for “The Night We Called It A Day,” from his new album ‘Shadows In The Night’, directed by Nash Edgerton.

I think this is probably the first time in a while that I’ve watched a music video about a couple in love and come away thinking ‘that was really beautiful’. The story behind the video is even more touching.

Our Song of the Day is from Kíla as they perform Suas Síos, the title track of their tenth studio album out on March 9th. Here they are performing live on RTÉ One