Otis Gibbs is back in the UK in July. Plus check out his podcast, in the latest he interviews Chuck Mead and talks UFOs, dropping acid, Levon Helm, Keith Richards & more!

Our Song of the Day is from Karan Casey performing ‘Home’ with Aoife O’Donvan. The track is from her latest solo album ‘Two More Hours’. Watch them performing live.

We reckon A Thousand Hearts Is Cara Dillon’s best album yet. It may have been a 5 year gap since the last one but it’s the quality that counts.

Show of Hands are back on the road with Miranda Sykes this Autumn, a welcome return for what has been a busy time for all band members…here’s what they’ve been up to…

9Bach’s opening track of their new album Tincian get’s the remix treatment taking the already throbbing bass to a new psychedelic level. UK Tour kicks off 15th May!

Whispers is the new album from Mike Rosenberg better known to most as Passenger. Simon delves into the album and falls hook, line and sinker for the extraordinary quality of the songs.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne’s Bridie Jackson and The Arbour return – drawing on English folk traditions and Eastern European colours their sophomore album ‘New Skin’ is stunning.

Our Song of the Day is from Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle performing The Night Owl Homeward Turns. It was filmed at the Hat & Feather, Bath in April 1993.

Folk Radio UK catches a rare opportunity to see BBC Folk Award Best Duo winners Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin perform in an intimate house gig, it was a magical evening.

Liam Ó Maonlaí’s ground-breaking solo album Rian takes to the stage as a thrilling dance-gig from which we also take our Song of the Day.

Harpeth Rising take their name from the fast flowing, powerful tributary of Tennessee’s Cumberland River. Like that, their latest album is in full flood.

Mo Kenney’s self-titled album sets a very high bench mark and it’s way past time the rest of us caught up with what Canadians seem to know already Mo Kenney is a star in the making.