English folk songstress Emily Portman has announced that she has been nominated for a BBC FOLK AWARD for BEST ORIGINAL SONG for ‘Hatchlings and is to also tour with the Be Good Tanyas.

Watch the video for ‘Joanna’ from ‘Deaf Joe’. Think Bon Iver’s recent forays into soulful studio experimentation with the heart and directness of a piano based John Lennon composition.

On Matt Corby’s latest EP ‘Into the Flame’ he pulls on diverse influences from the rousing to soulful blues and a spellbinding duet with ex Middle East singer Bree Tranter.

Gadarene’s EP Volume One: 1694-2011 takes tunes from manuscripts of English dance musicians of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and creates something more modern!

Wooden Flute and Fiddle is a fantastically inventive debut release from Calum Stewart and Lauren MacColl. Fiercely tradtional but remarkably inventive and unexpected.

Ralph McTell’s guitar playing is rhythmic, sensitive and lyrical; his voice is smooth yet earthy and his songs accessible. He is witty and speaks with the humour of a friend casually sharing stories over a pint.

Watch the Villagers new video for ‘Nothing Arrived’ which documents a day in the life of one Terrence Bliss – a lonely office worker whose repetitive existence is momentarily disturbed.

Download a free track from Cam Penner’s new album ‘To Build a Fire’ and read what musical collaborator and close friend Jon Wood has to say about it.

BBC Young Folk Award finalist David Gibb has released a new single ‘Prince John’. Watch the video for the title track which was shot in Derbyshire.

Episode 008 of ‘Mix Tape Radio on FRUK’ is a bit of a ‘themed’ mix this week. That theme being ‘winter is coming’ (which, by the way, it is).

For anyone that missed Sam Lee’s fabulous performance of ‘The Ballad of George Collins’ at this years Mercury Award then you can watch it below.

A new episiode of The Nest Collective Hour goes out this Saturday at 9:00pm. Sam Lee will be playing some great tunes and this week he has Dom Coyote in session.