Glenn Kimpton shares his Top 10 albums of 2024, including releases from Charles ‘Poppy Bob’ Walker, Ben Nicholls, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Ava Mendoza, Nathan Bowles Trio, Laura Jane Wilkie, Joshua Massad & Dylan Aycock and more.

Belfast-based folk singer-songwriter Joshua Burnside shares his new single ‘Up and Down’, a long-awaited fan favourite from Josh’s live shows and a key single from the upcoming album.

Bridget Hayden shares her new single, an interpretation of the traditional folk song ‘She Moved Through the Fayre’. The accompanying video features footage of Abingdon Fair and Goose Fair, filmed between 1970-1979.

Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver announce Hinterland album and share ‘Hawk and Crow’ single and video. For us, this isn’t just a folk song—it’s a conversation with the past, an ode to nature, and a glimpse of storytelling at its finest.

It’s somewhat a consensus that the magic of late guitar genius Robbie Basho’s music was best felt in concert. Hence, ‘Snow Beneath the Belly of a White Swan’ is a serious treat featuring several hours of music from a true original, an underrated guitar giant.

Gavin Fairhall Lever return in February with their new album, Tearing Down Walls. Listen to the album opener, Taurus, which displays a poetic cohesiveness and journey-like quality that will leave you wanting more.

David Grubbs announces new album, Whistle from Above, his first Drag City release in over a decade, and shares new Single/Video “The Snake on Its Tail”.

Watch Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s new video ‘London May’, named after, and featuring, the musician/actor. Directed by Sai Selvarajan it starts off moody and dark and gives way to a hopeful optimism.

Tunng share their new single and video ‘Everything Else’ featuring footage from 20 years of writing, performing and touring together, culminating in a heartfelt, nostalgia-heavy watch that perfectly matches the essence of the song.

The rich storytelling of Norman Paterson’s ‘Loved’ reflects on the cherished memories of people and places rooted in the earth of his home; while the title may be in the past tense, the emotions, like this album, are enduring.

In terms of lyrical content and musical atmosphere, To Warm the Winter Hearth is a winter (rather than a Christmas) album. Along with Windborne’s almost supernatural grasp of harmony singing, this an impressive, evocative work of art.

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