King Creosote and Jon Hopkins are to release a collaborative album through Domino Records on 28th March titled Diamond Mine. You can get your first taster here.

Alela Diane will be releasing her new album, ‘Wild Divine’ on 4th April on Rough Trade Records. Hear your first taster of her new album below with the opening track ‘To Begin’ and I’m sure you’ll agree she’s going for a whole new sound!

This April, Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, and Old Crow Medicine Show will embark on a tour unlike any in recent memory. Traveling exclusively in vintage railcars, the three bands will journey across the American Southwest!

The Boxer Rebellion have released a new album this month called The Cold Still. This little heard UK band look set to hit the limelight with the help of some top-notch production from Ethan Johns (Laura Marling). You can listen to the full album below.

Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes has just released three tracks for free download. One includes a duet with Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear. You can download them below

Erland and The Carnival come out trumps with their new release Nightingale. Gone are the acid folk beats, replaced with deeper re-inventions and new architecture seeking inspiration from one of the oldest poems in written form and the Egyptian Book Of The Dead. Listen to the opening track and watch the new video.

Island Records and the Sandy Denny estate are to release an exclusive 7″ vinyl EP for Record Day which is available for one day only. Find out more plus watch a full length documentary on Sandy Denny which reveals why she remains such an inspiration to so many.

The Garden are presenting a great event in Ipswich on 11th March featuring Rifmountaineer and folk finger forager Jason Steel along with Nancy Wallace. This will be a great night, if you’re new to Jason Steel and Nancy Wallace then check these videos and sound clips.

The Bony King of Nowhere enters the playlists of Folk Radio UK this week with his new album Eleonore. He is going to be big this year, just listen below to his distinctive voice and lyrics!

The silence beneath the bark is a short film animation by Joanna Lurie. Prepare to enter her own fairytale land set in a pine forest during winter inspired by her own childhood. Enjoy

We recently announced that Communion will be presenting the new one day Bushstock Festival on Saturday 7th May which includes Tom Williams & The Boat, The Staves and Fink. Further artists have now been confirmed, to find out who they are, read on…

Daylight Music continues at Union Chapel this coming Saturday 5th March when The Memory Band will be performing along with Marmaduke Dando and Cosmicorus. For more details and video read on!