Steve Knightley, frontman of folk roots legends Show of Hands, announces ‘The Winter Yards’, his first solo studio album in 17 years. Watch the video for emotionally charged ‘Requiem’, featuring The Lost Sound Dartmoor Folk Choir.

Lea Thomas’s “Cosmos Forever” follows an expansive and timeless pathway, allowing her to incorporate broader influences while maintaining the essence of what great music is all about.

Spiers & Boden have announced their Spring Tour dates for 2025. Watch them performing ‘Bluey Brink’, a strange tale…as Boden told us, “Such a weird type of hero, sheep shearing and drinking acid. Brilliant!”

The latest Betwixt and Between offering features London-based singing duo Bridget & Kitty and Sheffield free-folk improvisers Resonant Bodies. The cassette series is quickly becoming a valuable document of the outer reaches of British experimental folk music.

Christy Moore signs to Claddagh Records and shares his new single ‘Black and Amber’, taken from his forthcoming new album ‘A Terrible Beauty’, to be released on Friday, 1st November 2024. 

Today sees the release of Junior Brother’s new single, ‘Take Guilt’, accompanied by a Lyric Video by Dylan Gomery. With a UK tour in October, he is currently working on album number three, with famed producer John “Spud” Murphy (black midi, Lankum) at the helm.

With ‘In The Dark We Grow’, Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage have delivered a brilliant and beguiling album; well-crafted and captivating, it’s one to treasure.

Bill Callahan shares a new visualiser for ‘Coyotes (Live)’ – “I was looking for footage that was neither here nor there. Not of the earth or the cosmos. Somewhere between, which I think a lot of life hangs in places like that.”

Making Tracks returns this autumn with a fresh lineup of eight extraordinary musicians, including talents from the UK, Syria, Kenya, Denmark, Finland, and Xinjiang who will embark on a journey of musical exploration and collaboration inspired by diverse cultures and the natural world.

Displaying a real willingness to push boundaries, The Rheingans Sisters’ ‘Start Close In’ is an endlessly fascinating, multi-faceted album steeped in the traditions of European folk dance but equally inspired by the avant-garde leanings of John Cale and twentieth-century minimalism.

As Folk rock pioneers Steeleye Span prepare to head out on the road for their 55th Anniversary Green Man Tour, watch rare footage from a 1970 TV appearance and a 1974 performance at Penshurst Place for the BBC.

Enjoy our Monday Morning Brew playlist featuring Joni Mitchell, First Aid Kit, Nat Myers, Nora Brown & Blind Boy Paxton, Red Allen, Dave Rawlings Machine, Hem, Alela Diane, Leo Kottke, Tucker Zimmerman, Tia Blake, Valerie June, Dawn Landes, Marlon Williams, Sandy Denny and more.