Genticorum, an international leading voice in traditional Québécois music, premiere their video for ‘Old Yamaska’, taken from their eleventh album Au Coeur de l’Aube (The Heart of Dawn). It’s a real treat for the ears.

Scottish singer Kate Young’s solo debut Umbelliferæ is an album full of ambition, but Young never lets that ambition blind her to the importance of her message or the sheer delight of her songcraft. Umbelliferæ is the work of years: a wise, joyous epic.

John Patrick Elliott is an expert when it comes to making seemingly disharmonious concepts and radically disparate musical ideas work together, and My Role in the Show is the most perfectly realised example of that talent in his distinguished career.

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.