On Midsummer, London, Kate Carr is content to let the streets do the talking, observing the pulses and rhythms which otherwise go unnoticed: the fluvial gulping of the Thames, the polyrhythmic interactions of commuters’ footsteps, the industrial ambience of roadworks.

Watch the late great Kentucky multi-instrumentalist Jack Bunch performing ‘Cowboy Special’, taken from the forthcoming new Dolceola Recordings release – “Not A Flower On Dogwood Flats: The Music Of Jack Bunch & Laurel County”. It’s magical and timeless.

Natalia Beylis is an artist uncommonly in tune with the physicality of her surroundings and extremely attuned to the politics and history of these landscapes. With Lost – For Annie, an unexpectedly moving album, she demonstrates examples of all of these qualities.

Celebrated Scottish fiddle player Laura Jane Wilkie’s debut album ‘Vent’ screams confidence from start to finish. There are surprises and delights throughout its nine tracks that will demand many listens, each bringing something new.

While Small Medium Large, the exploratory kosmische jazz debut from SML (Anna Butterss, Jeremiah Chiu, Josh Johnson, Booker Stardrum & Gregory Uhlmann) contains unexpected multitudes, even at its most complex moments, it remains bright and airy, reflecting an impressive and sincere unity to their playing.

With the deeply immersive Wild Silence, we are given a glimpse of the world of Irish ornithologist and sound recordist Seán Ronayne, who captures the sound of nature without anthropogenic noise. This immersive album precedes his memoir, Nature Boy, which will be published in October.

Taken from Dean Owens forthcoming new album ‘Spirit Ridge’, watch the video for ‘My Beloved Hills’, his lead single. The new album is as big and cinematic as Dean’s recent collaboration with Calexico, with an equally deeply rooted sense of place.

The sixth in a series of Loose Music nights at the Betsey Trotwood pub featuring Roseanne Reid, Ollie Cook and surprise guest Will Varley provided a low-key and intimate alternative to the Glastonbury festival.

Lisa O’Neill has announced two very special ‘Symphony for the Moons’ orchestral shows this winter at Dublin’s National Concert Hall with the National Symphony Orchestra and London’s Barbican with the Britten Sinfonia.

In their latest Echos documentary, Murailles Music presents the music of Borja Flames. ‘cosmogonie pop’ examines Borja’s music and synesthesia. It’s a beautiful insight and an informative documentary that offers plenty of food for thought on music today.

The overall sound of The Key tends toward a hard-edged, rocky sub-species of post-punk, but in Chris Corsano’s hands, everything is up for grabs, and those genres become mutable and malleable…not a moment of it is anything less than engaging, and it is frequently astonishing.

With What Is Not Strange? Tashi Wada has announced himself as a truly distinctive voice, capable of creating experimental music on the most human level.