Frontier Ruckus’ ‘On the Northline’ is lifted over the minor keys as they explore the redemptive power of love and the potential for salvation when life can appear at its bleakest. A highly recommended album.

Next month sees the publication of Brendan Greaves’ Truckload of Art: The Life and Work of Terry Allen – the definitive, deep-dive, authorized, and first-ever biography of Terry Allen.

Oisín Leech’s Cold Sea is an album of rapt meditations on life and love, set against the wild Irish landscape. These are songs that flow placidly, broodingly, leaving the listener awed into silence.

Snow from Yesterday is a shimmering album from the acclaimed Austrian composer Manu Delago featuring Mad About Lemon vocal ensemble. Mesmeric and fresh, it holds a hopeful candle to the human spirit.

Spiritual vibes resonate throughout the new Monday Morning Brew featuring Herbie Hancock, Don Cherry, Alice Coltrane, Jon Hassell, Dorothy Ashby, eden ahbez, Mike Cooper, Angel Bat Dawid, Maurice Louca and more.

Australian guitar whizz D.C Cross has shared a video for ‘A Harebrained Adventure of An Amateur Shaman’, directed by Steve Hanft. The results speak for themselves, an experimental and adventurous collaboration…a total gem.

We met Jenny Sturgeon and Boo Hewerdine to talk about their new Outliers album, a beautiful celebration of spontaneity and space, blending strong songwriting with acoustic arrangements and subtle electronics.

Martin Simpson announces his new album Skydancers (Topic Records) and shares a stunning video for the title track, made in collaboration with Ballet Folk and Studio Bokego.

Natascha Rogers’ ‘Onaida’ is a laid-back and immensely satisfying album. She has created a personalised aural space reflecting motifs such as her Native American ancestry, spirituality, compassion, humanity, the natural world, and womanhood—one to savour.

Jo Bartlett shares her new music video for ‘Drawing A Line’ – a Kodachrome dream of analogue moments – taken from her new album ‘Ghost Tapes 1 to 9’, out on 26 April 2024.

Filmed in CoisCéim, Dublin and directed by Myles O’Reilly, watch Niamh Bury performing ‘Budapest’, from her debut album on Claddagh Records ‘Yellow Roses’, which was produced by Brian Brían Mac Gloinn of Ye Vagabonds.

Sive talks us through her album ‘In Cloak & Womb’. Taking inspiration from the legacy of Brigid in her goddess and saint forms, she explores how her echo might resonate in the world today, particularly concerning themes of climate change and social justice.