Hailing from Lisbon, Ana Lua Caiano is the latest signing to Glitterbeat – her fusion of electronic and traditional Portuguese music is empowering, inspiring and confrontational.

On ËNDLËSS, Adelaide-based 6-piece Sons of Zöku concoct an upbeat, heady blend of psychedelic rock that blends in sing-along chants and a limb-stretching mass of influences including Eastern music, folk, jazz and soul—made for carefree, long summer days.

Richard Thompson announces his new studio album “Ship to Shore” and shares his lead single, a swaying shanty titled “Singapore Sadie” that fans may recognise. Plus, details of his US and UK Tour Dates and Limited Edition releases.

On Qasr, the defiance and courage of Sheherazaad translates into some of the most wondrous and exhilarating music I’ve ever heard. There isn’t another album like it; it’s transformational, and everyone should own a copy.

Taken from her forthcoming album ‘Late Slap’, Dana Gavanski shares her Talking Heads-esque single/video ‘Ears Were Growing’ – an escapist dream that spirals back to the reality of being stuck on the same old sofa with the same old thoughts.

Watch Hatis Noit’s latest video for Jomon, an incredible 3-D animation by Berlin-based Taiwanese-Japanese media artist NAOWAO, that takes inspiration from Japan’s ancient Jōmon culture.

Mdou Moctar reveal the lead single and video of their new album ‘Funeral for Justice’ on which their songs speak unflinchingly to the plight of Niger and of the Tuareg people. Primed with a new sense of purpose and urgency, their music is louder, faster, and fiery.

Ned Roberts announces his new album, Heavy Summer. Watch the accompanying video for his lead single, Another Record Round. That warm Laurel Canyon vibe is still there – dreamy and soulful, melancholy balanced by a hint of psychedelic sparkle; it’s another beautifully crafted single.

While quietly understated, the vital messages found in the songs of Maddie Morris on ‘Skin’ are no less potent. It’s a remarkable full-length debut album that should consolidate her position as a rising star in the folk firmament.

To mark the release of ‘Folklore 1979’, the acclaimed new album from Milkweed, watch the full-length 11-minute accompanying video created by Greg Butler of Oh Kestrel Films…it unspools like a single disjointed dream narrative, taking in ritual, extinction, migration, esoteric cosmogony and Arthurian legend.

On ‘The Closest Thing to Silence’, Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer fearlessly connect, creating a remarkably coherent album that offers exciting new narratives.

Filmed on Orkney by Lewis Baillie, Oisín Leech shares his music video for ‘One Hill Further’, taken from his forthcoming album Cold Sea. Don’t miss his upcoming tour, including dates when he’s joined by Steve Gunn, Dónal Lunny and Róisín McGrory.