Watch the new video from Glasgow-based folk singer and songwriter Iona Lane for ‘Bring the Tide In’, her new single and title track of her forthcoming EP on which she is joined by Lucy Farrell, Malin Lewis and Euan Burton.

As part of their 85th anniversary, Topic Records reissue Martin Carthy’s self-titled debut solo album on vinyl – an iconic, almost peerless release, read why this album is as essential a listen now as it was in 1965.

On Ark Angel II, Alex Homan’s experimental freeform guitar flourishes guide the listener on a meandering walk…warbling tapes, glitchy sounds and occasional cacophonous outbursts all serve to remind you that it’s sometimes necessary to get intentionally lost in order to truly appreciate freedom.

Itasca’s Imitation of War is a record that sounds both rooted in history yet alive and breathing as it responds and feels a way through the present-day traumas that engulf us. It is an album overflowing in wonderous moments.

We chat to The McGoldrick Family about ‘One For The Road’…we’re in total agreement with Brendan McGoldrick, his son, Michael McGoldrick and their three granddaughters have made “a mighty record”.

‘Diamond Days’, his first solo album in four years, finds Brooks Williams at his very best with just those six strings and vocal cords for company.

Watch the new video from Basque multi-instrumentalist Elena Setién for ‘Asking’, filmed in the ancient cave systems of the Basque Country, and taken from her new album Moonlit Reveries, a collaboration with Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche.

Listen to our latest Playlist: Afro and Arabic Funk #1 featuring 70s African rare grooves, Spiritual Jazz, Psychedelic Soul, Afrobeat, Habibi Funk, sub-Saharan African blues and more.

Watch Buck Curran and Jodi Pedrali performing ‘Sadness’. The tune, despite the name, is one laced with hope and is influenced by the moods of John Coltrane’s lamentation ‘Alabama’ and Ornette Coleman’s ‘Sadness’.

Listening to ‘gratitude’, the latest album from Cassie Kinoshi’s seed., requires some investment of both mind and spirit. Made from the raw materials of Kinoshi’s life, gratitude overflows with harmony and clarity.

Tompkins Square revisit Tyler Ramsey’s Record Store Day 78 rpm and make it available digitally for the first time. The two contrasting tracks are striking and poetic gems.

Our Tune of the Day comes from North Carolina-based duo Magic Tuber Stringband featuring Courtney Werner and Evan Morgan. Listen to their new single ‘Twelfth House’, taken from their forthcoming album Needlefall.