The quality of Michele Stodart’s new album ‘Invitiation’ is perfect…a highly personal album that emerges as one of strength, acceptance, resilience and ultimately hope in those transformations.

Taken from Documenting Snapshots, the new album from Gilmore & Roberts, watch their video for ‘I, Burnum Burnum’, based on the declaration read out by Australian Aboriginal activist Burnum Burnum, as he planted the Aboriginal flag on the beach in Dover on 26th January 1988.

On ‘Our Roots Run Deep‘, Dominique Fils-Aimé offers a humanist side to healing where mind, soul and body connect to word, rhythm and imagery. It’s an album that dreams in lush colours, a stunning work of folk-magic and fellowship.

‘So Far We Have Come’ has breathtaking and memorable moments, making it such a thoroughly intriguing and enjoyable album. In exploring the possibilities of melding English and Arabic folk traditions, Tamsin Elliott  & Tarek Elazhary have created a worthy addition to the musical canons of both cultures.

As Kathryn Tickell and The Darkening return with their second album, Cloud Horizons, we chat with Kathryn about how the album came about, the shadow of Hadrian’s Wall, mythical magic, the multicultural history of Northumbria, job-sharing singers and more.

Benji Kirkpatrick’s sixth studio release, In Phase, is out on 6th October; watch his new video for the beautifully arranged “You Could Try Roulette”, his second album single. Don’t miss his album tour, which kicks off in October.

Viv & Riley’s ‘Imaginary People’ is a more complex and emotionally profound work than their acclaimed debut which was a Folk Radio  UK  album of the year in 2021, there’s no reason to think this won’t be a repeat performance.

Featuring Rachel Sermanni, Mick Flannery, John Francis Flynn, TRÚ, Pentangle, Kathryn Tickell, Gilmore & Roberts, The Gentle Good, Lal & Norma Waterson, Peter Bellamy, Robin Williamson, Meg Baird, Magpahi, Tim Hart & Maddy Prior, Shelagh McDonald and more.

Banjo-loving Coleraine native Damien O’Kane and California’s Ron Block are on the road again this month with their band for what promises to be a great party. It includes a one-off show at Hammersmith Irish & Cultural Centre with Michael McGoldrick and Irish singer Aoife Scott.

Melrose Quartet, featuring Nancy Kerr and James Fagan, and Jess and Richard Arrowsmith, announce their new album, ‘Make The World Anew’ and share their lead single and video animation (by Marry Waterson) for ‘Scarecrow’, a song written by Lal & Mike Waterson.

Joined by Yann Le Bozac and Sylvain Quéré, True North is probably Calum Stewart’s finest album yet, throughout which he delivers a most delightful and varied paean of praise to the north of Scotland.

In 2016, we interviewed Ex-Midlake frontman and songwriter Tim Smith about his new project ‘Harp’. While a lot has changed since that interview, today he is announcing his debut album ‘Albion’ and sharing the lead single and video “I Am The Seed”.