Today sees the release of Dharma, the stunning new EP from Samana (Rebecca Rose Harris and Franklin Mockett), exploring mythic landscapes, forgotten memories, and the innate search for freedom and peace.

Damir Imamović, the Sarajevo-born sevdah performer and tambur player tells us about his remarkable new album and soundtrack for Aleksander Hemon’s novel, The World and all that it Holds.

Claddagh Records have announced their first signing in 18 Years of ØXN featuring Radie Peat (Lankum), John ‘Spud’ Murphy and Eleanor Myler (Percolator) and Katie Kim. Their first single, Love Henry, will be released next month.

Archangel Hill is Shirley Collins’s third album since returning to the studio half a decade ago; this album and its two predecessors seem almost to relish their maturity and at 87, she continues to create some of the most exceptional music of her career.

Buck Meek announces his third album Haunted Mountain – exploring love and soulfulness and featuring co-writes with Jolie Holland, including the lead single and title track. Watch the accompanying video.

On June 16th Tompkins Square are releasing the boxset Rick Deitrick – The Unguitarist: Complete Works, 1969-2022. Listen to the previously unreleased track ‘Free and Easy’, also our tune of the Day.

Indie folk singer-songwriter Ivan Moult is set to release his third album “Songs From Severn Grove” tomorrow on Welsh label Bubblewrap Records. You can hear it in full and read Ivan’s Track-by-Track guide on Folk Radio today.

Northgate Folk Festival is a new experimental and contemporary folk all-dayer in the heart of Chester delivering a refreshingly original lineup including Brìghde Chaimbeul, Shovel Dance Collective, The Gentle Good, Toria Wooff, Jacken Elswyth, Calum Gilligan, Bobby Lee, Jennifer Reid, Milkweed and Robbie Caswell-Jones.

Bobby Lee is back with Endless Skyways, his third full album and second release on Tompkins Square. Watch the video for his woozy swamp rock ‘Acid Grassland’, also our Tune of the Day.

Featuring new music from David Keenan, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Kassi Valazza and Jim Ghedi & Toby Hay. Plus some favourites from This Is the Kit, Cass McCombs, Damien Jurado, Michael Chapman, Big Thief, King Creosote, Buck Meek, James Yorkston, Emiliana Torrini & more.

With voice, lyrics and melodies, the songs on ‘Kassi Valazza Knows Nothing’ will draw you into its embrace. A totally captivating album that’s sure to bring Valazza the larger audience she deserves.

Sam Burton shares his inner-Walden on ‘I Don’t Blame You’, taken from his upcoming album ‘Dear Departed’. “…it’s so important for a writer to have an inner world they can go back to to reconnect with themselves and this song revealed that place to me.”