The 9-piece folk band Shovel Dance Collective announce their new album ‘The Water is the Shovel of the Shore’, exploring resonances of river Thames, and share their lead single ‘The Bold Fisherman’.

Inspired by the life and work of photographer Mike Brodie, Samana release their new single ‘Two Wrongs’, an ode to escaping and breaking free from the mundane.

Emboldened by the band’s incredible array of talent, The Magpie Arc’s Glamour In The Grey is an incredibly varied album which shows that there is nothing predictable or pedestrian about folk-rock. It’s a welcome shot in the arm and a wild ride.

Dezron Douglas shares the second single from his new album ATALAYA on International Anthem. “More Coffee Please” is ‘a muscular, hard-swinging tune with the energy of the celebrated beverage.’

Spencer Cullum shares his new video for Kingdom Weather (feat. Yuma Abe), the lead single from his forthcoming new album Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection 2, due for release in April 2023.

With Escape That, Sam Sweeney has made his most personal record to date. His playing has never been more confident or fluid and the accompaniments are also stellar in their subtlety. It is gorgeous, joyous playing, possibly his best yet.

Featuring Mali Obomsawin, Marisa Anderson, Burd Ellen, One Leg One Eye (Ian Lynch of Lankum), Marlais, Goat, Sharron Kraus, Elspeth Anne, Trevor Beales, David A. Jaycock, Dan Melchior, The Phonometrician, Harmonie Fields, Sound and Voice, Everest Magma, Blake Hornsby, Earth Room, Jessica Moss & more.

Produced by Jeff Tweedy, Alpenglow is Trampled by Turtles’ tenth album and is, without doubt, the band’s most contemplative album to date; one in which to immerse yourself.

Goat have risen and served notice of their return with ‘Oh Death’, the most earth-shakingly punchy album of their career so far. The effect these ten tracks leave on the listener is head-spinningly wonderful; lose yourself in the giddy delight of the experience.

A creative director, designer and photographer, at 40, Joseph Shipp is only now stepping out into a new career as a singer-songwriter with his debut album, ‘Free, For A While’; it’s unquestionably one of the year’s best.

We talk to those involved in Saltlines, a massive and ambitious project, that includes the author Raynor Winn, members of Gigspanner Big Band and Deborah Knight. The tour has a few days left and the accompanying double album is out now.

Bass player and double bass maker Neal Heppleston releases his new solo album “Plankton and the Whale Shark” next month. Watch the video for his lead single Ebisu, featuring Sharron Kraus and Hayden Berry, a deeply immersive listening experience that you really don’t want to end.