Let What’s In, Out, is the long-awaited new release from accordionist Amy Thatcher. Over four tracks, with not a word to be heard, she conveys moments of serenity and emotional turbulence through top-class musicianship and imparts some food for thought along the way. She is in a class of her own.

Taken from their new forthcoming double album, watch ‘This Heart of Mine’, the new video from The Wave Pictures – it’s a gorgeous audio-visual delight and a reminder of how great it is to have them back.

Featuring a number of special guests, “1960” is one of the most personal albums Martyn Joseph as ever made. Quoting a line from one of the lyrics he describes “1960” as a soul taking stock, of looking inwards and finding acceptance. It’s an album of the year.

Playful, tender, thoughtful and moving, An Honest Effort is another reminder that Patershuk is one of the finest songwriters around, it’s an A for effort and accomplishment all the way around.

The serene beauty of An Overview on Phenomenal Nature was precisely what many of us needed during lockdown, now Cassandra Jenkins offers a similar respite while taking her album on tour.

Watch Steve Gunn performing tracks from his critically acclaimed 2021 LP, Other You in a session recorded live at the Jackie Kannon’s Rat Fink Room in NYC.

For the final release of her four-part music series, Clare Sands joins Hothouse Flowers front-man Liam Ó Maonlaí for ‘Teacht an Fhómhair’ (Autumn’s Arrival). Watch their mesmerising video (by Liadain Ni Bhraonáin and Kasia Kaminska ), a paganistic, primal, pilgrimage recorded over 48 hours.

At last night’s RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards at Vicar Street, Dublin, winners included John Francis Flynn, Ye Vagabonds, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin and Ultan O’Brien, Caoimhin O’Fearghaill and Mick Flannery & Susan O’Neill. Christy Moore was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award and Sarah Makem was posthumously inducted into the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards Hall of Fame.

British Folk duo The Brothers Gillespie launch crowdfunder for ‘The Merciful Road’, an album inspired by the grace of life in troubled times. Get on board.

Cecil Sharp House has plenty going on this Christmas season including Belshazzar’s Feast, Celtic Christmas with Calan, A Winter Union, Freedom to Roam, The Young’uns, a New Year’s Eve Ceilidh and more.

On ‘Three Generations of Leaving’, Single Girl, Married Girl chronicle the tribulations of three generations of women – an assuredly crafted and highly rewarding listen.

As featured on Mexican Summer’s Looking Glass series, listen to Lisa/Liza’s Rose Pedals. “a song about the balance of learning to find calm through very difficult things…”