Scottish legends Charlie and Craig Reid, aka The Proclaimers, join Folk by the Oak’s ‘Line-up of Headliners’ alongside Richard Thomspon and Spell Songs.

Not a lot of music holds the determination and depth Darragh O’Dea shows on Tilly and the Postmaster. This is a disc for anyone who appreciates the power of music – to expose, to endure and in the end, to provide hope.

Our Song of the Day comes from the amazing Jenny Parrott with ‘Georgica’ – It’s almost like a prayer and call for hope for young female energy. – It features on her forthcoming new album ‘The Fire I Saw’.

‘You Don’t Have To Know’ showcases Eleanor Buckland’s raw honesty and deft songcraft which finds her rising above, casting out, and ultimately owning the dark emotions that fuel such soul-baring lyrics.

A special Folk Show featuring: Lau, Lleuwen, Liz Green, Nancy Elizabeth, King Creosote, Sweet William, Dick Gaughan, Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan, Anna & Elizabeth, Tommy Reck, Serious Sam Barrett, Jim Ghedi, Kathryn Tickell & Corrina Hewat, Bendith, Fernhill, The Ciderhouse Rebellion, Dave Burland, Lal Waterson, Lisa O’Neill, Nic Jones.

The joy and pleasure Dan Walsh exudes during this live performance is striking. Recorded in his hometown of Stafford, Live at The Floodgate, captures the magic and glow of Walsh at his very best.

Findlay Napier and Megan Henwood are back fresh from the lab and bursting with synergy as The Story Song Scientists. Taken from their forthcoming EP ‘Quantum Lyrics’, watch their lyric video for the gentle, flowing ‘Ode to the Man with the Golden Arm’.

Nora Brown returns with ‘Sidetack My Engine’ featuring special guests Jerron ‘Blindboy’ Paxton and Jackson Lynch, an excellent album that marks the next chapter for this accomplished performer.

Taken from his forthcoming album The Intimate Landscape, Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance) has shared another dose of minimalist ambience with a visualiser for the album track Second Moon.

The Morning Trip label have repressed William Eaton’s 1978 private-press release – atmospheric recording techniques, mixed with a hint of Fahey/Takoma-lineage.

Galway’s Niamh Regan has returned with ‘Love You Senseless’, the second single off her upcoming EP, In the Meantime. It follows on from the illustrious success of RTE Choice-nominated debut album Hemet and the EP’s first single, ‘Happy Again’.

Will Varley’s ‘The Hole Around My Head’ contains some of the best material he’s written to date. It’s a magnificent album that mines diamonds of hope from the rock of despair