Watch the beautifully animated video for ‘Bluebirds and Rye’, the latest single from Kate Ellis, a loving letter sent from mother to daughter. There’s a beautiful homespun warmth to Kate’s music that’s sure to make her forthcoming album a highlight for many in 2022.

Watch the video for Lammas Fair, the title track of Henry Parker’s new album, and our Song of the Day. Parker’s own music lies in both the past and present and with performances like this, there’s plenty to celebrate for the future.

The line-up on David Ferguson’s ‘Nashville No More’ is a testament to the respect this celebrated Nashville musician commands. This debut album is a testament to the fact he most certainly deserves it.

While Coyote Canyon is unmistakably a Rick Deitrick album that will seamlessly slip into his catalogue, there are also intriguing moods and techniques at play that give it its own identity. In short, Coyote Canyon is an altogether intriguing and rather lovely album.

The August List’s ‘Wax Cat’ is a thrilling and bizarre concoction of retro influences that’s delivered in a glorious jumble of melodic chaos. The near-collision between the myriad competing forces provides a near-perfect record.

Hailing from Yukon, The Lucky Ones deliver their own brand of bluegrass on a promising self-titled debut throughout which there’s a strong sense of family and community.

The idea behind Brooks Williams’ ‘Ghost Owl’ may have been relatively simple but the magic lies in its execution. Joined by Aaron Catlow, Ghost Owl is a thing of beauty and the barn owl has the perfect soundtrack to its twilight habits.

At the heart of Spiers & Boden’s “Fallow Ground” is the utter joy of two friends making music together. It’s a joyful, exciting, and beautifully produced release and it’s so great to have them back.

Jon Patrick Walker reveals his video for the light-hearted, sun-drenched, blissfully vintage, easy-rolling ‘Auto-tune My Love’. A slick little number that opens his new album “The Rented Tuxedo & Other Songs”.

River Lea announces Fire Draw Near – an album of Irish traditional songs and music from the archives, compiled by Ian Lynch of Dublin band Lankum which will be released on October 8th, 2021.

Featuring Clare Sands & Bridin, The Bonny Men, Owen Shiers, Nick Hart, Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys, False Lights, The Willows, Trú, Antoni Breskey, Lisa Knapp, James Yorkston, The Memory Band, Kathryn Tickell, Marry Waterson & David A. Jaycock, Oysterband, The Rheingans Sisters & more.

Throughout ‘Home No More’, the Folkatron Sessions make clever use of subtle experimentation to enhance and celebrate traditional song. This is experimental folk at its best. Excellent.