Poor Boy on the Wire is as balanced and diverse a set of songs as you would expect from C Joynes, one of our more experimental and musically itinerant guitarists. Beautifully played and delicately handled, it is an album for the discerning listener.

Overall, Jon Patrick Walker’s ‘The Rented Tuxedo…’ is a fairly whimsical listen of slightly shaggy dog tales, but like that rented tuxedo, it still dresses to impress.

…Martha Wainwright closes her eyes and reaches out her hands…you are watching an artist perform with conviction as she touches the heart of the song. It is the real deal alright, exactly what you come out for on these evenings in the hope of experiencing.

If there is any justice, Connectivity, Grace Petrie’s ninth studio recording, should finally break the charts with its wealth of crowd-friendly, hook-laden, anthemic singalong choruses of folk-rock and country-tinged songs about love and life.

“For Now”, the new solo debut from Christian Glackas as Merciful Heavens may be a tentative start to striking out on his own but will certainly do nicely for now.

Featuring Skipper’s Alley, Daoiri Farrell, Christy Moore, Andy Irvine & Paul Brady, Battlefield Band, The Boys of the Lough, Kris Drever, Martin Carthy, June Tabor, Harry Cox, The High Level Ranters, Paddy Tunney, The Bothy Band, Planxty, Ushers Island, Heidi Talbot & John McCusker, Fotheringay, The Bonny Men, Jeannie Robertson and more.

Featuring  Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny, Paddy Glackin, Mike McGoldrick and John Doyle, the mighty Usher’s Island announce UK dates for November 2021.

While the well-reviewed film is currently doing the rounds, The Tape album stands perfectly on its own without the need for a visual narrative, a glowing testament to Martha Tilston’s ever-burgeoning songwriting, musical and vocal brilliance.

In the final words of Dar William’s ‘I’ll Meet You Here’, she sings “Aren’t we aging well?” Like a fine wine, Williams is indeed a very special vintage that simply gets better and better with time.

On Genius Loci 1: White Peak, The Ciderhouse Rebellion have taken a step further into the unknown, with an album that marries their flawless musicianship with an ever more experimental outlook. The whole album hangs together like a story and is totally captivating.

Robin Morton, founder member of Boys of the Lough, manager, producer and ‘fifth member’ of Battlefield Band, owner of Temple Records, enthusiast, author, song-collector and promoter of folk music has died at the age of 81.

Featuring Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan, Fire Draw Near, Boo Hewerdine & Jenny Sturgeon, The Little Unsaid, Mànran, Findlay Napier, John Francis Flynn, Burd Ellen, Stephanie Hladowski & C. Joynes, Alasdair Roberts, Lisa O’Neill & Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Elle Osborne, Brigid Power & Adrian Crowley, Hannah James & Toby Kuhn, The Ciderhouse Rebellion.