Much to the delight of fans and the band, Fairport Convention are back on the road again following the forced hiatus of the past year-and-a-half. On 14th August, they will also be sharing a free online concert recorded at the Brasenose Pub in Cropredy.

Taken from her new album “A Small Unknowable Thing” out this Friday (13 August), Josienne Clarke shares her new single and video “The Collector”, a song inspired by the writer John Fowles.

While Ben Bostick’s “Grown Up Love” is rooted in a very personal relationship and set of events, there’s a universality of experience to touch the heart and soul of anyone who’s found themselves faced with similar situations, heartache and the need to find light amid the darkness.

Organisers of the Sidmouth Folk Festival have sent out heartfelt thanks to everyone who made this year’s event in the Devon seaside town such a rip-roaring sell-out success.

Watch ‘The Cunning Man’, a short film inspired by John Harries (1785-1839), a physician and ‘Cunning Man’ from Carmarthenshire – a healer who uses folklore magic.

It’s great to see some of our favourite bands back on the road again. Don’t miss Edgelarks, The Gigspanner Big Band (now also with John Spiers) and the newly formed duo of Miranda Sykes and Hannah Martin.

Our Song of the Day comes from David de la Haye & Jez Lowe with their fascinating and revealing new single ‘Hidden Sounds’…a radio ballad for aquatic lifeforms, told from the perspective of the marine-dwellers themselves about the coastal communities that rely on them.

Crow Flies is the forthcoming new single from Mànran and their first release since Scottish songstress Kim Carnie and guitarist Aidan Moodie joined their ranks. The single is taken from their new album ÙRAR (pronounced oo-rar), meaning ‘fresh’ or ‘flourishing’, out on 1st October.

A new film featuring music inspired by the wild and remote landscapes of Scotland is set to premiere online at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe alongside incredible live performances from Scottish composer and percussionist Oliver Cox, with award-winning Gaelic vocalist Julie Fowlis.

Alex Rex’s aphoristic approach to songwriting means that every line he writes sounds like a defining statement, but on Paradise, those statements come together (albeit in a ragged and even contradictory way) to form perhaps his most rewarding piece of work to date.

Featuring Aidan O’Rourke, Alasdair Roberts and Robin Robertson, Brìghde Chaimbeul, Rachel Newton, Joe Heaney, Lankum, John Francis Flynn, Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening, Dàimh, Tim Dennehy, Martin Simpson, Seamus Heaney & Liam O’Flynn, The Boys of the Lough, Skipper’s Alley, The Bonny Men & Rónán Ó Snodaigh.

While in Orkney, Kathryn Tickell drops in on Karen Tweed and they record a lovely performance of Lurand, a tune by Heather Woodbridge, an Orkney fiddler from North Ronaldsay. Don’t miss Kathryn Tickell and The Darkening on tour.