Towesey Festival cancel this year’s ‘Pint-sized Towersey’ which was set to run next month. “We have worked our socks off to try and make it happen but as a small independent festival, we cannot continue to take the risks we have been fearing all year.”

New York native, P.J. O’Connor releases his new single and video for ‘Summer Squall’…a story of finding appreciation for those rare moments when we are neither worried about the future nor frustrated with the disappointments of the past.

English folk trio Leveret, featuring Andy Cutting on melodeon, Sam Sweeney on fiddle and Rob Harbron on concertina, head out on the road this October for a series of tour dates in celebration of their Variations Live album.

Broadside Hacks is a new collective derived from a group of like-minded musicians with a wild and lustrous curiosity for traditional, radical folk heritage. Featuring Katy J Pearson, Pixx, Junior Brother, Lankum, Sorry, Yorkston Thorne Khan, Blaenavon, Shovel Dance Collective, Brigid Mae Power and more.

Kingdom Come, Garrett Heath’s second album, is cast in the mould of 60s Greenwich village troubadours, of simple but infectious folksy melodies…a quiet, simple joy.

Watch a video exclusive of Josienne Clarke’s ‘A Letter On A Page’. Filmed by Alec Bowman Clarke, the song was written at a time when she wasn’t sure if she’d ever play music again… It’s from “A Small Unknowable Thing”, Clarke’s second solo album due for release on August 13th.

From the off, Son Volt’s ‘Electro Meloidier’ is brimming with an artistic assuredness. The songs are potent and refreshing; songs that demand to be written will always make for a more intense and rewarding experience as they do here. This is must-hear Americana for 2021.

Taken from folk duo Gawain and the Green Knight’s new EP ‘A Sleeping Place’, watch their video for “The Dressmaker”, their first “stomp-and holler” song and a reflection on the quiet triumphs that make up a life. The video features the incredible embroidery of Yoshie Kawakami.

Having parted ways back in 2014, Spiers & Boden, one of our finest folk duos, are back together again with a new album titled Fallow Ground, which you can pre-order today. They have also announced festival appearances and a 23 date UK tour.

This week’s Folk Show features TRÚ, Ye Vagabonds, Martin Carthy, Adam Holmes, Twelfth Day, Alasdair Roberts and Völvur, Pentangle, The Rheingans Sisters, Rosie Hood, Salt House, Spiers and Boden, Anna & Elizabeth, Tim Eriksen, Jackie Oates, Lleuwen and more.

Watch the accompanying video for ‘If You Ever Needed Me’, the new single from Adam Holmes and also our Song of the Day; taken from his new album Dreamweaver. This is Adam at his most enchanting…

The Rheingans Sisters announce their “Receiver” launch tour. Anyone who thinks there is a lack of innovation or experimentation in the British folk scene needs to hear this…now’s your chance to do so live.