Lael Neale’s ‘Acquainted with Night’ is steeped in Los Angeles nostalgia, sparse arrangements make for a smooth, unencumbered, effortless listen…beneath which there is an underlying tension that is strangely comforting.

The latest album by Jon Boden marks an elegant, profound, and thoroughly rewarding conclusion to a remarkably prescient series of albums. Last Mile Home is a genuinely heartfelt and beautifully structured listen. An exquisitely moving conclusion to Jon’s trilogy. This one will stay with you.

Those Shocking Shaking Days. Indonesian Hard, Psychedelic, Progressive Rock And Funk: 1970 – 1978 is an extraordinarily excellent re-released compilation that, musically, succeeds admirably in capturing the essence and magic of the time.

If you want to hear a fine example of the harp in the contemporary folk music of Ireland, then listen to Ocean of Stars, the new EP by Brídín who comes from a long line of musicians stretching back four generations.

Featuring 9Bach, Damien Jurado, Eli West, Sara Bug, Beth Gibbons, StevieRay Latham, Michael Feuerstack, Michael Chapman, Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection, Jimbo Mathus and Andrew Bird, Great Lake Swimmers, Brigid Mae Power, BRÍDÍN, The Abramson Singers and more.

TEYR welcomes you back to the Welsh Chapel for the second half of their pre-album-launch video. The two-part video Shannon Frisk Arrivals and Departures comes from a tune written by James at Shannon Airport – a tantalizing glimpse of what’s sure to be a captivating album.

Electronic music arrived a lot sooner than most people realise…we glide back to 1969 for a crazy time on Top of the Pops, courtesy of Gershon Kingsley and his Moog.

Featuring a number of special guests, listen in full to ‘Poets’, the new album from Liz Simmons, lead singer and guitarist of the band Low Lily. Plus read her personal track by track guide.

For too many years this album was a buried treasure in the Paul Simon back catalogue. Danny Neill takes us on a journey back to 1965 to explore ‘The Paul Simon Songbook’. An innovator always in pursuit of new sounds…An LP recorded in a single day…it was a big deal.

Mute and Spoon Records have announced the first in a series of long-awaited live album releases, Can: Live in Stuttgart 1975 – out on vinyl, CD and digitally on 28 May 2021.

Greek mythology and Gothic Blues collide on the profound 8 and half minute epic ‘Dionysus Blues’ from StevieRay Latham, taken from his upcoming EP, ‘Letters From Suburbia’. Watch his cleverly inventive accompanying lyric video. It’s also our Song of the Day.

While the album may seem to some like a travelogue, it is actually a journey inside the minds of Mahood, Dybvig and Nash. As Plankton Wat, Future Times lays out out a manifesto for change. We need to listen with open hearts.