Rachel Newton releases digital EP ‘Everything I Know Without Knowing’ inspired by the poetry of Uxue Alberdi and Ciara MacLaverty. It was recorded by Mattie Foulds while she was working on ‘Throwing Voices’ during the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

FolkEast unveils the first names for 2020 including Afro Celt Sound System who will headline Saturday night, Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, Drever, McCusker & Woomble, The Shee, Gigspanner Big Band, Trials of Cato and more.

Fresh from an appearance at The Great British Folk Festival with many miles still to travel, Merry Hell deliver an unforgettable joyous, engaging and wonderful evening to the crowd at South Petherton.

Listen to Mountain Man’s new single ‘You and I’, a Wilco cover which they chose to celebrate them being band members, collaborators, friends and business partners for over 10 years now.

Now in its fifth year, the festive roots music supergroup A Winter Union hit the road for their annual winter tour, armed with their brand new live album, A Winter Union – Live In Concert.

The Loft Tapes is a powerful and heady cocktail, yet at times almost mystical as well, bringing together the flavours and ingredients of four different continents, and producing a sumptuous feast for the ears.

Watch Dublin-based duo Varo’s video for Sovay, a tune they discovered through Anne Briggs and their first single from their upcoming debut self-titled album, due out January 23rd 2020.

This is an album that is unashamedly political and whilst it contains stories back from across history, these serve to remind us of how we got to where we are now, and that we should think before we are led down the same route again. An album of protest and of warning but also of hope and of aspiration.

The drifting quality and gentle countrified pace of ‘Up On High’ doesn’t solely just apply to the music; for Cabic it’s a deliberate way of life, a freewheeling philosophy that’s never sounded quite this convincing.

Nadia Reid announces new album ‘Out of My Province’. Set for releases on 6th March 2020 via Spacebomb, watch her video for lead single ‘Best Thing’ which recalls PJ Harvey’s tender moments.

Recorded on the Summer Solstice 2018 at The Church of Sound in Nottingham, solo guitarist Nick Jonah Davis releases a 28-minute electric improvisation as a digital single via Bandcamp.

Blending Traditional Irish Music with hints of baroque, medieval and folk influences, Varo are a Dublin-based duo from France and Italy who have just announced their plans to release a debut album. Watch them performing live at The Workman’s Club, Dublin.