A delight from start to finish, Liag is a superb collection of tunes which reunites Dermot Byrne, Éamonn Coyne and John Doyle, three exemplary musicians, totally at one with each other and their music.

Our Song of the Day comes from Bonny Light Horseman, the new folk supergroup from Anaïs Mitchell featuring Josh Kaufman and Eric D. Johnson. Listen to their self-titled lead single which also features Aaron Dessner.

Part Two of our Cambridge Folk Festival features Rura, Karine Polwart, José González, Calexico and Iron & Wine, Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening, McGoldrick, McCusker and Doyle and Daoirí Farrell’s All-Star Celtic Session.

With fans still reeling from the immersive sounds of ‘U.F.O.F.’, Big Thief announces new album ‘Two Hands’, a follow-up “earth twin” from which they share lead single “Not” ahead of a special intimate show at Bush Hall in London, next Monday (19th).

After stepping away from music to focus on “Fatherhood, politics & studying”, Award-winning Scottish singer Ewan McLennan announces a comeback with a handful of gigs and news of an album.

Angie McMahon is a walking contradiction, a smiling 24-year-old who roars like a lion, a gentle folk singer who rocks with raw abandon, a guarded thinker who wears her heart on her sleeve. She wrestles with her demons in public, providing insight we can’t afford to ignore.

If you want to witness the dark Americana of a remarkable songwriter then catch Ohtis who head to the UK this month playing End of the Road as well as dates in Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds London and Brighton.

This Autumn, BBC Folk award-winning duo Hannah Martin and Phillip Henry, who now sail under the beautiful name of Edgelarks, head out on tour before joining Peter Knight and his gang in a Gigspanner Big Band Tour.

So busy is she that Sandra Kerr’s discography to date barely reaches double figures so a brand new solo CD is cause for celebration indeed. Rebel with her Chords finds her in mighty fine canny fettle and eternally committed to the cause.

Watch Julie Fowlis performing in session for Sidmouth Folk Festival. She sings a Gaelic song from the North Uist tradition – Òran an Ròin, which translates as Seal Song, also featured on her Alterum album.

The pleasure Topette!! derive from playing together spreads like proverbial wildfire to its listeners with the result that Rhododendron is one of those rare instrumental – and dance-oriented – albums which gives virtually equal proportions of cerebral and visceral pleasure. Seriously recommended.

Show of Hands announces new album “Battle Dance Floor”, joined by Miranda Sykes and newcomer Cormac Byrne, with Steve Knightley declaring “…we are at last creating a sound we’ve dreamed of making for twenty-five years!”