It may have taken the best part of forty years for this album to see the light of day, but it still feels like something of a landmark release, and credit must go to Fledg’ling for finally making it available. It is a welcome addition to a consistently excellent body of work by one of the twentieth century’s very finest folk singers.

After two self-released albums, Nashville-based Americana singer-songwriter Caroline Spence has deservedly been signed to a major independent label. This release finds her in mint condition indeed and assured a place in the albums of the year list.

‘Midnight Man’ may not have become one of Davy Graham’s celebrated long players, but its music stands the test of time and that’s all that matters. Until now it has been one of his most elusive releases too, so go and check it out on this lush new re-release.

The Time to Come confirms Eli as a talent far beyond his years and a guitar player to watch; if this set is any indication, there will be many more great things to come from Mr Winter.

Off the back of their recent release ‘Lines’ – a trilogy of song cycles inspired by poetry, focusing on three female perspectives through time – we caught up with Rachel Unthank (of The Unthanks) to discuss her part in bringing this remarkable collection to our attention.

Featuring some of the best British & Irish Folk artists, Vision & Revision serves as a reminder of the enriching ways folk song lends itself to reinvention, and the idealists, innovators and romantics that have passed through their ranks….yet another testament to Topic’s enduring legacy.

Six years on from his death at the age of 74, this first posthumous release of new material is J J Cale proving that, as the title suggests, his music will indeed stick around. Watch the new animated video for Go Downtown.

Our Song of the Day is ‘Easy As You Come’, from Paul Doffing’s fourth full-length release “Running in the Dark”, a 36-minute musical odyssey, documenting the self-exploration, human connection, and worldly realization that Paul’s found along the way.

New Folk Show Episode featuring Glen Hansard, Joshua Burnside, Sarah-Jane Summers, Flook, David Allred, Faustus, The Askew Sisters, The Little Unsaid, The Drystones, Cormac Byrne and Adam Summerhayes, Naomi Bedford and Paul Simmonds, June Tabor, C Joynes and Richard Dawson. 

Watch the new video by folk duo The Askew Sisters from their new album ‘Enclosure’, released on 3rd May 2019. It was filmed at Wilton’s Music Hall by Eric Revill-Dews of Bigger Boat film.

With The Little Unsaid, John Elliott has carved out a niche as a poet of mental disintegration, a chronicler of very real and very difficult human emotions. But his songs are not without hope. Atomise is perhaps his darkest and most hopeful album to date. It is certainly his most expansive and fully realised.

Multi-award winning fiddler, composer and producer Aidan O’Rourke (Lau) releases his new double album “365:Volume Two” on 9th August 2019 via Reveal Records. Listen now to album track “The Girl Climbed The Stairs To Bed”.