Watch Quare Hawk, wooden flute player Michael Walsh’s new band, which features a number of familiar names including Bryony Griffith and Hannah Miller (Moulettes). A debut album is due out soon, produced by Mike McGoldrick.

Breathing fresh life into the acoustic tradition while staying true to its heritage, Michell is one of the brightest new names to have emerged full-grown on the country’s folk scene in recent years.

Songs of Our Native Daughters is a cultural landmark both for these extraordinary musicians and hopefully for others inspired by them, as well as those of us fortunate enough to hear their work.

Our Song of the Day is “Ghosts in the Dark”, the new single from Broken Forest, the inventive work of writer, singer and producer Luise London. Watch the accompanying video on which she worked with London Filmmakers Vivianna and Riccardo.

Danny Neill revisits Davy Graham’s 1969 ‘Hat’ album which has been reissued and remastered, along with liner notes by David Fricke, via the Bread and Wine label, available on CD and Vinyl.

Benjamin is the new single from travelling songsmith Anna Smyrk on which her passion for far-flung places continues to inspire her songs. Watch the accompanying video which was filmed on the Solomon Islands.

Philos, the new album from Park Jiha, creates a world not quite at ease with itself, calling for pauses and spaces to be moments of reflection, not for inaction. In this sense, it possesses a more substantial spirituality and timelessness, creating a distinct soundworld that is both heavy with memory and possibility.

The Askew Sisters return with an album that very few other musicians could have made. ‘Enclosure’ is both intimate and universal, steeped in history of place and society yet looking to the future, an album about captivity that revels in its own musical freedom.

Following the release of ‘Lines’ their trilogy of song cycles inspired by poetry and their recently announced Emily Brontë Song Cycle Tour, we caught up with The Unthanks pianist and composer Adrian McNally to discuss how this stunning collection came to be.

Despite Dick Gaughan’s ‘Handful of Earth’ being released 38 years ago, these songs still reflect the times, still call out the oppressors and still support the oppressed.

We join Lucy Farrell, Rachel Newton, Emily Portman and Alasdair Roberts, otherwise known as The Furrow Collective, at the Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room for an evening of hushed appreciation and a homecoming of sorts, in Portman’s case.

Watch Windswept, the new track from Her Crooked Heart (Rachel Ries), taken from her forthcoming album To Love To Leave To Live. The video features Hiponymous, a dance company based in Minneapolis.