His delicious caressing of the lyrics reminds me of Mike Scott at his most incisive; I can also hear the soulfulness of Ray LaMontagne at times too. Sean Taylor has recorded an album on a par with the strongest work by either of those high-ranking acts and has also written one of the premier topical song albums of our time.

O’Hooley & Tidow’s song ‘Gentleman Jack’ will feature as the closing theme song for each episode of Sally Wainwright’s BBC/HBO drama ‘Gentleman Jack’.  Starring Suranne Jones as 19th Century diarist, writer, traveller, mountaineer, rural gentlewoman, and industrialist Anne Lister.

Steve Gunn has shared an acoustic version of Vagabond, made by The Mitcham Submarine in London’s Cecil Court with its famous antiquarian book shops. The video coincides with his European tour, with the UK leg happening April 5-8

From the artwork to the music, this album is pure joy. Most importantly, for all their infectious joy, this is a band that does not shy away from making poignant statements about the world we live in.

Watch Firefly Burning’s video for ‘Lost’, taken from their forthcoming album ‘Breathe Shallow’ (out on 31 May), which features nine new songs that map the terrain of what it is to love and lose.

The acclaimed singer and flautist Rioghnach Connolly is to appear in She Moved Through The Fair: The Legend Of Margaret Barry at Kings Place, London on Saturday, March 16.

Our Song of the Day is Another Kind of Love, the stunning new single by Danish Music Award nominee Ida Wenøe. Watch the accompanying video – a Lynchian Nordic Noir road trip.

One Grass Two Grass is a high-energy California string band that forges its own style of traditional folk meets old-timey, meets rock, meets bluegrass. Watch them performing Under My Wheels live.

Our Song of the Day comes from John Blek with ‘The Body’, watch the accompanying video featuring Joan Shelley and Nathan Salsburg as well as regular Freakwater collaborator Anthony Fossuluzza.

Fairport’s Cropredy Convention three-day open-air music festival will celebrate its fortieth anniversary this year – read the full line-up of acts appearing at this year’s event.

Patty Griffin’s latest offering is an album of quiet grace, determination, survival and self-identity that serves as a reminder of her status among the Americana greats.

Featuring Norwegians Frode Halti and Vegar Vårdal alongside Irish flute player Nuala Kennedy the Snowflake Trio’s debut album Sun Dogs contains a wealth of diverse, nourishing music and is an all-round thing of beauty.