Watch ‘No Soap Radio’, taken from Curtis Eller and The American Circus’s forthcoming album ‘A Poison Melody’, filmed in a beautifully dilapidated barn in rural North Carolina.

It’s so rare to hear a duo that are this good across the board, and especially on a debut collaboration. The songwriting, performing and production of Songs by the King Heat Ensemble is quite astounding.

Watch Lau live in session at Silk Mill Studios performing Return to Portland from their new album Midnight and Closedown. Out this Friday, February 8th via Reveal Records.

This year’s impressive guest line-up for the Transatlantic Sessions included Tim O’Brien, Gretchen Peters, Molly Tuttle, Cara Dillon and Paul McKenna. The tour kicked off at Celtic Connections with a hugely entertaining evening.

In celebration of Black History Month, Smithsonian Folkways have released “Black Myself,” the latest single from Songs of Our Native Daughters. Written and performed by Amythyst Kiah, joined by Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell.

We catch up with Hannah Rarity who recently performed at Celtic Connections with her band. We talk about her debut release ‘Neath the Gloaming Star’, her influences, the future and more.

Presented by Lynette Fay, Blas Ceoil, BBC Radio Ulster’s weekly bi-lingual contemporary folk music programme celebrates its 10th birthday tonight with a special concert recorded in the Glassworks, Derry.

Rowan:Morrison’s latest offering is an ambitious and necessarily thought-provoking work and makes an important and powerful statement that proves both irresistible and cumulatively convincing.

Fifteen years after taking a short break, Sunderland-based folk singer Bill Jones is back on the UK folk scene with a very special gig to celebrate her forthcoming album. Watch Bill performing ‘My Elfin Knight’.

Daoirí Farrell, our Artist of the Month, returns this month with his third solo album, A Lifetime of Happiness. The songs are delivered with infinite care and deep affection; it is a wonderful album that delights on every level.

Maintaining the tradition of wrapping their lives into the process of getting their art out into the marketplace, Jacken Elswyth’s end product is a wholly credible, hypnotic and fascinating piece of work. Time to dig out your old tape player perhaps?

Like last year’s Folk Fever album, Variations is a reminder of just how flexible music can be in the hands of an artist who sees genre boundaries as a challenge rather than confinement.