Cambridge Folk Festival is carrying on its long tradition of supporting rising talent with the announcement of The Den’s lineup. The Den is the festival’s space for young, up-and-coming acts, presenting the stars of tomorrow in an intimate and relaxed environment.

Lucy Ward has given fans a little sneak peek behind the scenes of the recording of her new studio album ‘Pretty Warnings’ including a small preview of two tracks, ‘Lazy Day’ and a band backed version of the traditional song ‘Maria Martin’.

Eddi Reader has announced that her brand new studio album ‘Cavalier’ will be released worldwide on September 28 by Reveal Records. Featuring sixteen songs, the new album was recorded and produced in Glasgow, Scotland by Eddi Reader and John Douglas.

Watch the video for ‘Late to the Flight’, the latest offering from LUMP – the new collaborative project between Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay of Tunng and Throws. LUMP is set for release on 1st June 2018 via Dead Oceans

On the evidence of this recording, The Jellyman’s Daughter, have plotted a careful course and are set fair for the greater horizons that undoubtedly lie ahead. 

Texas’ genre-bending rock ‘n’ roller Israel Nash announces his fifth studio album ‘Lifted’, a modern-day hippie-spiritual, which finds Nash continuing his tradition of creating a sonic landscape that is at once both vast and intimate – soaring and untamed at times, placid and sincerely personal at others. Listen to lead single Rolling On.

One of the greatest strengths of this album is the sheer breadth and diversity of the music on offer, such is the eclectic nature of Fran’s song-writing. For those looking for originality and an alternative to the bland offerings of ‘mainstream’ singer-songwriters, then Wood For The Trees blows in like a breath of fresh air on a balmy spring day.

With its Spaghetti Western overtones and Opry undertones, Ortega blends the dark and the light without stumbling too far into either. Liberty samples long untouched art forms and taps into long untouched feelings. A gem of emotional candour, Liberty is a strong and distinct voice within Ortega’s discography.

Shortwinger is a distinctive, purposeful and powerful record, and represents a typically well-considered new chapter in the artistic development of its three participants, all on top form and working brilliantly together in sparky and harmonious consort.

The Jayhawks are to release Back Roads and Abandoned Motels, a new studio album, on Friday, July 13. Produced by Gary Louris, John Jackson and Ed Ackerson. It features nine songs co-written by Louris with other artists alongside two of Gary’s latest compositions.

On his 11th album, Michael McDermott’s confidence and talent have finally aligned. Both personally and musically, he’s become the person he was always meant to be. His best yet.

Our Song of the Day comes from Laurence Made Me Cry, the project of multi-instrumentalist and folk pop songstress Jo Whitby. For Scott was written in memory of the late Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit.