Taken from her forthcoming new album The Stranger, Amelie McCandless has revealed her new video for the lead single ‘Neil in Boredomland’ which is released this Friday, 27th April.

Tonight (25 April at 8 pm) in Putney, London, the Half Moon will be presenting The Clifftop Sessions with Martha Tilston & Guests incl. Wizz Jones. It promises to be a magical evening.

Dom Flemons pays tribute to the music, culture, and the complex history of the golden era of the Wild West’s and sheds light on the role that African-American, Native American and Mexican men and women pioneers played in westward expansion. An enduring testament to the Black cowboys and what they represent.

With Rachel Baiman & Molly Tuttle kicking off their UK & Eire tour this week, we celebrate with a double video session from them performing Banjo Pickin’ Girl / Hunting Around The Hill and Madison, Tennessee.

The Big Whistle Festival which takes place at The Met in Bury on Saturday 12 May, will feature five concerts performed by the Michael McGoldrick Big Band, Aizle, the Andy May Trio, Drop the Floor and Don’t Feed the Peacocks. All of this plus talks, classes and sessions.

ARC is a rich, varied and essential release for anyone who likes traditional music with plenty of thoroughly contemporary reference points and bright tunes that reveal more layers with repeated listening. A superlative work that sounds quite unlike anything else you’ll hear any time soon.

Curated by Diana Collier (The Owl Service) ‘A Place to Dwell’ is a new album compilation featuring Alasdair Roberts, Alex Neilson, Sharron Kraus, Nancy Wallace and more. All profits go to Southend YMCA, a small local charity which works with vulnerable and at-risk young people.

Crockett slips into his songs like a duck to water – It’s hard to imagine what he might have added to enhance this experience, some more songs of course, but Lonesome As A Shadow is small and perfectly formed as it is.

The Brickwork Lizards combine a slew of instruments and influences from all over the world into a musical hybrid that doesn’t take itself too seriously and manages to dazzle, intrigue and entertain. Multi-cultural pop for the world of tomorrow.

Beth Porter and The Availables reveal a heartwarming new video for ‘Who We Are’. The first to be taken from her forthcoming new album which she’s hoping to make with the support of fans via an Indiegogo Campaign. Get behind it.

Last in the UK in 2013, the Swedish world touring folk vocal group Kongero return again this month for their fourth UK tour, this time with their new album KOM.

Cambridge Folk Festival announce the next batch of incredible artists to be added to the bill including Daoirí Farrell, Robert Vincent, The Poozies, Kris Drever, John McCusker and Roddy Woomble, Stick in the Wheel, Luke Daniels and more.