On their EP trilogy, India Electric Co. have set out to not only explore different musical pathways in search of their sound but to take us (the audience) on that journey with them. Rob sat down with Cole and Joe one afternoon during their UK headline tour to find out more about the motivation behind the EP trilogy.

Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman have steadily grown in reputation and admiration and they have reached a peak with Personae, a fine and accessible album on the surface but built on firm foundations of skilful songwriting, world-class arrangements and performances underneath.

What is so impressive about this release is the level of immersive intimacy that the quintet achieves in a live setting. Only the audience appreciation at the end of each track reminds you that they aren’t playing just for you. This is music deeply rooted in its time and in its space yet played without borders – and it’s all the better for it.

A new Folk Show featuring new music from Anna and Elizabeth, Blowzabella, Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker, Iona Fyfe, Ciaran Algar & Greg Russell, The Fretless, Michael McGoldrick, Moore Moss Rutter, Peter Knight & John Spiers, Jack Hayter, You Are Wolf and more.

All The Better is a hushed, eerie folk song and the latest single from Jessica’s Brother. Channelling the spirit of the Brothers Grimm to an otherworldly atmosphere, rich in jagged, uneven, perfect harmonies.

Take a listen to ‘Surrender’, the new EP from Avi Jacob. Brothers James and Simone Felice holed up in a barn in New England in the dead of winter with Jacob to record this stunning new EP which is sure to bring his music to a wider audience.

Our Song of the Day comes from Rachel Newton. Watch her performing The Bloody Gardener with her band live on BBC Radio Scotland’s Quay Sessions. She’s on tour this month as part of the equally innovative The Furrow Collective.

While Alasdair Roberts throws a curve ball with the arrangements on his latest offering, aided by Amble Skuse & David McGuinness he places vocals and song firmly in the foreground. What News offers a set of minimalist music and vocal clarity that is starkly beautiful in all its boldness.

Norwegian singer and songwriter Torgeir Waldemar’s latest offering ‘Jamais Vu’ contains slices of sonic beauty – this is high-class music that certainly deserves a wider audience.

Listen to The Vintage Martins (Bud Bierhaus and Eric Uglum with Ron Block, Rob Ickes, Austin Ward, and Christian Ward) performing Emmylou Harris’ Some Day My Ship Will Sail, from their forthcoming album Traveled.

Its charm lies in its easy, intimate delivery; its low-fi approach; and an engaging sense of humanity that comes from someone just playing what matters to them simply because it matters to them.

Listen to ‘Planet’, the debut UK release by singer-songwriter Irene Skylakaki (out on March 16th), recorded in her adopted home of London and Produced by Danton Supple.