The Proclaimers, Richard Thompson, Beth Orton and Big Country are among the acts headlining the 54th Towersey Festival (24-27 August 2018, Thame, Oxfordshire).

Alt-folk quartet Darlingside have announced details of their new single ‘Futures’ plus a handful of UK dates for May 2018. Watch the accompanying animated video which was designed and animated by Bristol-based Mara Fradella.

Canadian fiddler (and guitarist) Quin Etheridge-Pedden is just 15 years-old, and on the evidence of his first album, Embark, the young musician is heading for a sparkling career.

Broken Stay Open Sky is the fourth album from the now London-based Cornish 60s psych-folk styled six-piece Red River Dialect. Released on Paradise of Bachelors it’s sure to bring them the extra attention they deserve.

Del Day shares his personal highlights from this year’s UK Americana Awards at the Hackney Emire which included a stunning showcase, a Tom Petty tribute and wins for Robert Vincent, Robert Plant, Yola Carter, Emily Barker, Sam Outlaw, Thomas Collison and more.

Watch The Day is Golden by The Little Unsaid, a deeply personal song that deals with a journey through mental illness. The video was filmed at sunrise on St Agnes in the Isles of Scilly. It’s also the title of their UK concert tour ahead of their new album Selected Works being released on Reveal Records.

It may not all be wholly autobiographical in a literal sense, but the emotional authenticity is clear, another terrific example of how exposing and exorcising personal pain can produce an artist’s best work while touching universal chords and perhaps giving voice to those less articulate in seeking catharsis.

Truly, the most remarkable thing about I’m With Her is not the individual command, but the dedicated effort towards a cohesive artistic vision. The beauty of the album is the synchronicity, the careful listening on the part of each band member that creates a simply stunning album.

Our Song of the Day comes from Sam Moss, a musician who lives in Boston. Neon is his latest single and the title track of his forthcoming album set for release in March 2018. He’s certainly a name you want to keep on your radar.

While Will Varley may have produced his darkest album to date, with the extra dimensions afforded by the fuller instrumentation, it’s also arguably also his strongest.

It’s often said that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, and this album applies salve to the wound and sets about the healing. Just like the medical box of their name, every home should have one.

Songs About a Train confirms that Reg Meuross is, unequivocally, quite simply one of the finest singer-songwriters of our, or any other, times.  His songs leave you with memories that are ‘released into your musical world to haunt you for years to come’.