Hornbeam Recordings, the good folks who brought us new music from Bonnie Dobson in 2014 as well as the late Tom Paley and Spider John Koerner, are to release a new album from the legendary Jim Kweskin called Unjugged and he sounds as fresh as ever.

“The more I have listened to this album, the more interesting it has become”…Jim White enjoys telling stories and the stories on Waffles, Triangles and Jesus are as good an example of his art as you can get…this is storytelling first, with the music a very close second.

To mark the tenth anniversary UK tour of the acclaimed National Theatre production of War Horse, Songmaker John Tams and Songman Bob Fox release A Garland For Joey The War Horse Songbook. Listen to Bob Fox performing ‘Only Remembered’ and read about the stories behind the songs in John Tams own words.

Bob Delyn a’r Ebillion return with their first album in fourteen years. Twm Morys and his band offer melodic inventiveness and lyrical panache on Dal i ‘Redig Dipyn Bach which summons images of the slate and moss of the Welsh landscape and lays bare the Welsh psyche. It is an impressive and moving piece of songwriting, in any language.

Listen to Good Man by Indie Appalachian duo Tina & Her Pony (Tina Collins and Quetzal Jordan). The song features on their forthcoming album, “Champion” due for release on November 3rd and featuring guest artists from Rising Appalachia, Cicada Rhythm, and Holy Ghost Tent Revival.

First listen to Circuit – the new album from singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rowan Coupland. Rowan’s prodigal musical ability was recognized when he became part of the legendary Brighton scene within a scene, the Willkommen Collective.

Adrian Nation’s previous albums have all been first rate but this is unquestionably his masterpiece. Anarchy and Love deserves to be championed as such.

Farewell to My Old Days is an undeniably impressive debut from Sam Brothers, a 23-year-old singer-songwriter from Canterbury who was discovered whilst busking in Brighton.

For their first full album recording, Laura Smyth and Ted Kemp seem to have successfully ignored any pressure to become the next big thing. ‘The Poachers Fate’ could almost have been made in the early 70’s, we need more music like this.

As Julie Fowlis continues to develop her broad repertoire of Gaelic song, alterum succeeds in exploring connections with other languages, cultures and art forms that enrich her music even further. Above all, though, alterum is, quite simply, an album of the most beautiful music.

Rob Bridge catches up with John Smith at Kenilworth Arts Festival. He talks about his new album ‘Headlong’ and his involvement in Martin Simpson’s new album ‘Trails and Tribulations’. He also manages to capture John performing ‘Save My Life’ live.

With his fourth studio album The Water Of Leith released this month, Blue Rose Code continues to draw on his increasingly inventive ability, as he quietly weaves flavours from a range of musical influences and personal experience, to produce his most thoroughly absorbing album to date.