Watch the new video from the acclaimed folk experimentalists and storytelling trio Harp and a Monkey who are doing their bit to help promote a subject close to their hearts today – mental health. The film is about anxiety and isolation.

The end of last month saw the release of Midnight Milk, the much-anticipated new album from Edinburgh outfit Adam Holmes & The Embers. Don’t miss their UK tour with fellow Scot, Rachel Sermanni.

The fourth London Folk & Roots Festival gets underway later this month offering 18 Days of the very best in Folk, Roots, World, Blues & Country Music (Saturday 28th October – Saturday 18th November 2017).

Comprised of folk/bluegrass musicians Paddy Kiernan and Niall Hughes together with Iranian born brothers Shahab and Shayan Coohe, Navá explores the ancient musical cultures of Ireland and Persia.

We talk to Christine Primrose about Gaelic song and her latest album ‘Gràdh is Gonadh – Guth ag aithris’. She is to be inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame in recognition of her contribution to Gaelic music.

With Gigspanner, Peter Knight has assembled one of the most quietly brilliant sets of musicians in the folk world and beyond. The WIfe Of Urban Law is both experimental and accessible; it is music that respects the past without being in thrall to it. And more importantly, it is a record of stunning and sustained beauty. 

Ahead of a run of acoustic live dates in November Lisbee Stainton announces new album, ‘Lisbee LIVE’ from which you can listen to Undertow, a song co-written with a long-time champion of Lisbee’s music, Tom Robinson.

The songs on Lucy Kitchen’s ‘Sun to my Moon’ are strong and striking, delivered with both fragility and conviction, which deserve to be heard. A gorgeous, atmospheric offering.

Ten great tracks from Old Salt Union that have set out their stall on this, their Compass Records debut. They have more than enough talent and go to make it and I am already looking forward to their follow-up.

Listen to the lead single ‘Secret’ from dream-folk quartet Circumnavigate, an intimate folk song with lead singer Sigrid Zeiner-Gundersen’s ethereal vocal carrying the song effortlessly alongside the band’s atmospheric musicianship.

Captured over two consecutive nights at The Sofa Sessions and home base in King’s Cliffe Jez Hellard’s upbeat D’rect from The Shire is sure to please fans and find plenty of new ones along the way.

Folk Show Episode 13 features some great vintage folk from the Transatlantic label with Pentangle, Sweeney’s Men, Alan Hull and more. Plus classics from Nick Drake and Bob Dylan and new releases from Cara Dillon, Karine Polwart and more.