Laced with sadness and joy, melancholy and anger,  Glasgow is a magnificent piece of work that both celebrates the city and underscores Findlay Napier as one of the finest songwriters and storytellers of the contemporary Scottish folk scene.

On Tales From The North Calum Stewart joins the ranks of thoroughly modern Uilleann pipers, who are steeped in their own tradition but cross borders to bring in other influences. He can also write a damned fine tune.

Watch Valparaiso’s noir video of the song “Fireplace” feat. Rosemary Standley of Moriarty, taken from the critically acclaimed long-player Broken Homeland. It’s directed by photographer Richard Dumas and Amaury Voslion.

In the Storm is a satisfying first album – a beautiful, positive record, composed and exquisitely performed by Citizen Jane. I hope that, as an inexplicably rare female duo operating in this arena, it may inspire others to follow suit.

Listen to Sergeant William Bailey, from Lankum’s forthcoming album ‘Between the Earth & Sky’. This one is particularly special in that the site of William Bailey’s recruiting attempts is Dunphy’s corner, just down the road from where the members of Lankum live on Dublin’s northside.

Cara Dillon, one of the most celebrated singers in Irish Folk music and BBC Folk Award winner, announces her brand new album Wanderer. For this, her seventh album, she offers a collection of songs featuring intimate performances that capture some of her most moving vocal performances to date.

Eight years after the first of Jon Boden’s dystopian albums was released comes Afterglow, an urban tapestry of sound and stories that leaves one impatient for the final chapter. Here he discusses the albums’ conceptions, folk sociology and the art of leaving space.

Irish husband-wife roots duo Aileen Mythen and KJ McEvoy, better known as The Remedy Club, pays homage to Tom Waits, Hank Williams and Django Reinhardt on Lovers, Legends & Lost Causes which also features KJ’s sister – Eleanor McEvoy.

Described as one of the most versatile singer-composers of the current era, Moira Smiley has been around the world with the likes of tUnE-yArDs and Solas. Lately, though, it’s her work with refugees that’s informing her musical endeavours. Watch her new video here.

He declares The Brudenell his favourite room to play in, and the crowd roar as the feeling is mutual: we are being treated ourselves, by the presence of one of the Great American Writers of his generation….. John Darnielle: David Sedaris with a guitar.

The Long-Awaited Album is nothing short of a polished tribute to the bluegrass form. Upheld by the rhythmic and melodic prowess of the Steep Canyon Rangers and the virtuosic flair of Steve Martin, bluegrass could not have hoped for a better pairing. But if it had, Martin would surely have already written a song about it.

John Thumb has written veritable earworms that are difficult to dislodge on this debut offering. This young man is evidently a talented songsmith, in fact, regarded by Other Songs Music Co. main man Scott Orr as a “classic songwriter…born in the wrong era.”