A brilliant video premiere from Fuzzy Jones, award winning singer-songwriter and the queen of Leeds based Junk Shop Folk. Blue Jean (No. 45) is a delicately political comment on the current world climate. #UpRiseWithMe

Ryan McKasson and Eric McDonald teamed up to release their first full-length album, Harbour. The narrative power of McDonald’s vocals joins the darker riffs of McKasson’s fiddle for an album with pluck, depth, and good reels aplenty.

Every new Martin Simpson album is one to look forward to, but Trails and Tribulations feels like a biggie, even by the Sheffield string-master’s standards. We listened in as he explained the light and shade running through the set, the importance of nature and the timing of the songs.

David Ramirez has announced details of an eight-date UK headline tour, set to run throughout January 2018 and taking in a date at London’s St Pancras Old Church on January 12, 2018.

Sheffield based trio Before Breakfast reveal a powerful new video for their single ‘fat Child’, a song exploring the exhausting struggle countless people face with body image and battered self-esteem due to diet culture.

Following their acclaimed 2014 debut, Kings of The South Seas return in February 2018 with Franklin – featuring Canadian Voyageur paddling songs, English folk ballads and songs composed on-board ice-bound wintering ships – all delivered in powerful, foreboding and affecting style by this unique band.

Steel Sheep describe their music as ‘original 21st-century folk compositions with an egalitarian approach towards melodic and rhythmic roles’. Their latest offering, Trucker’s Tan, is a challenging recording which will reward repeated listening.

It is Jack Rutter’s ability to live and breathe these songs and invite listeners to do the same that elevates this majestic work to something very special indeed. Hills is a vital, enthralling record which showcases his storytelling.

Unfinished Business isn’t a title that hints at unfulfilled musical ambitions. Rather, it confirms that, on turning 70, Paul Brady still has plenty more to offer. Everything about Unfinished Business tells us that he is likely to remain, for some time yet, at the very peak of his powers.

Having returned to music after the birth of her daughter, Nadia High, a Canadian born singer-songwriter, based out of Toronto, has released her first original song and video – Armchair Revolution.

In the first video in this series, The Young’uns Talk To Strangers, they meet Matthew Ogston, the courageous anti-homophobia campaigner whose heart-wrenching story inspired their song Be The Man.

Our Song of the Day comes from four young Newcastle-based musicians immersed in the shared musical traditions of The British Isles and North America – Assembly Lane. ‘The Hills Of Mexico’ is from their forthcoming debut album ‘Northbound’.