Bill MacKay and Ryley Walker have a sonic connection that some duos only dream of. Watch their latest video for Lonesome Traveler (from their forthcoming album SpiderBeetleBee), it expresses a touch of surrealism that merges the ethereal, the old cinema, and the dark reality of destruction together.

It’s impossible to listen to Marry Waterson without the inevitable comparison to her mother, Lal. However, this album is firm evidence that while the apple may not have fallen far from the tree, it has grown into very much its own orchard, one made all the richer by her partnership with David A. Jaycock. This is one to treasure.

Karine Polwart – five-time winner of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards – will release her new album ‘A Pocket Of Wind Resistance’ via Hudson Records on November 17, 2017. the album was written in collaboration with the Scottish sound designer Pippa Murphy. Listen to the title track here.

The Glasgow welcome that Skipinnish received on Friday night was beyond exuberant. The audience was in a euphoric mood throughout, and it’s heart-warming to see a band whose core audience is in the north-west of Scotland enjoy such an enthusiastic welcome in the heart of Glasgow.

The unsurpassed sense of delight and commonality in Mac Ìle is nothing short of exhilarating. It’s as if there’s freedom among Fraser Shaw’s melodies and memories for this jubilant collective to express themselves like never before.

‘Hey Sammy’ is the long-awaited ninth solo album by Edale-born singer songwriter Bella Hardy, a record that bears the stamps of extensive musical expeditions far from home. Listen to ‘Learning to Let Go’ exclusively on Folk Radio UK.

Listen to “What Will We Do When We Have No Money?”, the first track from Lankum’s forthcoming new album ‘Between the Earth and Sky’, due for release on Rough Trade Records on October 27th.

For her fourth album, Dripping Springs, Joana Serrat travelled from her home in Barcelona to the Texas Hill Country outside Austin. There she teamed up with Israel Nash at his Plum Creek Sound studio and a stellar crew of musicians. Listen to the results here.

The Rails’ ‘Other People’ has a supremely classy feel, and the music is pure gold. In terms of both writing and execution, its ten original songs exude an even more finely honed classiness than those on their well-received debut ‘Fair Warning’.

On Acoustic Rarities, Richard Thompson offers an opportunity to see the scope of his multiple talents. As well as giving us new takes on familiar songs there are a few gems balanced out by some fantastic new material.

Watch ‘Song Long Forgotten’, the first single from brothers Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn who make up Dublin-based Ye Vagabonds. Their self-titled debut album is due for release on 13th October 2017.

In our latest Folk Show, we open with a Folk Radio UK session from Gregory Alan Isakov. Plus new music from Naomi Bedford and Paul Simmonds, Emily Mure, Laura Baird, Josh Ritter, Shake the Chains and more.