A brand new folk music and storytelling show, Dreaming the Night Field: a legend of Wales, touring 14 Sep – 26 Nov. This show embodies the spirit of the essential, ancient Welsh legend of the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogion, with original music performed live by three of the UK’s leading musician and storytelling voices.

For Beast Epic, his fourth solo release via Seattle’s Sub-Pop label, Iron & Wine returns to his introspective, confessional style with which he first made his name. It is the quieter more fragile moments that glow the brightest.

The latest Folk Show from From Radio UK featuring some of the best new folk and roots music including Leverett, John Reischman & The Jaybirds, Wild Ponies, Blue Rose Code and Julie Fowlis, Tim Jones & The Dark Lanterns, Pólca 4, Pons Aelius, Colorama and more.

We talk to Emily Askew about her latest project with The Emily Askew Band – Alchemy. An exploration of folk and early music, and what can happen when you remove the boundaries between the two and look upon them with a fresh eye. One of the most original engaging albums of the year.

TradLive – a new music festival from Hands Up for Trad which will be streamed entirely on YouTube – will go live on Saturday 23rd September. The one day spectacular will see 9 live music acts broadcast live from 2pm to 11pm (BST)

Four times nominated in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, revered duo Megson hit the road once again in 2017, with a string of dates booked across the UK through September, October and November for their “Pushing On” tour.

The London Folk Festival returns to Camden’s Cecil Sharp House for a day-long celebration of folk music featuring Jim Moray, Lady Maisery, The Askew Sisters, The Rheingans Sisters, The Andy May Trio, Said The Maiden, Moore Moss Rutter, Rosie Hood, Emily Mae Winters and more.

In many respects the community choir is the perfect vehicle for social commentary, they are collectivist, everyone working together with a common aim. In this regard, the Commoners Choir are at the top of their game, they excel at entertaining, provoking and engaging.

A free, half-day workshop at Sheffield University on using the Vaughan Williams Library Digital Archive, and its latest addition the James Madison Carpenter Collection.

The UK’s biggest indoor festival of World Music returns this October with a fantastic lineup including: Afro Celt Sound System, Benjamin Zephaniah & The Revolutionary Minds, Maarja Nuut, Jamie Smith’s Mabon, Rory McLeod & The Familiar Strangers, O’Hooley & Tidow, Grace Petrie and more.

Exclusive: Listen to Wild Ponies new album Galax on which they pay tribute to the powerful music and rugged landscape of Southwest Virginia, where both Wild Ponies’ members Doug and Telisha Williams were born and raised. European Tour October and November 2017.

Binary is an album born in the grey area between defiance and freedom. It is a means to an end which, if you understand DiFranco’s legacy, is far greater than the sum of its parts. For her most dedicated fans, Binary will prove both gratifying and unifying. For newcomers, Ani DiFranco is at home as an enlightened voice in a collective singalong.