Listen to the new single from the remarkable voice of Erin Rae who kicks off The Wild Blue Wind Tour in the UK this month. With the likes of Andrew Combs and Richard Thompson singing her praises, she’s a name that’s sure to pick up a much bigger audience this year.

Listen to ‘Hungover In New York’, the opening track from Little Mammoths forthcoming new album ‘Cargo for The Road’ and find out why they’ve been dubbed ‘The Hardest Working Band in Rock’n’Roll’ out on the West Coast of Ireland.

The Secret North brings together six world-class musicians from Scotland, Northern Ireland and Scandinavia in a cross-cultural celebration of new music, featuring Donald Grant, Ailie Robertson, Karen Tweed, Jarlath Henderson, Marit Fält and Sondre Meisfjord.

Deer Tick announce first new music in four years with two new albums of original material. The self-titled albums (Vol 1 & Vol 2) offer the two sides of Deer Tick – one showing their quiet, thoughtful folkie side and the other their loud punk-inspired garage rock. Listen to tracks from both: Sea of Clouds & It’s a Whale.

Having signed to Naim Records Daudi Matsiko’s self-released recordings are brought together under ‘An Introduction to Failure’ for wider distribution. His warm tones, sparse arrangements and confessional songs deserve the additional exposure.

On Tim Grimm’s latest album, A Stranger in Time, he is joined by his family as he offers songs inspired by his rural Indiana homeland to social-political protest including a justified swipe at Trump.

Folk legend Vin Garbutt, the Teesside Troubadour, has passed away at the age of 69. He was a folk singer who sounded ‘fresh and wise at the same time, something only a man with years on the road can approach with any sincerity.’

Watch the new video from JEANES ‘Collective’ for ‘Trees Hugs Bees’. Russell Jeanes’ EP of songs have been a lifetime in the making and feature some of the most beautiful pastoral folk we’ve heard in a long time.

Humble Tripe’s The Beginning is musically and emotionally rich and its lyrically poetic songs juxtapose vulnerability and hope…a most welcome sense of kindness, warmth and understanding for these troubled times.

For The Counterweight, her fifteenth studio album, Thea Gilmore has consciously put together what she regards as a companion to 2003’s Avalanche, full of passion and fire.

Evergreen is the latest offering from Portland, Maine indie-folk duo Builder of the House. The song stays with you long after the end and is taken from their first full-length album, Ornaments.

Fairport Convention celebrate their 50th Birthday at Union Chapel alongside a few special guests including Pentangle’s Jacqui McShee. It was a memorable evening – read our live review.