London-based songwriter Jason McNiff shares a new live video for Hat which was filmed by Trevor Moss. “I think this video has brought out a new dimension in the song that I didn’t know was there.”

Roving Crows’ Bury Me Naked presents a kaleidoscopic view into the past, the present and the future, in a glorious musical setting which is broad in diversity, rich in sound and high in energy.

Jason Eady’s self-titled release is still very much Texas red dirt country, but more stripped back than his last two offerings, a rootsy approach that puts the spotlight on the writing and where influences such as Guy Clark, John Prine, Steve Earle and Merle Haggard shine through.

Watch ‘We Are Good’, the new video from Betty Kendrick (from her new EP ‘Imposter’), a singer-songwriter from the North West of England with a hauntingly memorable sound. It’s also our Song of the Day.

In an exciting Festival first, Jon Boden takes the role of Guest Curator of Cambridge Folk Festival 2017. He reveals the stories behind his choices for the festival including LAU, Furrow Collective, Chris T-T, Kate in the Kettle and Martin Simpson.

Listen to Levy & The Oaks ‘Remember Where The Wind Blows’ from their new five-song EP ‘Out Of The Blue’ on which they blend elements of folk and Americana with beautiful melodies and pop sensibilities.

Listen in full to ‘Drawn In’, the debut EP from The Black Guards, a six-piece that view themselves as ‘a roguish fusion of alt-folk, roots & country, rhythmically weaving and crafting their songs of hope & sorrow from the white feathered plains’.

San Francisco-based Front Country continue to defy the constraints that oft define bluegrass or string band music on Other Love Songs, a follow-up to their acclaimed 2014 album For The Sake Of The Song.

Whether gentle and plaintive or upfront and thrusting, Harrow Fairs’ vocals have a feeling of being right there on the emotional edge… and that quality sure is tremendously exciting.

The Deslondes return with their second album Hurry Home on 23rd June via New West Records. Watch their latest video for Muddy Water. Written by Riley Downing the song recalls the “small town kids” of his Missouri childhood.

An extra long mix this week featuring Bert Jansch, Karen Dalton, The Woods Band, Aldous Harding, Avital Raz, Holly Arrowsmith, Allysen Callery, C Joynes, Tim Eriksen, Sufjan Stevens and many more.

All We Have is Now is the latest offering from Elephant Sessions and with tunes that rely on polish as much as on pace, they are certainly not standing still in the race to create the next defining sound for folk music.