Chris Foster has the uncanny ability to make everything he does appear easy, assembling or arranging songs like an artisan builds a drystone wall. And like drystone walls, Hadelin is sure to stand the test of time. The album features Jim Moray, Jackie Oates, John Kirkpatrick, Jim Causley & more.

Dublin via Cleatormoor West Cumbria, the newly renamed Cumbrian based folk rock band, The Black Guards, are to release their debut single, Drawn In, on 17 March 2017 which we have the pleasure in premiering today.

The Doc Rowe Archive and Collection has announced an exhibition of artworks inspired by the archive. Two fine artists and a photographer will also create new, original artworks which explore the meaning and content of the archive.

Soundpost Singing Weekend: Old Adam is no ordinary weekend, it’s a community of people of all ages and abilities who come together to explore the music up close and personal with some of the top folk musicians in the country: Fay Hield, Karine Polwart, Nancy Kerr, Ben Nicholls and more.

Listen to Eliza Carthy performing The Sea, recorded at dusk in her garden. As featured on the forthcoming Stick in the Wheel compilation album ‘From Here: English Folk Field Recordings.’

Listen to Death for the Decent, the first of three songs to be released for Bristol-based Campbell Sibthorpe’s forthcoming EP Sky Lily. Inspired by real-life tragedy, it reflects in sheer sadness for the afflicted.

Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin announce ‘Out of the Ordinary Tour’, venues will include churches, caverns, Iron Age roundhouses, ancient hostelries, steam museums and the labyrinthine Liverpool tunnels. Sounds fantastic!

Watch ‘Money,’ the new single from Brighton-based The Delta Bell. Inspired by the times we live in, it’s about the fleeting nature of money, the 99 and the 1%, and the boredom and frustration of being skint.

On Son Volt’s latest offering ‘Notes of Blue,’ Jay Farrar homed in on the unique and haunting tunings of Mississippi Fred McDowell and Skip James. Whilst clocking in at just over 30 minutes you’re not left feeling short-changed.

Our Song of the Day comes from Gaelic singer Kim Carnie. Watch her performing Brendan Graham’s heartbreaking lament Crucán na bPáiste (The Burial Place of the Children) at the final of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of 2017.

When Team Love signed Willy Mason, they had no idea that another story existed, that of his mother. From an album recorded in 1979 that never saw the light of day to an album of newly recorded material, this double album paints an excellent musical portrait of Jemima James and places her in the spotlight. Hopefully, there’ll be further chapters yet to come.

Watch a live recording of Kris Drever & Ian Carr performing When We Roll In The Morning which features on his latest album If Wishes Were Horses. Don’t miss Kris Drever’s upcoming tour dates.