California-based songwriter Corinne West kicks off her 2017 UK Tour in April 2017. She is also to release a new single; a reworking of the Battlefield Band song ‘The Yew Tree,’ written by Brian McNeill.

Contemporary folk duo Gilmore & Roberts are set to hit the road with brand new songs (and some old favourites) at the beginning of March, covering Germany, the Netherlands and England with their spring tour.

Watch the brand new video from Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band featuring Teddy Thompson. The band find themselves in a remote village hall with a miserable audience. But things soon brighten up as the band take to the dancefloor. Also new Tour Dates announced!

With it being St. David’s Day today this new video for ‘West Coast Sun’ from Danielle Lewis is perfectly timed, a song that recalls her memories of growing up on the Welsh coast to temporarily living on the East Coast of Australia.

KT Tunstall, Newton Faulkner, Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden, are set to headline the 53rd Towersey Festival (25-28 August 2017, Thame, Oxfordshire). They’re joined by Show Of Hands, Lindisfarne, The Blockheads and Foy Vance, amongst others.

Éilís Kennedy’s new solo album ‘Westward’ features the finest songs from all over the British Isles and from across the Atlantic. The connections Éilís enjoys with her collaborators have helped her share those songs in a memorable and truly enjoyable setting. An exceptional album from one of Ireland’s finest voices.

Listen to Da Ram, the lead single from Liverpool-based trio I SEE RIVERS new EP. Hailing from the Northern, Southern and Western parts of Norway you’ll love these memorable melodies and untraditional harmonies.

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.’