Following the release of his sold out third album Dragon Tails, Phil Riley returns with Neil Mercer for Lost Legions, an album steeped in the sound of that much loved late 60s/early 70s folk sound.

Peter Broderick teams up with musical partner David Allred for new album Find the Ways and share new music video in which they sing unaccompanied but supported by some familiar sign carriers including BBC’s Mary Anne Hobbs.

Canadian Juno award-winning songwriter Amelia Curran has announced the release of her new album Watershed in the UK on April 21st through Six Shooter Records. She recently revealed a stop-motion video for her first single Gravity.

Listen in full to ‘Standing at the Precipice,’ the debut album from Folk and Americana duo Almond&Olive – Natalie Alms and Ollie Davidson.

So Much To Defend wears its heart on its sleeve. Wood’s delivery is unhurried and deliberate, his lyrics are unashamedly earnest, and his concerns are moral and humane. He has created a wise, soulful set of songs that should see him consolidate his place at the top table of British songwriters.

Barbara Dickson announces UK-wide concert tour from Yeovil to Perth and, in support of the tour, releases ‘Five Songs’ EP, a cross section of her “favourites of now” including the traditional, an Incredible String Band cover and an original.

Furnace, the sophomore solo album from newgrass outfit Trampled By Turtles frontman Dave Simonett, offers a collection of deeply personal and open-nerved songs couched in memorable, infectious melodies, delivered with an aching tenor and echoes of 60s country-rock.

Our Song of the Day is ‘I Remember You,’ the first single to be taken from singer-songwriter Jason McNiff’s forthcoming double CD retrospective anthology. Lilting and upbeat, the song showcases McNiff’s simple-yet-powerful acoustic guitar work partnered with an enticing folk-pop melody that makes it an instant classic.

Mount Eerie’s Phil Elverum shares ‘Real Death,’ a heartbreaking song from his forthcoming album A Crow Looked at Me which was written following the loss of Geneviève Castrée, his wife and mother of their child.

Fairport Convention has announced names for next year’s 37th Cropredy Convention including Petula Clark, Dougie MacLean, Richard Thompson, Show of Hands, Gigspanner Big Band, Feast of Fiddles as well as a triple bill of performances from ‘early years’ former members of Fairport to celebrate their Golden Anniversary.

Our Canadian-based reviewer David Morrison selects his Top 10 Folk & Roots albums of 2016 including David Francey, Jesse Thom, Aerialists, John K. Samson, Emily Millard and more.

We have the pleasure in premiering the new video for The Silver Fox, the new single from Gnoss, a return to what’s at the centre of Gnoss’ sound: tight tune-playing bursting with character. Don’t miss their free set tomorrow at Celtic Connections.