Jim Moray announces upcoming tour dates and a number of dates on which Upcetera, his latest critically acclaimed album, will be performed live with strings, woodwind and a full electric band.

This is an outstanding album, one to play both to aficionados of Irish traditional music and lovers of the piano, as well as those listeners who are receptive to fresh perspectives on the traditional repertoire. A total delight, in other words.

Paths To The Foss is a superb piece of work, warm, uncluttered and alive, one that rests in the cradle of Ian Humberstone’s singular voice. The perfect record to accompany you through a dark Scandinavian winter.

The music within the live recorded ‘The Bonnie Bells of Oxford’ is great, as is the sense of atmosphere, the live chemistry and total involvement of all concerned. It’s a compelling and exciting audio document with a desirable “wish I’d been there” vibe.

Watch the latest video from Eric Saint Nicholas, Highway Rhymes is his latest single taken from his forthcoming debut album, American Heartbreak Radio, due for release this month.

The Salted Air is the latest album from British-Lebanese musician and songwriter Nadine Khouri. The album presents her personal reflections on loss and transformation and also confirms her as a name to watch for in 2017.

Big Machine is an album of unrestrained ambition and masterful execution from a performer at the very top of her game. It has all the hallmarks of a vastly important release, and should cement Eliza Carthy’s place as one of our most valuable musicians.

Our Song of the Day comes from Waterson:Carthy, this Union Chapel gig from 2002 was recorded live for BBC4 and for this performance featured both Saul Rose and Tim Van Eyken alongside Norma Waterson, Martin and Eliza Carthy.

Red Tail Ring’s latest offering is a welcome addition to the continuing revival of American traditional music that has both a faithful adherence to the past and a sensibility of contemporary issues…pushing the tradition to new heights.

Watch the latest video from Aidan O’Rourke & Kit Downes, recorded as part of his 365 tune project, a musical response to the short story collection ‘365: Stories’ by James Robertson who Aidan went to meet during his talk during at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections.

Bella Hardy has successfully completed a Kickstarter campaign to begin recording her new album in January 2017 and we have a Christmas Song of the Day with Blue Christmas.

For Winter Solstice, Michael Tanner treats us to a collection of hymns, carols, folk standards and field-recordings from the past 800 years. Whether it’s the pointed, bird-like quality of Jean Ritchie’s bare-branch voice or the hollow, reverent filigree of Dolly Collins portative organ, something about their use of minimalism perfectly captures the stark landscape, stripped of colour and commotion.