Rachel Sermanni and The Lake Poets have announced a series of shows together commencing on 23rd November and we have three pairs of tickets to giveaway to shows in York, Hull and Gateshead.

Watch ‘Loving Kind’, the new music video from Marcus Corbett which was filmed in Pune and at Bhima Shankar, India. It features Gauri Joshi performing Bharatanatyam, thought to be the oldest form of Indian classical dance.

Swedish-Canadian alt.folk singer-songwriter Sarah MacDougall and ascendant Canadiana singer-songwriter Ben Kunder announce a joint tour of Ireland and the UK and premiere video for their first co-write and currently unreleased song ‘Better Days’.

Jeb Loy’s ‘Country Hustle’ is a potent, flavoursome gumbo cooked up from southern soul, country, blues, funk and folk, with a soupçon of hip hop, dub and 80/90s club sounds. To celebrate its release he has put together a playlist of some folkie favourites – listen to Folk Hustle!

Over the course of three studio albums, Merry Hell has grown into a mighty eight-piece outfit that can take on any and all-comers at their own game and emerge victorious on all counts. Bloodlines is no exception which makes them prime contenders for the accolade of the nation’s premier folk-rock band at the moment. Read our review and watch their new title-track video.

Faustus have long shown they can use three voices with very different characters, in just about any combination, to present their pick of English traditional songs. With this album, their musicianship has been given more room to shine, producing music that is true to its roots, relevant to today and, above all, ridiculously enjoyable.

The new video from Fabrizio Cammarata is quite unlike anything we’ve seen before – beautifully choreographed and hypnotic…”There’s a universal sign language we’re not conscious about, but it’s there. You can fall in love in the beauty of a single gesture”.

Fronted by alternative south Wales music scene veteran, Chris Ridgeway, the oddly monikered Welsh outfit Cakehole Presley release their second album. Completed last year, it was put on hold following the passing of co-leader Mark Humphries, it serves as a fine tribute to him.

Cocos Lovers (7-piece band of family, friends and former au pairs) who hail from Deal have announced a November UK Tour supporting Will Varley and have shared a new video of them performing ‘Soil To The Sun’ live.

Read our in-depth interview with Nancy Kerr as she discusses her new album ‘Instar’, the reaction to it, politics in music, balancing her musical life with being a mother, and she also offers her own words of wisdom on surviving in the music industry.

This week, Welsh singer-songwriter Danielle Lewis releases her new EP ‘Fly,’ a release which will be followed by a wave of growing opportunities as she performs at BBC’s Maida Vale studio over the weekend and appears on S4C’s ‘Heno’ on Monday.

Lewis & Leigh Announce 2017 Headline Tour which kicks off at Celtic Connections. Watch their latest video for Keep Your Ghost, taken from their debut album ‘Ghost’ which is out now.