Jack Cheshire has revealed his new video for Visitations, the first single from the forthcoming album ‘Black Light Theatre.’ The video is the work of director David Emanuel Altweger and his partner and collaborator Mira Loew.

With Howe Gelb’s new album, Future Standards, due for release tomorrow on Fire Records, we get a glimpse of his journey into the piano standard world of Monk, Cohen, Bacharach, Porter and Carmichael with ‘Impossible Thing.’

Rob catches up with Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts and looks back on their career as a duo, this year marks the tenth anniversary and to mark the occasion they released a live album, recorded over ten different gigs during the spring of this year.

Jon Boden is announced as Guest Curator for Cambridge Folk Festival 2017 and, along with The Remnant Kings, will perform their first live show in several years with a one-off preview performance on the festival’s main stage of material from the brand-new Jon Boden album to be released in autumn 2017.

Fire and Earth is the latest offering from guitarist Joseph Allred. It’s released on Scissor Tail Records who speak highly – There’s a sincerity in Allred’s music and way of life that has been missing from modern life for a long time. Dig deeper and listen in full to the album.

Whilst you can play spot the musical namecheck if you have to, you’d be far better off to stop such swithering and just turn up the volume, and appreciate one of the finest musicians to have come out of Glasgow in the past decade.

Earth Recordings have shared an unreleased Bert Jansch track with John Renbourn. The untitled instrumental (also our Tune of the Day) features on the forthcoming release Living In the Shadows, a release which covers one of the most prolific periods of Jansch’s life.

The Breath unveil new video for ‘For You,’ a standout track from their debut album ‘Carry Your Kin.’ Plus, they play London’s Foundling Museum this Friday with the gifted Julie Murphy. Will be a fantastic gig.

Capitol Records is celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Martin Scorsese’s award-winning documentary No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, by releasing a Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition of the film that will mark its first release on Blu-ray (standard DVD is also available). Includes extended scenes from the film and full-length interviews with Scorsese, Dave van Ronk and Liam Clancy. We have a copy to Giveaway.

Some fine vintage folk in this week’s mix from the likes of Sandy Denny, Michael Raven and Joan Mills, Skara Brae and more. There is some dabbling in psych courtesy of Ben Tweddell’s Twelve Hides which was released in August as well as Toby Hay’s new EP which we recently featured in an exclusive first listen. All this and lots more along with extensive track notes.

L.D. Brown talks in-depth about his influences, his forthcoming new album – which he reveals will also be his last album under the name of Grey Reverend, his ongoing struggle with focal dystonia, and his plans for the future.

Featuring 12 brand new songs produced by Thomas Bartlett featuring self-penned and songs written by friends and relatives: Beth Orton, Glen Hansard, Rufus Wainwright, Michael Ondaatje and Merrill Garbus of tune-yArDs.