In a special guest post from Hazel Askew of Lady Maisery (our Artists of the Month), she reveals their new video for ‘Order and Chaos’ and talks about the inspiration and the fascinating science behind the song.

Listen to the new EP from guitarist and composer Toby Hay who is based near Rhayader in Mid Wales. His new EP is a collection of solo 12 string guitar pieces inspired by 4 different birds – The Red Kite, the Raven, the Curlew and Starling.

It’s a pretty eclectic mix this week, within, it is upbeat, crazy, chaotic, rebellious, mellow and unexpected. The tunes are a response recent events.

With the dust has barely settled on their last album, 3hattrio return with Solitaire, their third album, the arid imagery inspired by their red-rock southern Utah base. Inventive and experimental, but still firmly within the territory they have marked out for themselves.

Native Texan, Jess Williamson returns with her debut follow-up, Heart Song, an altogether tougher and more confident product that nevertheless exhibits an intense inner vulnerability.

Canadian Singer, Songwriter, and poet, Leonard Cohen has died at the age of 82. His passion for poetry shone through in his songs, lyrics that have connected with many people and generations.

Stanley Brinks – aka André Herman Düne – returns with the new double album ‘Vieilles Canieques / Nouvelles Caniques’, the follow up to 2016’s Record Store Day Release ‘Turtle Dove’. Once again he is joined by the Norwegian folk collective The Kaniks, this time stripped back to a two piece of fiddle and banjo, ‘The Old Time Kaniks’.

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.