2016 has been a busy year for James Yorkston with the release of Everything Sacred (Yorkston Thorne Khan), the publication of his debut novel, and his ‘Tae Sup wi’ a Fifer’ shows. Time for those Christmas tour dates – his first solo tour of England since 2013.

Light in the Attic announce the release of thirteen previously unissued acoustic tracks by American folk legend Tim Buckley. Recorded in 1967, seven of the tracks have never been heard before as they were never released on any Buckley album.

Grain by Grain is a sweet, heartwarming record, made with love and passion, that should introduce Mark Mandeville and Raianne Richards to the wider audience they clearly deserve.

A great video premiere from 6 & 12 string guitarist Jim Ghedi performing new track “Olive Willows Song”. Catch Jim on a 15 date tour from this Saturday up until the 18th of September with Scottish guitarist Douglas Macgregor.

A confident and impressive sophomore album that not only fully justifies past predictions regarding Hannah Sanders trajectory in the current folk field but also marks the arrival of a significant new duo force with Ben Savage.

To mark the release of her new album ‘Feathers’ on September 21st we have a video premiere from Anglo-Dutch singer-songwriter Gitta De Ridder for her new single Even If. As you’ll see, Gitta had plenty of fun dressing up for the video.

Buck Curran has been a leading light in the psych-folk scene for so long now that it might come as a surprise to learn that this is his first solo album. With Immortal Light he has successfully tapped into nature’s beauty and created a slice of alt-folk that is as engrossing as anything you’re likely to hear.

With Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop due to take a trip over the Atlantic this month for a brief run of dates that concludes at Moseley Folk Festival, Birmingham, we caught up with Jesca to talk about their latest collaboration on Love Letter For Fire.

This weeks mix finds a strong Scottish contingent including two of Lau’s players with tracks from Aidan O’Rourke’s latest Imprint (E.P Series 2.0) and Martin Green’s Flit. Also included are two tracks from recently reviewed albums from Trail West and Iona Fyfe Band. Alongside these are some personal favourites that we’ve covered in the past as well as new offerings from The Driftwood Manor and Nick Jonah Davis’ House of …

Nick Jonah Davis’s ‘House of Dragon’ scores deservedly high with Folk Radio UK. “I doubt if I will come across a better album this year if I ever do it will be a considerable piece of work.”

Ryan Adams called her “a phenomenal songwriter”, now you can find out why. Listen to “How Quickly Your Heart Mends”, the new single from Courtney Marie Andrews and taken from her forthcoming album “Honest Life”.

Wolves A-Howlin’ sees talented young fiddle player Kieran Towers join forces with Charlotte Carrivick (banjo/guitar/mandolin) on a collection of old-time fiddle tunes. The young duo delivers an uncompromising and impressive performance on their first recording together.