Our Song of the Day is from Aon Teanga – a Gaelic trio featuring musician and broadcaster Mary Ann Kennedy, a leading light in the Manx Gaelic revival Ruth Keggin and acclaimed seann-nòs singer Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin.

Part Two – Best Folk Music Albums of 2015 including: Bella Hardy, Damien O’Kane, Fabian Holland, Jackie Oates, Karen Matheson, False Lights, O’Hooley & Tidow, Martyn Joseph, Richard Thompson, Rachel Taylor-Beales, Eliza Carthy, John Jones and more.

Read the final part of the Echo Bloom Tour Blog from Kyle Evans – their car gets broken into, they play a beautiful old philharmonic hall, and say goodbye to Germany.

Kelly Oliver has created an album which crosses musical boundaries, full of thought-provoking lyrics and musical arrangements this is sure to attract a wider mainstream audience to her already rapidly growing fan-base.

Recorded over the space of ten days in Penner’s hand built wooden shack in the back of beyond Sex & Politics is a rough hewn blast of folk, blues, Gospel and vintage rock’n’roll tempered with layers of electronic wizardry provided by sidekick Jon Wood.

The Shee are warming up for the launch of their Continuum project at Celtic Connections this Friday. Watch this new video from the band rehearsing for the big night. Plus we have news of a Leeds performance in February!

Bella Hardy has unveiled a wonderful new live video performing ‘Time Wanders On’ with her band. Don’t miss her With The Dawn Finale Tour which kicks off in March 2016.

We catch up with our Artist of the Month, Jamie Smith’s Mabon, who are part-way through a very busy tour schedule. Jamie talks to Neil about the concept and inspirations behind their new album ‘The Space Between’.

Damien Jurado unveils his new video for ‘Exit 353’ from his forthcoming new album Visions of Us on the Land, due out in March. UK and European Tour kicks off in April.

The Jaywalkers provide our Song of the Day via their new video for ‘Its Been a Long Day’. They also kick off their Winter Tour this month at the Southbank Centre on 22 January. Don’t miss’em.

Orkney Folk Festival reveal more acts for 2016 including Rura, Session A9, Lynched, Rob Heron and the Teapad Orchestra, Geoff Lakeman, Saltfishforty, The Chair and more.

The Americana season gets off to a flying start this month at Sage Gateshead with GRAMMY winning singer-songwriter Patty Griffin. More concerts to follow from Frankie Lee, The Lone Bellow, Giant Sand, Tim O’Brien and more.