Ethan Johns returns with his third album and a stellar guest cast including BJ Cole, Jeremy Stacey, Gillian Welch and onetime Flying Burrito Brother and Eagle Bernie Leadon.

We’ve teamed up with MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards this year to give away a pair of tickets for the event which takes place on Saturday 5th December in Dundee Caird Hall.

Sarah Cracknell (Saint Etienne) and The Dreaming Spires frontman Robin Bennett interview each other ahead of Sarah’s Cadogan Hall show tomorrow! Plus we have a video premiere from The Dreaming Spires with Dusty In Memphis.

Following our recent live review of the Sweet Liberties Launch at the Palace of Westminster on 16th November we have the pleasure in sharing with you some of the live footage from the night featuring songs from Sam Carter, Nancy Kerr, Martyn Joseph, Maz O’Connor.

We have a video premiere today for Adam Holmes’ ‘Fire In The Sun’. The film was made by the Ford Brothers and features on his debut album Heirs and Graces. It’s also our Song of the Day!

Alasdair Roberts is responsible for some of the most boundary-pushing folk music of the last twenty years, a trend that continues on this latest collaboration with Brad Gallagher, Bill Lowman, one that’s full of warmth and unassuming experimentation.

A very welcome return from the soft-voiced Leeds-born singer-songwriter Pete Greenwood with Beauceron, one on which he again tips the hat to 60s American folk music influences as well as homegrown guitar pickers Davy Graham and Bert Jansch….this is pretty special.

Our Song of the Day is Somewhere Along the Road, sung in beautiful harmony by Steeleye Span. Watch their new video along with a short documentary about the song. Catch them on tour now!

We have a bonus premiere today in the form of the new double-A single from Oxford-based roots band The Great Western Tears. Not the Losing Kind and Misty are true songwriting collaborations between the partnership of core band members David Waterhouse and Garry Richardson. Don’t miss the single launch show on 2 Dec 2015.

Prince Edward Island trio The East Pointers hit the UK shore this month touring through to December. Don’t miss this great opportunity to catch them live. In case you needed any persuading watch them performing The Drift live.

Curlicue is an exhaustingly foot-tapping, head-nodding collection of captivating tunes. A magnificent debut from Freya Rae and Louis Bingham whose playing matches the decorative curls and swirls depicted in the album title.

‘Best Day’ is the third album from Mairearad and Anna and firmly establishes them as one of Scotland’s most talented mutli-instrumental duos – one listen and you’ll be hooked!