The press release for Patty Griffin’s new album talks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Rumi and Rilke, but you don’t have to have a grounding in American transcendentalism or Eastern or German romantic mysticism to have your heart beat along with hers.

Our Song of the Day is a new song from Martha Tilston that was motivated by the recent refugee crisis, and to raise money for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

Bixiga 70 have come a long way in the two years since their previous album; III finds the band themselves sounding their most confident so far on a solid and highly enjoyable album with engaging compositions and impressive playing. A very accessible album which deserves to be a significant crossover success.

Katy Carr has released a new video today for Wojtek from her 2012 Paszport album in commemoration of the Soviet invasion of Poland. Plus she announces her forthcoming new album Polonia.

Must Take More Care is full of hard truths spoken with a soft voice, and as summer’s glow fades and the nights draw in closer you could certainly do worse than cosying up with this quiet gem over the coming autumn.

Named after a Sheffield landmark, Richard Hawley’s eighth studio album, Hollow Meadows, finds one of Britain’s greatest songwriters in good company, including Martin Simpson, Jarvis Cocker and Nancy Kerr for one of his finest albums yet.

Six Organs of Admittance announces acoustic follow-up to Hexadic. What may identify to some ears as folk music is caught in an equally compelling undertow of powerful subterranean energy. Hexadic II is simultaneously more inviting and challenging, listen to Exultation Wave.

We have the pleasure in premiering the new album The Sparkle In Our Flaws from Belgium based, Dutch-born musician and songwriter Chantal Acda, released on 25th September via Glitterhouse Records.

Cold Specks has unveiled a new short film taking the title of her 2014 album Neuroplasticity. The storyline involves a search for a missing girl and a friend, it leaves a mystery surrounding her disappearance with more questions than answers.

John Peel: Good Night and Good Riddance is a new book by David Cavanagh focusing on 300 of Peel Sessions between 1967 and 2004. One for fans and newcomers to the musical world of John Peel.

Ryley Walker, the Chicago based singer/songwriter and guitarist, came across a copy of John Hulburt’s 1972 privately pressed LP Opus III in a record store. He bought it and much taken, he teamed up with Tompkins Square to bring about this re-issue.

Theo Bard unveils his new video for ‘Evil Eyes’ as you join him on a London canal journey, a song for our times and one of his brightest explorations to date, taken from his forthcoming EP ‘You Give’.