Jonathan Day is currently touring, pre-viewing his new album Atlantic Drifter, to be released by Proper in September this year from which you can watch his new video for ‘Sea Full of BIrds,’ our Song of the Day.

For such a stripped debut, ‘The Flesh and Bone’ is still abounding with drama and wisdom, where at any given moment Hicklin can turn a phrase or deliver a stunning melody in such a way that it knocks the wind out of you.

To mark the recent release of their self-titled album, (New York, NY) Nashville-based, heartland rock band, Midnight Pilot reveal their exclusive new video session for Give Me What You Gave to Him.

Living in Italy, but born in San Fransisco, the globe-trotting Lucia Comnes has returned to her Americana roots for the passionate and sophisticated new album Love, Hope & Tyranny. Lucia is also getting set to make her UK debut in June with a CD Release Concert at London’s Green Note, one you don’t want to miss.

Dillon is joined by the wonderful Allysen Callery in session for what is, sadly, his final Simple Folk Radio show, or at the very least he’s going to let it slip into that murky grey area of indefinite hiatus whilst he looks into starting a new program for the radio.

Kadia are a band to watch out for. This debut album confirms they are maturing rapidly as songwriters, as instrumentalists, as singers, as arrangers. They are the full package, destined to reach an ever widening audience.

With Tom Robinson due to release a new album, his first in 20 years, produced by Gerry Diver and featuring guest contributions from Martin Carthy & Billy Bragg, we were naturally inquisitive. Jon Earl went along to London to catch his ‘rough mix of tunes’. It turned out to be a very memorable evening.

Against expectations Chatterbox is one of the freshest and in its quiet way one of the most spectacular albums I have heard this year. Ranging from incantatory to reflective, it is always subtle, vital, and feminine in the most elementary sense of the word. Bartosik and James look to have created an entirely new platform for the accordion, but more importantly the have created a beautiful set of recordings.

The legendary Chip Taylor, the singer-songwriter responsible for penning both ‘Wild Thing’ and ‘Angel Of The Morning,’ announces a number of UK dates in support of his Little Prayers Trilogy triple album released in January on Train Wreck records.

Ceri Rhys Matthews of Welsh band Fernhill is running a musicians retreat this coming Monday. All in the splendid isolation of a fifteenth century gatehouse in the magical rural setting of the Preseli hills, West Wales.

We have a great video premiere today from Rag Foundation who hail from South Wales. Keep the Lights Low is taken from their forthcoming album, The Sparrow and The Thief – a folk tinged collection of tales that they’re keen for listeners to explore.

Our Song of the Day is from Galway based singer songwriter Niamh Regan who some of you may know as a member of the Irish band Juhn Echo who we’ve previously featured on Folk Radio. Listen to her performing The Sweetest Drop.