TRADarrr is a folk rock big-band project whose core members are Gregg Cave, Mark Stevens, Marion Fleetwood, Guy Fletcher and PJ Wright with some notable guests as well. An album that will nestle very comfortably in the same CD wallet as such 70s folk rock classics as Please To See The King and Liege and Lief.

Whilst the countdown is on for The Dustbowl Revival’s fourth full-length album, their latest video is the bugle call with a rather nimble Dick Van Dyke stealing the show. I suggest they take him on tour but I fear they’d have trouble keeping up!

They enjoy a robust on-stage relationship that fuels their artistry. Neither appears to have an answer to where the person ends and the music begins – that puzzle is one part of what makes the Milk Carton Kids so special and their new album Monterey is no exception.

Forget who she has managed to obtain support slots with and just listen to Bristol based Amy Yon singing Amy. I really don’t need to say anymore as when you hear her you’ll understand why sometimes it’s just best to let the music do the talking.

Folk Radio catches Dean Owens at his album launch show for ‘Into The Sea’ at London’s Green Note. He sings ‘six songs, six possible singles; it really is that strong an album.’ Let’s hope Owens doesn’t leave it long before returning south of the border again.

Towersey Festival have released an 18-track MixTape Album to showcase their lineup at this years festival. Titled simply Towersey Festival 2015, it features an array of rarities, album tracks, singles and exclusives from a selection of artists due to appear at this year’s festival.

It’s been a long time coming, but ‘Boy In A Boat’ is a fine record, which combines literate songwriting and top class musicianship with high production values and painstaking attention to detail. The result is an album of which Barry Kerr can be justifiably proud; one which more than holds its own with the big names of the contemporary Celtic music scene.

Folk Radio get a double treat from Robert Chaney and Barna Howard at London’s Servant Jazz Quarters – “Both songwriters could have played all night and it would not have been enough.”

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 Better Man.

Dedicated to the late founding member and family patriarch, Lenny Barker, The Barker Band’s sixth album The Land We Hold Dear is already set be on the ‘Best of’ lists of 2015. It should be on yours.

Dreamer’s Circus have proven they will refuse, gleefully, to be restricted by genre or by tradition. Their approach is all-embracing and their technical ability simply outstanding. Their music is completely accessible and, at the same time, remarkable in its complexity. ‘Second Movement’ carries the listener from calm contemplation to a euphoric exuberance – a journey to be relished.

Having released one of the best albums of the year so far, we caught up with Jackie Oates to talk about her musical journey from her early days of singing at Topsham Folk Club to pursuing her solo career. We also talk about the making of The Spyglass & The Herringbone.