Our Tune of the Day is from that wonderfully inventive quartet, Spiro. Watch them performing ‘Will You Go Walk The Woods So Wild’ live at St. Pancras Old Church. Don’t miss them performing at Sidmouth Folk Week in August.

We have a video premiere today from Oxford-based 4-piece Family Machine who are making a return after seven years with their new album ‘Houses That You Live In’. Watch the rather thought-provoking gem ‘The Less You Know’.

The Sparrow and The Thief is a solid and enjoyable record, which benefits from a high standard of production values without the band losing sight of the reasons why they make music in the first place. It’s an album which is instantly accessible but with enough maturity and depth to bring out new aspects on repeated listening.

Our Song of the Day comes from Highland based quartet Cruinn which features four of Scotland’s top Gaelic singers – James Graham, Fiona Mackenzie, Brian Ó hEadhra and Rachel Walker.

We have a track premiere today from New York based The Afternoon Edition. “I Can’t Stay” is the second single from their upcoming debut album which blends the folk and Americana roots they grew up on into their own unique sound.

We have a track premiere to share from Clype’s eponymous debut album which is truly inspirational. We also speak to Simon Gall about his influences and how the work of Edward Said inspired this track.

Shirley Inspired is nothing less than a vitally important set, very likely the most important one you’ll consider buying this year. And the best possible tribute to a remarkable, and highly inspirational and influential, lady.

The Rachel Hair Trio provide us with our Tune of the Day ‘Jigs for Mann’ from their new album Trì (Out Now). Plus, we talk to Rachel about her connection to the Isle of Man and this brilliant set of tunes.

Under a new Union Music Store project a number of prominent folk singers give their response to the 2015 election result with a new album of contemporary protest songs. Listen to one of them with the new video from Lucy Ward for ‘Bigger Than That’.

Darrell Scott takes a step back from song-writing with a haunting compilation of songs written by the late Ben Bullington. Ten embraces the simplicity of a man, his guitar and the songs and stories of a friend.

Simi Stone is the homecoming queen and the daydream believer as feeling the magnetic pull of Woodstock she’s teamed up with a fantastic band and made a great record. Here she tells us all about her Moutain Motown sound.

My Darling Clementine team up with Solihull-born crime and mystery novelist Mark Billingham for ‘The Other Half’ – a new original story by Billingham, inspired by and woven around songs from the duo. It’s set in a rundown Memphis bar, not far from Sun Studios, where Marcia, a former Las Vegas showgirl, alone and estranged from her daughter, works double shifts to keep her head above water.