Interloper is the latest release from Tom Kitching on which he is joined by some well known musicians to define the current state of the English tradition. This is a collection of cracking tunes with intelligent, absorbing arrangements. You can’t go wrong with this one.

We have a real treat for you all today with a video premiere from Canadian folk trio, Good Lovelies. In The Morning features on their eagerly anticipated new album, ‘Burn The Plan’ due for release on June 15, 2015, followed by a UK tour. There’s no doubt that there is a new spirit of adventure afoot.

Don’t miss the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards this Wednesday, we’ll be there meeting and enjoying performances from many of the artists we’ve featured over the past year including Loudon Wainwright III, Kate Rusby, Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker and many more. Find out more about what’s in store for the evening here.

Our Song of the Day is rather a tune, from the mother and daughter Welsh duo Delyth & Angharad Jenkins who play under the title of DnA. Watch their video for Brandy Cove.

Tom Russell’s epic The Rose Of Roscrae is the crowning achievement of one of America’s most potent songsmiths, a brilliant and dramatic, western folk opera with an all star cast. It could just be the single most important Americana release of all time.

Listen to a track premiere from Americana artist Matthew McNeal with his new single Imaginary Friend. The track is from his forthcoming album, C​ompadre, which is slated for release this June.

For his second album A Day Like Tomorrow Fabian Holland returns with more magical guitar playing, a much bigger sound and another superb set of songs and the notable addition of percussionist Fred Claridge, a young and up coming star himself, while Jacob Stoney’s keyboards add variety and texture to the bigger sound that producer Mark Hutchinson has helped Fabian realise.

You can hear award-winning folk music artist Lisa Knapp this week on BBC Radio 4 as she reflects on her own fondness for the shipping forecast and how it has inspired others. She is joined by poet Sean Street, songwriter Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull and more.

His last album saw him reinterpreting songs by his own favourite writers and singers, but here on his fifth album, Scott returns to his own pen for a collection of ten numbers. Songs that gets deep inside you.

Keston Cobblers’ Club announce new album ‘Wildfire’ and we have a first taste with their forthcoming single. Plus we’ve news of their own festival ‘Camp Wildfire’, a 1950’s-style camp and swing ‘Adventure Questival’ in a secret Kent forest location.

Our Song of the Day is Lord Franklin – a live recording of John Renbourn which was filmed at the Prince Alberts Bar, Victoria Rooms, Bristol on 5th Feb 91. As you will see, he could also tell a great story.

More Record Store Day gems from Fledg’ling Records including Bob and Ron Copper and Shirley Collins – English Songs – the first time this iconic record has been made available as a vinyl EP since its first release.