Paul heads to London’s ‘The Hospital Club’ for the album launch of Stornoway’s new album Bonxie. The songs show a marked progression from the first two albums; more inventive, more confident and rounded, as are the band onstage.

Memphis Dawls debut album Rooted In The Bone is one of the year’s most engaging and rewarding collections of folk-Americana, one that flows fluidly between styles and genres, all bound together by the immaculate harmonies and lead vocal spotlights.

Our Song of the Day is a premiere from Daphne Lee Martin. She performs a great cover ‘Reciprocity’, a much overlooked song by Loudon Wainwright III. Along with guest vocals from Eric Michael Lichter they certainly breathe new life into it. This is one of a series of stand alone covers, she is set to release this spring.

Allison Moorer’s ‘Down To Believing’ is a brave walk through a turbulent thunderstorm of emotions in search of the hope that flickers like a lightning rod ahead. Allison delivers a record that confirms her place amongst the very best of America’s singer songwriters.

Watch this 1977 documentary about Irish Traditional singer Sarah Makem of Keady, County Armagh. It’s a magical piece of film-making that has some wonderful moments. The conversation between Sarah and husband and fiddle player Peter Makem is a personal highlight, the two of them seemed to be playing with the film-maker.

Sleep On Sleeping On sees the welcome return of The Woodbine & Ivy Band. Whilst tempting to call this album one of the most exciting and inventive folk albums of recent times it should be celebrated for what it is: a brimming cauldron of musical ideas with a surprisingly coherent end product.

If I Was A River is the latest offering from Willie Nile, now 66. It features 10 sparsely arranged introspective acoustic numbers with Nile accompanying himself on piano. Not just any piano either, but the same Steinway Grand he was playing in the same studio as Lennon the night he was shot. Maybe the melancholia of that evening seeped into its keys.

Our Song of the Day comes from the award-winning British singer, songwriter and guitarist Blair Dunlop. ‘Fifty Shades of Blue’ is the third single from his acclaimed 2014 album ‘House Of Jacks’ which was one of our featured Album of the Month last year. Blair embark on a co-headline tour with British songwriter Emma Stevens in April.

Combining dizzying instrumental flair with a maturing songwriter’s voice Incidents & Accidents strips Dan Walsh’s sound back to its core and is wholly satisfying as a result, a perfect blend of great playing, so finely realised it is at times simply breathtaking, with a gift for telling a story that gets straight to the narrative heartbeat, making for an exceptional record all round.

We have a great song premiere today from Brighton-based Californian singer-songwriter Ed Prosek. Ed covers the folk classic ‘Moonshiner’ which has been covered covered by the likes of Bob Dylan and The Punch Brothers. It features on his latest digital only single Michigan. Listen here.

Formerly known as Joyce The Librarian, Martin Callingham recently released the excellent ‘Tonight, We All Swim Free’, one of our featured Albums of the Month. Here he gives FRUK an exclusive insight into the album’s creation, those involved in its making and shares his thoughts on mysterious art of songwriting.

10 years on, Tom Heyman’s finally made a third album, one that showcases his fine work on acoustic, electric and slide guitars as well as his slightly grained and rasped baritone. We also have the European Video Premiere for Black Top, a B-movie inspired spoof made with director Steve Hanft and featuring a surprise guest from Dengue Fever.