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Bert Jansch at the BBC is a truly glorious collection that has been extensively researched and features radio and TV sessions from 1966 to 2009. It’s an outstanding boxset release.

On ‘While I Sit and Watch This Tree Volume 2’, Lizabett Russo takes the listener on a very personal journey. It’s a stunning and passionate album, one that you will be drawn back to repeatedly.

Laura Jean’s ‘Amateurs’ is the work of a sincere professional, one who refuses to be bound by boxes or boundaries. She moves in directions where the weight of her work and the totality of her talent are vast and limitless.

Aoife Nessa Frances may have been caught in the wonder of the moment, trying to figure out where she fits in, yet Protector is a most generous gift, where she plays not to the crowd but to the sound and swirl of her own heart.

As a songwriter, part of what makes Robyn Hitchcock so unique is that he doesn’t write songs like anyone else – ‘Shufflemania’ is no exception as it teases, turns and twirls to its own muse – we are all the richer for it.

For her latest EP ‘Now & Then’, Josienne Clarke presents a surprising yet stunning collection of covers that include folk classics as well as songs by Sandy Denny, Radiohead, Sharon Van Etten and Nick Drake; it’s a masterpiece of the moment.

Eliza Edens’ sophomore album ‘We’ll Become the Flowers’ is evidence of why she’s a voice that needs to be heard. Required listening for anyone who’s ever been in love.

Transforming moments from her life into songs that we can all relate to, Alela Diane’s Looking Glass reveals a songwriter whose depth is undeniable and whose performances create unforgettable memories.

Defined as Mediterranean Minimalism, Deniz Cuylan’s Rings of Juniper journeys to spaces of calm where he creates musical sketches of beauty, grace and grandeur.

It’s rare to find a trio more musically matched than the members of Bonny Light Horseman, and their new album, Rolling Golden Holy, is a collaboration unlike any you’re likely to hear this year.

What Bróna McVittie has achieved on The Woman in the Moon is quite remarkable. She has found a way to focus the broad musical sound worlds that have inspired her, to reach listeners in new and unexpected ways.

With Autumn Eve, Julie Odell throws out the rule book, bending songs and styles at will. You’re left breathless by the unfolding possibilities of everything she displays. This is a trip unlike any you have taken before.