Mike Davies

With a firmly retro soul Jeff Larson’s tenth studio album ‘Close Circle ‘ offers a dreamily smooth ride. Read Mike’s album review here.

The widely-tipped Dublin alt-folk quartet The Young Folk release their debut album ‘The Little Battle’ in September, a release that may well find their backyard takes on global proportions.

Jordie Lane releases a five track EP to quench fans thirst. His soaring croon conjuring comparisons with M Ward as he again muses on love, mortality and change.

Luke Sital-Singh releases his long-awaited debut album ‘The Fire Inside’ – songs of joy and heartache, delivered in a dust-limned, cracked voice that often catches like a sob in the throat.

If not his best then ‘Souvenirs of a Misspent Youth’ is certainly Otis Giobbs’ most immediate, An album that should finally bring long overdue wider acclaim.

Amanda Rheaume pays tribute to her Métis heritage, one of Canada’s aboriginal peoples, on her second full-length album and the first to explore a more electric sound. UK Tour in August.

Toronto based NQ Arbuckle’s latest offering ‘The Future Happens Anyway’ is an outstanding and ultimately upbeat, life-affirming piece of work.

Victory & Ruins is one hell of a fine album that crackles with instant hooks and melodies, has an effervescence of choruses and boasts a fistful of damn fine blue collar songs into the bargain.

Possessed of arguably the clearest, loveliest and most soothing male vocal in the world of British folk music Johnny Coppin returns with his first solo collection in nine years.

Hannah Aldridge draws on the roots of her musical raising to sterling effect on her debut album, a tight and gritty collection of ‘Dark Americana’ that draw deeply on her own life. On UK Tour Now.

First Aid Kit’s ‘Stay Gold’ offers fuller arrangements and brighter dynamics. Whilst the lyrics have become more intimate and personal it is an album of heartfelt beauty.

To the Bone is the new solo album from Trevor Jones, the singer and songwriter for Miracle Mile. A great collection of songs born of what he calls “a period of instability”.