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Our Song of the Day comes from New York-based singer/songwriter Emma Frank with a cover of Wilco’s ‘Either Way’. It features on her new album, Come Back out September 6th, via Nettwerk.

FolkEast have an outstanding line-up this year – Richard Thompson, Cara Dillon & friends, the Karine Polwart Trio, John Smith, Calan, Sharon Shannon Band, Ross Ainslie, Jarlath Henderson and Ali Hutton, Daphne’s Flight, Blair Dunlop and Siobhan Miller.

Watch the video for ‘Great Old Northern Line’, the second single from British folk singer-songwriter newcomer Odette Michell, taken from her newly released and critically acclaimed debut album ‘The Wildest Rose’.

Today sees the release of On Clay Hill, the debut album from Stick in the Wheel band member Fran Foote and her mother Belinda Kempster. Watch their new music video for John Barleycorn.

Musician, ethnomusicologist, and professor Tim Eriksen kicks off his UK tour today and includes dates with Mama’s Broke, Susan Brearey and Cath & Phil Tyler. Watch him performing the Mountains of Pomeroy.

That banjo-toting Nova Scotian folk troubadour Old Man Luedecke whose bluegrass-inspired arrangements with witty and wise lyrics have earned him a plethora of awards and critical acclaim returns to the UK in August for a string of festival dates.

Listen to Memory Compass, our Song of the Day and the new single from Nels Andrews, taken from his forthcoming album ‘Pigeon & The Crow’ which was produced by traditional Irish flautist Nuala Kennedy and includes guest appearances by fellow songsmiths Anaïs Mitchell, AJ Roach, and Anthony Da Costa.

Today sees the release of ‘Baby She Roam’, the new single from London-based freethinking folk musician David Ellis, taken from his upcoming debut album ‘Misty Heights’, released on 15 August 2019. Watch the accompanying video.

Listen to Feel It Go Round, the new single and album title track from Catgod, the musical project of Oxford-based sibling duo Robin Christensen-Marriott and Catherine Marriott.

A duo you should most definitely check out – From the rolling hills of the Bluegrass and the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Montana Hobbs and Linda Jean Stokley are The Local Honeys. They hit our shores this month for a string of UK festivals, including Latitude and SummerTyne.

Joan Shelley announces new album Like The River Loves The Sea, recorded in Iceland with James Elkington and Nathan Salsburg as her backing band. Watch the accompanying animated video for ‘Cycle’, our Song of the Day.

Our Song of the Day is the new single from Gregory Ackerman. ‘We’ve Got a Runner’ is a catchy number that’s impossible to resist – it could be a summer anthem – watch the accompanying video which premieres on Folk Radio today.