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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.

Melbourne contemporary folk outfit The Maes share video for Treat You Better, the opening track of their new self-titled album. It features a compilation of live footage from their tour including Orkney Folk Festival, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, WOMADelaide and more.

Our Song of the Day comes from Cormac Byrne & Adam Summerhayes with Molly Donnery – a video capturing their first notes together as a trio – a musical meeting. The results are beautiful – an album will follow.

Luke Daniels returns with a fourth solo album that promises to be his most interesting to date which contains re-worked slices of English poetry from the past seven hundred years. Lead single “Old Friends and Exhausted Enemies” is out today.

Revolving around composer/producer Jolanda Moletta and guitar player Demian Endian, She Owl release a new recording of Mimla along with an accompanying video that finds them conjuring new sounds and improvising in their most cinematic form to date.

Taken from his forthcoming new album ‘Rooted’, Martin Simpson takes the bull by the horns and tackles self-serving neoliberalism on his new single Neo.