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Having spent the last five years clocking up numerous road miles, This Frontier Needs Heroes is set to return to Europe again next week. In Brad Lauretti’s own words, he is “psyched to be going back to Europe next week!”

Folk singer-songwriter Kirsty Merryn comes to the Fisher Theatre in Bungay, Suffolk on Friday 31st August, and the Guildhall Norwich on 18th October as a part of her first ever solo tour of the UK.

Don’t miss them this October on their 10th Anniversary tour including London, Glasgow and Dublin – Original, entertaining and thought-provoking, the Rubber Wellies are a unique Basque, Irish and British based collective, a travelling folk outfit like few others.

Fresh from his whirlwind world tour with rock legend Robert Plant, charismatic singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Seth Lakeman releases his stunning, ninth solo album The Well-Worn Path on October 26 via Cooking Vinyl.

Named after “a massive fairground that appears on Newcastle Town Moor every summer”, listen to Modern Hinterland’s lead single ‘Take You To The Hoppings (To Do Wrong)’, from their forthcoming album which takes its name from the fair.

Our Tune of the Day comes from Assynt, one of Scotland’s newest, most exciting folk trios featuring award-winning musicians Graham MacKenzie, David Shedden and Innes White. Their debut album, Road to the North, is released on August 18th.

Watch Michelle Mandico’s lyric video for 1000 Feet, from her debut album Ptarmigan. “It is about putting one foot in front of the other, knowing that the path is steep and the distance is daunting.”

“Time and tide wait for no man”, so the saying goes. But ever since her EP, Tide & Time, came out in 2016, many have been waiting expectantly to hear Somerset singer songwriter Kitty Macfarlane’s debut album. On September 21 the wait will be over as this fine young acoustic artist unveils the beguiling release Namer Of Clouds.

Watch the new video from New York’s The Rad Trads for their lead single Good Luck Unto Ya which is set in a roller skating club in Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn, NY. It’s taken from their forthcoming album On Tap which is set for release on September 14th.

David Crosby’s forthcoming European tour will include two UK dates. He’s lined up a total of 14 dates which will kick off at the Once In A Blue Moon Festival in Amsterdam on August 25 and conclude with a set at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on September 16.

Watch ‘Then We Waltzed’ the latest video from Dreamers’ Circus taken from their new album ‘Rooftop Sessions’. They will carry an audience from calm contemplation to a euphoric exuberance – a journey to be relished. Jump onboard.

There’s really no better place to spend a day than in Sidmouth during the first week of August! Everyone is welcome in the popular East Devon seaside town as residents, holidaymakers and festival goers join together to make Sidmouth FolkWeek the friendliest and best music-based holiday of the summer.