Short but very sweet, the Longest Night by The Furrow Collective gets you in a Christmas mood with a tidy collection of classics, new and old. Fire up the hearth and reach for the mulled wine.
Abbey Thomas takes a journey Where the Big Lamp Shines, in the company of Newcastle bluegrass band, The Often Herd.
Stick in the Wheel bring new perspectives on tradition in the company of musicians unassociated with folk music, to fascinating effect.
Jake Blount's latest single, 'The Man Was Burning', crackles and burns as the singer reinvents an old spiritual to take on the modern rich.
Explore Willson Williams, a summer album by Kathryn Williams and Dan Willson featuring British folk and pop tunes filled with warmth and nostalgia.
From universal themes to the tiniest details, it takes it all in, and the listener who choses to spend forty minutes in its company comes out all the more enriched for it. One of 2020’s must-hear albums.
Stolen from God, a new song cycle from Reg Meuross, marks the culmination of four years digging into the hellish history of the Atlantic Slave Trade.
Talisk reach virtuosic heights with with their latest album, DAWN. Alex Hurr takes a listen and finds a whole new world of enjoyment.
George Sansome & Matt Quinn kickstart their new duo with Sheffield Park, an album on which they wear their love of traditional folk songs firmly on their sleeves.
Adam Sear takes a listen to Joel Paterson's latest and find a "true joy of a record".
Rachel Wilkinson (Tradfolk Rach) takes 'Time was Away' for a spin and finds herself overwhelmed with the emotion of it all.
Piers Cawley takes a listen to "Last Wisps of the Old Ways: North Carolina Mountain Singing" and finds an intriguing, if slightly frustrating, collection.