Right now, it seems that on every radio station, every TV channel, the suffocating whoops of the Glastonbury audience bounce...
Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones deliver A Year Too Late and a Month Too Soon, later than expected but the sooner the better, and it's a wonderful album to boot.
Gavin McNamara hails The Bitter EP by Cerys Hafana for its eerie folk fusion and creative use of harp and found sounds. Innovation abounds.
The third album from Claire Hastings finds her in maternal mode, combining traditional material and original tracks in an evocative manner.
Explore Eliza Carthy's No Wasted Joy, a raw folk album with powerful vocals and fiddle, released to accompany her must-see solo tour with Jennifer Reid, currently underway.
The Eliza Carthy Trio releases the singer's most consistent, rewarding album in years. Instantly arresting, Conversations We've Had Before is Carthy at her very best.
New contemporary folk label/collective Broadside Hacks tackle another traditional classic, hinting at things to come perhaps? Alex Hurr investigates.
With their latest album, A Tarot of the Green Wood, Burd Ellen cement their position as the finest purveyors of drone folk on the scene.
'I Am a Youth That's Inclined to Ramble' is a tantalisingly brief meetup between two musicians who, we hope, will do more together.
Dilyn Afon is an aural roadtrip – a postcard – through a place, a time and its people. In our opinion, it's nothing short of a masterpiece.
Big Machine by Eliza Carthy and the Wayward Band is a wonderful album. We'd give it all the stars, if we had stars to give.
In the company of her new producer, Ben Seal, Eliza Carthy's "Through That Sound (My Secret Was Made Known)" demands a cabaret stage.
