Altsounds — This un-missable evening follows the release of Kate's 2nd album of Yorkshire-inspired songs and carols in November 2011 and Kate is touring with her band, complete with brass quintet - a rousing Christmas celebration! The defining voice of con... more info

Guardian Music — Information and lineups for the UK's best Folk and World festivalsAeonWhen: 26-28 AugustWhere: Shobrooke Park Estate, Crediton, DevonWhat: Shoestring boutique festival in a Devon park.Who: Zun Zun Egui , Jazzsteppa, Submotion Orchestra, Matthew Halsa... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Bella Hardy - Songs Lost & Stolen The folk scene has always been a home for singer-songwriters, so it's perhaps only to be expected that our best young traditional singers should also want to write their own material. Recent results have been mixe... more info

Guardian Music — (Navigator) The folk scene has always been a home for singer-songwriters, so it's perhaps only to be expected that our best young traditional singers should also want to write their own material. Recent results have been mixed, though, from the exper... more info

The Telegraph — Raul Malo and Secret Sisters join Richard Thompson and Kate Rusby in 2011 line-up. more info

Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonCara Dillon has long been marked for great things. Raised near Derry in a hotbed of traditional Irish music, she won the All-Ireland Singing Trophy aged just 14, before later being recruited to replace Kate Rusby in the il... more info

Guardian Music — The England PJ Harvey paints isn't the green and pleasant idyll of popular imagination, but a dear and bruised and bedraggled thingA few weeks back, I interviewed Colin Meloy of the Decemberists for these pages. Sitting in his study in Oregon, we di... more info

Guardian Music — From Femi Kuti to Bellowhead, the best jazz, world and folk concerts around the UK this ChristmasLauThe Scottish-English acoustic trio of fiddler Aidan O'Rourke, guitarist Kris Drever and accordion player Martin Green have shaken up the folk scene wi... more info

The Telegraph — Kate Rusby's first self-penned album is full of warmth. Rating: * * * * more info

Guardian Music — (Pure Records) This is a new start for Kate Rusby. It's the first time she has recorded an album consisting entirely of her own songs, and it marks the debut of her new band, which features her partner Damien O'Kane on guitar, banjo and vocals. Yet,... more info