The Telegraph — Fiddle player Nancy Kerr's first solo album, Sweet Visitor, features Martin Simpson, Emily Smith and James Fagan more info

The Telegraph — The Elizabethan Session, featuring eight musicians including Martin Simpson, Bella Hardy and Nancy Kerr, is an exciting project to create new music inspired by the Elizabethan era     more info

Guardian Music — Another great folk festival joins the rich range already thriving in the north west. Helen Nugent prelimsIn a world where teen heartthrobs, rap artists and reality show winners dominate the charts, it is heartening to learn that more than 300 folk fe... more info

Guardian Music — (Topic)Fay Hield has all the makings of a folk scene celebrity. She has a fine voice, she's a distinguished folk academic, lecturing in ethnomusicology at Sheffield University, and she's the partner of Bellowhead star John Boden. Little surprise, the... more info

Guardian Music — Veterans dominate this year as June Tabor and Oysterband win four prizes, including best album and folk singer of the yearBritish folk has enjoyed an exciting resurgence during the last few years, owing to younger artists brimming with energy and ima... more info

Scotsman.com — Our reviewers cast their eye over the latest CDs to be released... more info

The Telegraph — Great songs and star guests on a terrific folk album by Martin Simpson. more info

Guardian Music — (Topic) Martin Simpson has been a guitar hero, accompanist, folk singer and songwriter – and there are reminders of all these in what is surely his most commercial recording to date. It's notable not just for his guitar and banjo playing and though... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Martin Simpson (born 5 May 1953, Scunthorpe, England) is a British folk singer, guitarist and songwriter. He is regarded by many as one of the most skilled folk guitarists currently playing on the British and American folk scene. He has been nomina... more info

Guardian Music — (Fellside) Hedy West was one of the great American stars of the 60s folk revival. Born in Georgia, the daughter of a union organiser who worked with mining communities, she sang mining songs, epic narrative ballads, children's songs and country tunes... more info