New Single: Timo de Jong & Leadbeaters - Monsters

Artiest/Band: Timo de Jong & Leadbeaters New Single: Monsters Album: The Ballad Of Too Much Glitter Release: 28 November 2025 Label: Revanche Records Format: CD/LP/DL/Digital Genre: Folk/Bluegrass Nieuwe single ‘Monsters’ van Timo de Jong & Leadbeaters nu uit in aanloop naar album release   ‘The Ballad Of Too Much Glitter’ verschijnt op 28 nov, TakeRoot festival aan tour toegevoegd.....►►►

Nieuw Album: Prolapse met single The Fall of Cashline van I Wonder Ehen They're Going To Destroy Your Face

Artiest/Band: Prolapse Album: I Wonder When They're Going To Destroy Your Face Release: 29th augustus 2025 Label: Tapete Records Distributie: Sonic RendezVous Format: CD/LP/DL/Digital Genre: Folk,Krautrock Na 26 jaar is Prolapse terug met een nieuw album en wat voor een! Het vijfde Prolapse-album, "I Wonder When They're Going to Destroy Your Face", verschijnt op Tapete Records en markeert de eerste nieuwe opnames van de band sinds hun laatste album, "Ghosts of Dead Aeroplanes", dat 26 jaar geleden uitkwam.......►►►

Alex Krawczyk - Wonders Await

Artiest/Band: Alex Krawczyk Album: Wonders Await Release: Out Now Label: MTS Records Format: CD/LP/DL/Digital Genre: Folk,Singer-Songwriter  I’m excited to share the brand-new full-length album from Canadian Folk Music Awards nominee, Alex Krawczyk, titled Wonders Await, releasing on MTS Records. Following her acclaimed debut, Le Olam—hailed for its warmth, clarity, and emotional resonance—Alex returns with a powerful second album that deepens her signature blend of contemporary folk, roots, Americana textures, and uplifting storytelling. The LP drops on January 25th, 2026, her late mother's birthday......►►►

Release: Lap steel guitarist KB Bayley - East Side Confessions

Artiest/Band: KB Bayley Album: East Side Confessions Release: 28th November 2025 Label: Self Released Format: CD/DL/Stream  Genre: Folk We wondered how you were getting on with East Side Confessions, the captivating new album by acclaimed singer-songwriter and lap steel guitarist KB Bayley, which is scheduled for release on November 28 2025? East Side Confessions follows 2020’s Little Thunders.......►►►

Release: Steve Howell & Fats Kaplin - Know You From Old

Artiest/Band: Steve Howell & Fats Kaplin Album: Know You From Old Release: 7th November 2025 Label: Out Of The Past Music Format: CD/LP/DL/Digital Genre: Acoustic Blues / Folk For his fourteenth album release, Steve Howell is joined by multi-instrumental maestro Fats Kaplin, in taking a deep dive into traditional music spanning songs with their origins stretching back to the thirteenth century and up to the 1950's.......►►►

Various Artists - It's All Her Fault (Cindy Walker tribute)

Artiest/Band: Various Artists Album: It's All Her Fault (Cindy Walker tribute) Release: 10th October 2025 Label: CRS Format: CD/LP/DL/Digital Genre: Folk/Americana/Country SOUND, MIXING & MASTERING ENGINEER: Deke Dickerson PRODUCER: Eddie Clendening EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Grey DeLisle.........►►►

Duffhues - It Has No Face

Artiest/Band:Duffhues Album: It Has No Face Single: Theatre Off Grid Release 24th October 2025 Label: Zwarte Vleugels/Sonic Rendezvous Format: CD/LP/DL/Vinyl Genre: Grungy Blues, Anti Folk Noir, Avant-garde Roots Op 24 oktober 2025 verschijnt DUFFHUES' elfde album It has no Face. Met songs over o.a. oorlogsstokers, prekende slangenbezweerders, een catnapper, despoten en apocalyptische voorstellingen laat hij er geen gras over groeien. De wereld is een duistere plek geworden, met een toekomst zonder gezicht.......►►►

Trapper Schoep - Osbourne

Artiest/Band: Trapper Schoep  Album: Osbourne Release: 19th September Label: Blue Elan / Pias Format: CD/LP/DL/Digital Genre: Folk,Rock,Americana  Trapper Schoep nieuw album "Osbourne"plus tourdagen en de eerste twee nieuwe nummers van het album "Osbourne" Blue Elan / Pias 19 september Goed te horen dat Trapper Schoep met een nieuw album “Osbourne” uitkomt op 19 september op Blue Elan Records. Wat waren we blij 3 jaar geleden met zijn album “Siren Songs” wat destijds hoge ogen gooide.......►►►

Release: Michael McGovern - Thin White Road

Artiest/Band: Michael McGovern Album: Thin White Road Single:  Release 7th November 2025 Label: Cauldron Music Format: CD/LP/DL/Vinyl Genre: Folk/Singer-Songwriter hin White Road, the long awaited follow-up to his acclaimed 2021 debut Highfield Suite, by Glaswegian folk singer-songwriter Michael McGovern, which is scheduled for release on November 7 2025 on Cauldron Music........►►►

Release: KYSHONA - LEGACY (LIVE FROM THE BLUE ROOM STUDIOS)

Artiest/Band: KYSHONA Album: LEGACY (LIVE FROM THE BLUE ROOM STUDIOS) Release: 19th September 2025 Label: CRS Format: CD/LP/DL/Digital Genre: Folk/Roots/Gospel September 19 will see the digital release of  KYSHONA - LEGACY (LIVE FROM THE BLUE ROOM STUDIOS) a powerful selection of semi acoustic live renditions of songs from her much lauded Legacy album NOW AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS: CAROLINA (both acoustic and album version) .........►►►

Release: Heather Little – Even Better Now

Artiest/Band: Heather Little Album: Even Better Now  Release 19th September 2025 Label: Must Have Music – Continental Record Services Format: CD/LP/DL/Vinyl Genre: Roots/Folk,Acoustic/Blues Heather Little’s album ‘Better By Now’ made quite some waves in the Americana singer-songwriter community. Rave reviews that lauded her short stories on music. Dead honest poetry that painted every man’s and every woman’s day to day life and its struggles in colorful and captivating songs.......►►►

Walter Rootsie and his Blue Connection - People Talk

Artiest/Band: Walter Rootsie and his Blue Connection Album: People Talk Single:  Release 21th September 2025 Label: Self Format: CD/LP/DL/Vinyl Genre: Blues/Country/Folk/ Rock De Finse roots- en Americana‑band Walter Rootsie and his Blue Connection, rond de in Amsterdam gevestigde singer‑songwriter Walter Rootsie, viert in 2025 haar twintigjarig bestaan. Op 21 september 2025 brengt de groep haar vierde studioalbum uit: People Talk......►►►

Release: Kathryn Williams - Mystery Park

Artiest/Band: Kathryn Williams 15thAlbum:  Mystery Park Single: Mystery Park Release 26th September 2025 Label:  One Little Independent Records Distributie: V2 Records Format: CD/LP/DL/Vinyl Genre: Folk/Singer-Songwriter Kathryn Williams, the folk singer-songwriter long celebrated for her quiet emotional depth and lyrical precision, releases her 15th studio album ‘Mystery Park’ via One Little Independent Records on September 26th. A deeply personal, intimate collection, ‘Mystery Park’ marks 27 years of making music. It’s a reflective, textured work shaped by time’s shifting tides.........►►►

Debut Album: Mirador - Mirador

Artiest/Band: Mirador Album: Mirador Single: Fortune's Fate Release 19 September Label: Republic Records Format: Cd/LP/DL/Vinyl Genre: Bluesrock MIRADOR, de band die mede werd opgericht door Jake Kiszka (medeoprichter van de met een GRAMMY® Award bekroonde Greta Van Fleet) en Chris Turpin (van Ida Mae), deelt 'Fortune's Fate', de nieuwste single van hun aanstaande, titelloze album  MIRADOR  (19 september , Republic Records)......►►►

Release: Alice Di Micele - Reverse the Flow

Artiest/Band:Alice Di Micele Album: Reverse the Flow Release: 10th october 2025 Label:ALICE OTTER MUSIC Format: CD/LP/DL/Digital Genre: Folk/Singer-Songwriter Produced by Bret Levick with Alice Di Micele Oregon based artist Alice Di Micele’s (pronounced Dee Miss Ellie) passion is to create music that uplifts, transforms, and heals. An Americana/Folk artist, rooted in the natural world, Alice’s connection to nature has created a deep bond with her listeners over the decades, gifting people a safe space to express their emotions and heal in the process.......►►►

Release: Watchhouse - Rituals

Artiest/Band: Watchhouse Album: RitualsMttan Release: 30 May 2025 Label: Tiptoe Tiger Music / Thirty Tigers Genre: Folk Rituals, is the newest full length album from Watchhouse (Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz). This is the first release of all new, original songs since their 2021 self-titled album, which found the duo embracing a new name and a new chapter for the band..........►►►

In Memoriam: Filipijnse folklegende Freddie Aguilar.

ILLUSTRATIE: Igi Talao

Filipijnse folklegende Freddie Aguilar overleden op 72-jarige leeftijd Aguilar speelde een belangrijke rol bij het op de wereldkaart zetten van de Filipijnen op het gebied van muziek. Het Filipijnse muziekicoon Freddie Aguilar, de man achter de legendarische folk-popsong “Anak”, overleed in de vroege uren van dinsdag 27 mei aan een hartstilstand. Hij was 72 jaar oud.

Rusty Ends - The Hillbilly HooDoo of Rusty Ends

Artiest/Band:  Rusty Ends Album:  The Hillbilly HooDoo of Rusty Ends Release: 20 June 2025 Label: Earwig Music Company Format: CD/LP/DL/Digital Genre: Blues, Folk/Americana, Rockabilly The Hillbilly HooDoo of Rusty Ends is a beguiling blend of the contrasting musical idioms that the guitarist soaked up like a sponge during a well-spent Kentucky youth. “It’s a combination of our Kentucky roots and the hoodoo beat of New Orleans,” explains Rusty, “and the greasy kind of swamp stuff...........

Release: Kyshona - Legacy

Artiest/Band: Kyshona Album: Legacy Release: 23 May 2025 Label: CRS Format: CD/LP/DL/Digital Genre: Folk https://www.kyshona.com/ This is protest music for a new generation, a musical treatment for social ills, a unique prescription that only works if you listen.  - No Depression.............

Release: I'm With Her - Wild and Clear and Blue (Friday, May 9th 2025)

Artiest/Band: I'm With Her Album: Wild and Clear and Blue Release: 09 May 2025 Label: Bandcamp/V2 Records Format: CD/LP/DL/Digital Genre: Americana, Folk, Bluegrass  EU EXLUSIVE LIVE SHOW:  26th May - Amsterdam, Paradiso (Main Hall) With the 2014 formation of I’m With Her, singer/songwriters Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan, and Sara Watkins introduced an essential new force into the world of folk music: a close-knit alliance of highly esteemed musicians, each graced with a deep understanding of folk tradition and unbridled passion for expanding its possibilities...........