Hear the Best New Folk Music with Fresh Cuts Friday

Discover the Best New Music of the Week!

We’ve pulled together some of the best new music we’ve heard lately — and you can hear it all on Fresh Cuts, my weekly radio hour. Tune in every Friday at 2pm ET / 11am PT on Folk Alley’s 24/7 stream — available on our website, mobile app, or your smart speaker too.

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In the meantime, here’s a sneak peek at some exciting new music that’s caught our ears this week!

Caroline Spence, “Where the Time Goes”

Caroline Spence’s new album Heart Go Wild is out today, featuring the song “Where the Time Goes.” Of the album, Caroline says “The songs on this album touch on just about everything a heart can feel. Titling this album “Heart Go Wild” is my way of giving myself permission — to go wild in daring to present these stories of the heart, staying vulnerable and unfiltered and to stay in that wildness as I continue to go through life and make music.”

The Onlies, “Roll On Buddy”

The Onlies, made up of Vivian Leva, Leo Shannon, Riley Calcagno, and Sami Braman, have a new album on the way – You Climb The Mountain (out 9/19/2025). All 27 years old, they got their start 20 years ago as a kid band and have been honing their chops ever since.

Josh Ritter, “Truth is a Dimension (Both Invisible and Blinding)”

Josh Ritter’s new album I Believe in You, My Honeydew (out 9/12/2025) features the song “Truth is a Dimension (Both Invisible and Blinding).” The track is a story song about an astronomer mapping the stars while pining for his ex who has taken up with a new person named Neil.

dodie, “I Feel Bad For You, Dave”

Not For Lack Of Trying (out 10/3) is the second album from from the North London-born singer-songwriter dodie featuring the song “I Feel Bad For You, Dave.” The bossa nova-inflected track is in dodie’s words, “a song about the ego of people who feel as though they lack power, so try to gain it in ways that ironically have the opposite effect. We all know a Dave!”

More this week on FreshCuts!

Anna Tivel – “Airplane to Nowhere”
Ben Nichols – “The Darkness Sings”
Frazey Ford – “Crazy Love”
Kathleen Edwards – “Little Pink Door”
Margo Price – “Don’t Let the Bastards Get You Down”
Rory Block – “Me and My Chauffeur Blues”
The Steel Wheels – “Easy”
Tommy Emmanuel – “Black and White to Color”
Wild Horses – ‘When I Was Younger”