Newcastle’s Lesley Roley has one of those voices that you just want to listen to. She’s not given to swooping and soaring in a grandiose, show-off way, but her mountain stream clear vocals make you want to hang on every word. Her new album is an acoustic delight, full of warm meditative folk/pop, and melodies that arrow straight for your heart. Time spent in Roley’s company is always time well spent. DP

Out now, self-release