The ‘Black Lives Matter’ flag so often draped over an amplifier is missing. ‘What It Means’, Patterson Hood’s song about the violence directed at African Americans of late, may have been a setlist mainstay during the North American leg of…
One of, if not the, most beautiful folk projects of last year was volume one of Darren Hayman’s Thankful Villages – a journey around the UK’s 54 villages where all of their First World War soldiers returned from battle alive.…
Swiss folksters Serafyn released their lush debut album Foam last month. Its warm tones and majestic harmonies are perfect to get you through the remaining days of winter – and at this rate may well be needed well into spring.…
For Jon Ouin, one of his favourite things about being a member of Stornoway has been going out on tour. The Oxford band have been gigging since long before some of them were, strictly speaking, old enough to be in…
“We’re going to play you a song off the new record now,” Angie announces. “Actually, they’re all off the new record but it sounds cool to say that.” Those of us crammed into the Basement on the banks of the…
If you’re the sort of person that reads this blog regularly (hey, you’ve made it this far, so let’s assume…) you’ve heard Dan Mayfield’s work before. It might have been the sound of his fiddle on one of Darren Hayman’s…
It’s been 20 years since Karl Smith and Pete Cohen formed Sodastream, and 10 years since we heard anything from the Australian duo. But next month sees the release of their new album Little By Little and a welcome appearance…
After making a splash with single ‘Unforgiving War’ late last year, We Were Strangers is preparing to release his debut album in March and we’re stoked to premiere the first track from Beneath A Broken Sky. Stefan Melbourne specialises in…
Soon you can stop counting the days, because this is the week that Patch & The Giant release All That We Had, We Stole. Luke and Angie have been talking us through the making of the band’s debut album, the…
First, the good news: Keston Cobbers Club are back! The five-piece will release their new album Almost Home at the end of March, the follow-up to the wonderful Wildfire. Second, even more good news: We have the video premiere of…