Blue Öyster Cult – 50th Anniversary Live – First Night: Album Review
Blue Öyster Cult raise the bat on an unbeaten half century.
Rob Clarke – Blues Beats and Brel: Maxi-single Review
Wooltone Rob Clarke ventures into shuffling blues, noir chamber pop and chanson-tinged psychedelia with this 3-track maxi-single – a taster for his forthcoming 4th solo album.
Imogen Clark – Not Christmas Here: Single Review
45° in the shade! Summer Chardonnay! A Christmas song with a difference from soon-to-relocate-Aussie Imogen Clark.
Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden’s Wassail – Stoller Hall, Manchester: Live Review
ATB go a-wassailing with Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden for a yuletide cracker at the Stoller Hall.
The Levellers – Albert Hall, Manchester: Live Review
We’re at The Albert Hall in Manchester for the lethal combo of The Levellers and The Lottery Winners.
Big Big Train – The Likes Of Us: Album News
News of the new album from Big Big Train.
UK West Coast Folk Festival – News
news of the exciting West Coast Folk Festival that takes over Blackpool Winter Gardens in early January 2024.
(Late) Saimh Round-Up – Realta, Hildaland, The Unprepared – Albums Reviewed
A cache of Celts that we somehow missed earlier, just as we’re late to celebrate Saimh!
The Almighty – Blood, Fire & Love, Soul Destruction: Album Review
The Almighty rebooted – and as raw and rousing as you might remember.
Stephen EvEns – A Tree: Video Premiere
We premiere the new single and video from Stephen EvEns – A Tree.
Prognosis – Esigen: EP Review
Prognosis release the Esigen EP – packed with their signature brutality and beauty.
Beans On Toast – The Toothpaste And The Tube: Album Review
The annual missive from Beans On Toast – songs of impending war and an AI revolution, tempered by lots of observations on the delights of home, family and parenthood
Jim Moray – Beflean, An Alternative History 2002-2023: Album Review
Beflean – in which Jim Moray is at his best in a (sort of) ‘best of.’
Hank Wangford & Noel Dashwood – Promises Promises: Album Review
Foot Tappers and Heartbreakers from the grizzled godfather of UK alt-country and dobro wizard partner – Wangford & Dashwood.
Jon Boden & Eliza Carthy – Glad Christmas Comes: Album Review
Jon Boden & Eliza Carthy join considerable forces, wassailing for all they’re worth in the next of our folky festive features.