Bossk to tour UK in December: News
Bossk are set to his the road in December in support of their latest opus, Migration. They will be joined by the equally brilliant Dvne on the seven date jaunt around the UK.
Shadow Bones – 100 Years video exclusive: News
Shadow Bones release acoustic version of 100 Years in support of Alcohol Change UK. The song is a testament to hope and how you can affect your future.
Seth Lakeman – Make Your Mark: Album Review
Seth Lakeman releases his eleventh album. Make Your Mark is a set that might see him elevated to ‘folk music institution’ status.
The Ocean – Phanerozoic Live: Album Review
The Ocean take their ambitious work into the live arena. Phanerozoic Live captures them at their devastating best.
Danny Bryant – The Rage To Survive: Album Review
Gritty, hard-hitting no-holds-barred blues from UK bluesman Danny Bryant on his latest album, The Rage To Survive will lift those gloomy, autumn days.
Mark Pontin Group – Kaleidoscope: Album Review
Inventive blues roots, shone through any number of stylistic prisms, showing light, dark and a lot of promise. That’s the Mark Pontin Group.
Me And That Man – New Man, New Songs, Same Shit, Vol.2: Album Review
Behemoth’s Nergal emerges in the guise of Me And That Man in the follow up to the Vol. 1 album of the same name.
Swallow The Sun – Moonflowers : Album Review
Swallow the Sun release a new studio album, that marks another impressive step forward in the band’s composition and performance abilities.
Devin Hoff – Voices From the Empty Moor (Songs of Anne Briggs): Album Review
Devin Hoff on largely instrumental revisions of a largely trad. arr. folk canon that surprise and subvert.
Lewis Barfoot – Glenaphuca: Album Review
A folk prayer to the ancestors. A stunning debut from Lewis Barfoot.
Alan Tyler – Made In Middlesex: Album Review
The Mockingbird rooster, Alan Tyler, retreats to a quirky lockdown project, nearly free of his characteristic country vibe.
Hannah James & Toby Kuhn – Sleeping Spirals: Album Review
Hannah James and Toby Kuhn collaborate on a blend of English Folk and European melodies.
Marillion – Bridgewater Hall, Manchester: Live Review
Marillion give another outstanding Manchester perfromance
Mark Pontin Group / Five Points Gang – Manchester Retro Bar: Live Review
The Mark Pontin Group and Five Point Gang deliver masterful and contrasting blues sets in Manchester…miss this tour at your peril.
Isla Ratcliff – The Castalia: Album Review
A refreshingly lively new take on trad. from Isla Ratcliff. Cape Breton influences abound and reinvigorate.