Celtic Connections 2026: Festival preview
Looking ahead to Celtic Connections – Scotland’s annual celebration of traditional music beckons with highlights galore.
Beans on Toast – Kill Them With Kindness: Album Review
Beans on Toast continues his tradition of releasing an album every birthday. Kill Them With Kindness, is the usual mix of domesticity and polemic but, perhaps, it’s his hardest-hitting yet…
Saving Grace – Symphony Hall, Birmingham: Live Review
And it makes you wonder….. As the song says, it’s a beautiful day today for Saving Grace.
Dick Gaughan – Live At The BBC 1972-1979: Album Review
The prodigious talent of Dick Gaughan, in his heyday, and largely solo prime in this BBC set.
Divorce – Manchester Academy 2: Live Photo Gallery
Divorce headline a three band bill at Manchester Academy 2 with Curiosity Shop and Formal Sppeedwear in support.
Jim Watson – Calling You Home: Album Review
Calling You Home is a solo piano album, full of contrasts and different moods, created by a very gifted musician and composer.
Tattercoats – Westways: Album Review
Country standards, bluegrass, traditional folk songs and inspired interpretations of familiar favourites all feature on the debut album from Tattercoats.
The Behaviour on Pink Floyd: Why I Love
Marshall Kilpatric of The Behaviour joins us for a Why I Love on one of the giants of prog, Pink Floyd.
Orange Goblin w/ Grand Magus & Urne – Manchester Academy 2: Live Review
Orange Goblin play their last show in Manchester – a celebratory night full of heavy metal emotion as the band sign off in style.
Stereophonics – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham: Live Review
We’re at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham for a Stereophonics show packed to the brim with hits.
The Charlatans – Manchester Academy: Live Review
The Charlatans tread the boards once more in Manchester, with a heavy of dose of love and joy on offer.
Seth Lakeman Trio – Holmfirth Picturedrome: Live Review
We love the Holmfirth Picturedrome. So does Seth Lakeman. We’re all up for another visit.
Abbie Bell & The High Ryes – Slow Burn: EP Review
Up-and-coming Scottish Americana trio, Abbie Bell & The High Ryes, release promising debut EP.
Jessie Kilguss – Fool’s Fight: Single Review
The new single from Brooklyn songstress Jessie Kilguss contemplates the ending of a relationship in the most melodic way imaginable.
Emma Miller – Siren: Single Review
A taster for the upcoming album from Edinburgh-based songstress Emma Miller. Siren, encapsulates the best and worst of humanity – all in one song.