Ian Prowse – Sheffield City Hall: Live Review
Playing as main support to Elvis Costello, Ian Prowse delivers a lesson in how to warm up a crowd.
Clannad – In A Lifetime: Album Review
A fond farewell to the Irish family who can clock off after fifty years of music-making. Clannad and their legacy are celebrated on In A Lifetime.
Caribou – Suddenly: Album Review
Caribou (aka Dan Snaith) return with another hook laden magnum opus in the form of Suddenly; which also contains a song of the year contender!
Arvo Party – Love Above All: Album Review
Love Above All by Arvo Party – an album crafted “with real care given to create a whole and fulfilling listening experience.”
Genesis Tour announcement – news
They’ve only gone and done it. Rising from the dead, Genesis (or at least Collins, Banks and Rutherford) announce new tour dates.
WKW – Men Of Steel: Album Review
The latest chapter in the Big Country story. You can see the headline as the Watson guitar duo unite with US fan as bandmate. Their first new music since 2013’s The Journey holds a few surprises.
Jamie R Hawkins on Del Amitri
Jamie R Hawkins is an Award Winning Singer Songwriter whose songs have won him critical acclaim in the UK and around the world. Here, he shares his love of Del Amitri.
The Neal Morse Band – The Great Adventour, Live in Brno 2019: Album Review
A record of another epic live outing for the Neal Morse Band as they perform the full Great Adventure album, and more, live in Brno.
Faustus ‘Cotton Lords’ Tour news
Tour news – folk music ahoy as Faustus bring their Cotton Lords show back to Helmshore Textile Mill.
Dystopian Future Movies on Kerbdog
Dystopian Future Movies are about to release their new album. ‘Inviolate’ will be the first release on Caroline Cawley’s new label, Lasairfhíona Records. Here, Caroline tells us of her love of Kerbdog in the latest in our Why I Love series.
Aruba Red – Shadow Work: EP Review
Aruba Red returns with Shadow Work; a stunning new EP that is wrought with personal emotion throughout. The music is sublime and the songs are affecting.
Luke Haines & Peter Buck – Beat Poetry For Survivalists: Album Review
Is anybody there? Former REM man Peter Buck and The Auteurs’ Luke Haines make a record that’s delightfully off kilter.
Simple Minds – Street Fighting Years deluxe edition: Album Review
Simple Minds Street Fighting Years album from 1989 gets the deluxe treatment on a 4CD set from Universal. Let me see those hands…
Matthews Southern Comfort – The New Mine: Album Review
Iain Matthews is probably the finest British exponent of the ‘Americana’ musical genre; read what we thought of Matthews Southern Comfort’s forthcoming album.
Matt McGinn on John Martyn: Why I Love
Matt McGinn has already released one of the best albums of 2020 in Lessons Of War. The County Down native is a master wordsmith who has crafted brilliant, narrative songs. Here, he tells us why he loves the music of John Martyn.