Hartlepool Folk Festival 2025: Live Review
You thought festival season was over? Think again. We are at Hartlepool Folk Festival to see what is on offer.
Paradise Lost w/ Messa & High Parasite – New Century Hall, Manchester: Live Review
Paradise Lost open their latest tour in support of their latest long player, Ascension, with a date at Manchester’s fine New Century Hall.
Barbara w/ Jim Danby – Masham Town Hall: Live Review
At The Barrier favourites Barbara ride into Masham on a wet and windy Friday, accompanied by a large posse of eager Barbarettes. And if that isn’t a cue for an evening of fun, frolics and phantasmagoria then, quite frankly, I don’t know what is! And, this time around, they’ve got an album to promote…
Katie Spencer – Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham: Live Review
Katie Spencer hones in on Brum, her deceptive stealth bomb of song a weapon of mass enchantment.
The Magpie Arc – The Mantle: New Single
The Mantle – New single from the ‘new’ Magpie Arc – plus a couple of fabulous friends…
Parkway Drive – Utilita Arena, Birmingham: Live Review
We head to Birmingham for a Metalcore frenzy led by the spectacular Parkway Drive.
Raphael Weinroth-Browne – Lifeblood: Album Review
Raphael Weinroth-Browne takes his cello – and plays. Be prepped for something special.
Virginia Kettle and Rolling Folk / Mark Wainwright – Over Hulton Folk Club: Live Review
We’re at Over Hulton Folk Club for this month’s outing with Virginia Kettle and Rolling Folk.
Larry Beckett & Stuart Anthony – Song Of The Old Lovers: New Single
First single from the Songs Of Jacques Brel album from Larry Beckett and Stuart Anthony.
INDIKA returns to Liverpool: News
Milap have announced the full INDIKA line-up; 15 days of Indian music, dance and culture across the Liverpool City Region, bringing the very best of Indian Arts to an even wider audience.
The Purple Helmets on The Posies: Why I Love
We’re joined by the guys from The Purple Helmets who talk about the influence of The Posies.
Ruth Hazleton – Heronbones: Album Review
A classy mix of electronic and organic, as the tradition gets a lick of paint from down under.
Nirvana – The Show Must Go On: Boxset Review
The complete works of the first incarnation of the British Nirvana, plus a plethora of outtakes, rarities and later works on a mammoth 12-CD set.
Salt House – Scarrow: Album Review
Changes afoot for Salt House, but still a chance to savour reflection, renewal and connection.
DUG – Have At It!: Album Review
Debut album from Scottish-American duo DUG takes influences from the great American singer-songwriters and from Irish and Scottish tradition and blends them into a thoroughly compelling whole.