Rising Up Peterloo – HOME, Manchester: Live Review
Rising Up Peterloo is billed as Modern Folk Theatre. Debs Newbold and Sean Cooney (The Young’Uns) have created something visceral and affecting in a minimal way.
Steve Hackett: Genesis Revisited, live at Royal Festival Hall – Album Review
The avid Genesis fan can help themselves to a series of Steve Hackett’s Revisited live albums and now here’s another.
Bruce Soord – All This Will Be Yours: Album Review
The Pineapple Thief frontman has a new solo venture, “an observational record” that captures a mix of joy and consternation.
Simple Minds – Live In The City Of Angels: Album Review
Simple Mids again invite us to come in, come out of the rain. We only need say one thing – “Let me see those hands.”
Yes – From A Page news
Legendary Prog Rock band YES reveals four previously unreleased 2010 recordings, on the new From A Page five-piece mini-box set.
9bach – The Met, Bury: Live Review
Ten years since its release, the North Walian troupe revisit their first album and a bit more on their latest tour. We caught them at Bury Met.
Wayward Sons – The Truth Ain’t What It Used To Be: Album Review
Toby Jepson’s boys have no problems with the ‘difficult second album’ syndrome as they rock out like it’s nineteen eighty something.
Leprous – Pitfalls: Album Review
To say that the Norwegians sixth album shakes things up a bit may be the understatement of the year.
Glasgow band December release re-interpretation of U2’s The Refugee
Glasgow based December, release the last in a string of popular U2 covers.
Maz O’Connor on Nina Simone
Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter, Maz O’Connor, shares her love for her ‘Mighty Triumvirate,’ and in particular, Nina Simona.
Edits on Mew
Edits are a boy/girl duo from Manchester. Here, Olivia Westhead discusses her love of French band, Mew.
Nick Beggs – Words Fail Me: Album Review
New album from acclaimed Chapman stick and bass virtuoso Nick Beggs packaged with two from the archives.
Kiefer Sutherland w/Twinnie – Manchester Ritz: Live Review
Hollywood star Kiefer Sutherland continues to blaze a trail on the music circuit.
John Bramwell / Ross & Ali / Maz O’Connor – Manchester Gorilla: Live Review
An At The Barrier works trip finds Dom, Howard & Mike each adding their own bit to a Manchester folk Festival night at Gorilla.
Bella Hardy – Postcards And Pocketbooks: Album Review
Bella Hardy, former Folk Singer Of The Year gets the retrospective treatment.