A Night Of Salvation / Damnation Festival 2024 Preview: Opinion
Damnation Festival 2024 is set to be another big one. After the successes of 2022 and 2023, the largest indoor metal festival returns to Manchester on November 1st and 2nd, 2024.
The Lost Notes – Good Luck Shoes: Album Review
Accomplished 3rd album from Brummie Americana hotshots The Lost Notes – ten new songs that tell tales of the wary, the loved, the wild and the lost.
Eric Bibb – In The Real World: Album Review
Into his 50th year of a distinguished musical career Eric Bibb releases his latest studio album, In The Real World, in his own inimitable style.
Goat – Goat: Album Review
And they just keep getting better! Swedish psych-funksters, Goat, mix a monster mash of musical motifs on their eponymous 6th album.
Various Artists – Highlands: Album Review
Bathtime never sounded so good, as Lush launch the latest (and the last) of their Simon Emmerson helmed Celt Soundsystem, featuring Julie Fowlis.
The Calamatix – The Calamatix: Album Review
Clear, intelligent vocals, set against pulsing reggae rhythms: What’s not like? The self-titled debut album from The Calamatix is pure joy.
Stackridge – Lost & Found – The Reunion Years: 1999-2015: Boxset Review
The Final Chapter…? Esoteric conclude their retelling of The Stackridge Story with another boxset, compiling the years of the re-formed Stackridge.
WOMEX 24 Global Music Festival approaching: News
As WOMEX (Worldwide Music Expo) prepares to hit Manchester Music City, we have full lineup and ticket options
Bluenose B – Minstrel Of The Wasteland: Album Review
Stephen Lawson / Bluenose B – more than just the average folkie.
Steve Knightley – The Winter Yards: Album Review
All work and no play confirms Knightley as one of our best. The Winter Yards is out now.
Public Service Broadcasting – Night & Day, Manchester: Live Review
We are in attendance for Public Service Broadcasting celebrating the release of their brand new album, The Last Flight.
Rock Paper Goose – Timothy: New Single
Timothy – the new single from Rock Paper Goose…enter the world of ‘playful pop’.
Mairearad Green & Rachel Newton – Anna Bhàn : Album Review
Blood history, music and song, exquisitely, from the Gàidhealtachd, by two of the region’s finest daughters; Mairearead Green & Rachel Newton
Public Service Broadcasting – The Last Flight: Album Review
The ever versatile Public Service Broadcasting release The Last Flight; a tribute to the final exploits of aerial adventurer Amelia Earhart.
Frankie Archer – Pressure And Persuasion: EP Review
Electro Folk brigand Frankie Archer brings four songs on a theme to her ever expanding repertoire.