Fairport Convention Autumn Tour 2024 – Victoria Hall, Settle: Live Review
We’re in Settle for the second date of the Fairport Convention Autumn Tour. Setlist traditions accompanied by setlist tweaks.
Frankie Archer – Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham: Live Review
We head to one of our favourite venues; Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham; to see one of our favourites artists – Frankie Archer.
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
Texas w/ KT Tunstall – M & S Bank Arena, Liverpool: Live Review
Texas roll back the years in style; 35 of them to be exact. Support comes from fellow Scot; the brilliant KT Tunstall.
Tarren – Outside Time: Album Review
Outside Time continues Tarren’s journey, rebuilding a folk tradition from the stones available.
Purbeck Valley Folk Festival – Dorset: Live Review
Festival time again – this time we’re at Purbeck Valley Folk Festival ; not just for the music – there’s so much more.
Cropredy Festival Preview – Fairport Convention: Opinion
We conclude our look forward to Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 2024 with a look at the band who make it all come round each year.
Alan Prosser – Folkzone : Album Review
Always one of Oysterband’s pearls, Prosser pops out an eclectic selection from his personal collection of studio dabblings.
Bywater Call – Shepherd: Album Review
With a handful of singles currently on release, Canada based Bywater Call give us their latest studio album, Shepherd.
Fairport Convention – It All Came Round Again – Onstage and On Air 1982-1990: Album Review
Massive 11-CD + DVD boxset chronicles the transformation of Fairport and the launch of a second golden age. Just in time for Cropredy!
Cambridge Folk Festival 2024 – Live Review
We’re back at Cambridge Folk Festival where the legends of the genre are balanced with a multitude of offerings on and off stage.
Peter Beatty on Bill Callahan: Why I Love
Peter Beatty joins us in our Why I Love column. He discusses the mysterious world of Bill Callahan and how his music has influenced him.
David Carroll & Friends – Bold Reynold Too: Album Review
David Carroll reprises his time walk through medieval prog/folk-rock mash; yet another bumper crop of vintage frolics.
Sidmouth Folk Festival Preview: Opinion
Festival season is in full swing; we look ahead to another bash that we will be attending; Sidmouth Folk Festival.
The Wilderness Yet – Westlin Winds : Album Review
The Wilderness Yet give an acapella masterclass, elegant and unadorned.