John Spiers Archives – At The Barrier

Bellowhead – Broadside anniversary tour review

Bellowhead – the final lap – Harrogate, Liverpool, Sheffield, Manchester sees us crisscrossing the Pennines to catch the folkestra on tour.

Britain’s favourite Folkestra made their welcome return to live performance last week. We were there!

Jackie Oates and her team cast an airy lightness coated in gossamer quality on her new set – Gracious Wings.

As foretold by Mike Harding no less, the Gigspanner Big Band storm the Stoller.

Peter Knight and John Spiers join forces once more. Casting off any shackles, they roam freely and with abandon in the folk music field.

Spiers & Boden return with a set of scrubbed up traditional songs with a joyous edge.

Peter Knight’s Gigspanner Big Band follow up their live work with as an impressive a debut as you’ll find. Anywhere. It’s called Natural Invention.