Spiers & Boden – The Met, Bury: Live Review
We’re in at The Met right at the start of the Spiers & Boden tour. An evening of musical education and excellence.
Gigspanner Big Band – The Met, Bury: Live!
Gigspanner Big Band – even greater than the sum of the parts – play The Met and go live on FolkScape. We’re in the room, in the flesh.
Jackie Oates & John Spiers – A Midwinter’s Night: Album Review
A squeezebox-and -fiddletastic Christmas (plus) to soothe any a jaundiced ear. And all of those in the know. A Spiers & Oates production.
Bellowhead – 20th Anniversary Tour: Live Review
We spend a few evenings around the North West with Bellowhead and return exhausted but inspired. Phew!
Bellowhead – back in ’24: News
The announcement of a Bellowhead tour for November 2024 has folk fans in a flurry.
Bellowhead – Broadside anniversary tour review
Bellowhead – the final lap – Harrogate, Liverpool, Sheffield, Manchester sees us crisscrossing the Pennines to catch the folkestra on tour.
Bellowhead – Portsmouth Guildhall: Live Review
Britain’s favourite Folkestra made their welcome return to live performance last week. We were there!
Jackie Oates – Gracious Wings: Album Review
Jackie Oates and her team cast an airy lightness coated in gossamer quality on her new set – Gracious Wings.
Gigspanner Big Band – Stoller Hall, Manchester: Live Review
As foretold by Mike Harding no less, the Gigspanner Big Band storm the Stoller.
Peter Knight & John Spiers – Both In A Tune: Album review
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 – Fallow Ground: Album Review
Spiers & Boden return with a set of scrubbed up traditional songs with a joyous edge.
Gigspanner Big Band – Natural Invention: Album Review
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.