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.
Bellowhead – 20th Anniversary Tour: Live Review
We spend a few evenings around the North West with Bellowhead and return exhausted but inspired. Phew!
Manchester Folk Festival 2025 – First wave of artists announced: News
News of the first names on the teamsheet for the 2025 Manchester Folk Festival.
Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden’s Wassail – Stoller Hall, Manchester: Live Review
ATB go a-wassailing with Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden for a yuletide cracker at the Stoller Hall.
Jim Moray – Beflean, An Alternative History 2002-2023: Album Review
Beflean – in which Jim Moray is at his best in a (sort of) ‘best of.’
Jon Boden & Eliza Carthy – Glad Christmas Comes: Album Review
Jon Boden & Eliza Carthy join considerable forces, wassailing for all they’re worth in the next of our folky festive features.
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!
Spiers & Boden – Fallow Ground: Album Review
Spiers & Boden return with a set of scrubbed up traditional songs with a joyous edge.
Jon Boden – Last Mile Home: Album Review
Jon Boden revisits the themes explored on Songs From The Floodplain and Afterglow as his ‘climate change trilogy’ comes to a conclusion.
Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings – Rose In June: Album Review
Jon Boden reunites with his Remnant King rearguard for the latest part of his solo journey.
Jon Boden announces new album
News of the new album from one of folk music’s leading lights, Jon Boden.