Review: Hue And Cry deliver their 16th album: Everybody
Mar 24
Spring Solstice: Jim Ghedi, Florence Rose Broomfield photo gallery
Welcome Spring! I couldn’t find a better way to usher in the season of renewal than with the evening of folk and experimental artists at Moth Club for a joyous celebration. Having attended the equally appealing Samhain (Halloween) concert at Earth Hackney, this felt like an appropriate reconnection. Scottish singer, songwriter and Clàrsach player, Anna McLuckie…
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Mar 17
Lindisfarne festival
Head for this end-of-summer party at the glorious beach setting in Northumberland. And the lineup for Lindisfarne isn’t half bad either… an eclectic mix of dance and folk, with Faithless, The Proclaimers and Razorlight heading the bill. There’s also Ferocious Dog, Utah Saints, Heather Small, Ashley Singh, Tide Lines and more playing over the weekend…
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Mar 16
Daylight Music concerts coming up soon
I have been a fan of the Daylight Music Saturday afternoon concert series for many years since their early home at London’s Union Chapel. Daylight Music, run by Arctic Circle, has been presenting a huge and diverse range of musicians over the 17 years they’ve been in existence. Taking a couple of hours out of…
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Mar 13
Ella Clayton: new single “Dolomites” out now
Ella Clayton’s second album Could It Be You? is set for release on 24th April. Meanwhile she’s been dropping the occasional track from this new work, and the latest is the captivating and quirky single called Dolomites. Recorded at George Ezra’s studio Hotel Quebec, Dolomites expresses the desire to be alone. It’s the perfect vehicle…
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Mar 12
The Orielles release album Only You Left
Halifax band The Orielles certainly cannot be accused of standing still. And with their new album Only You Left, they push the realms of experimental territory, continuing a journey that has gradually taken them away from their early indie-garagey pop beginnings. That shift became fully apparent on Tableau (2022), a gauzy, fragile record that immersed…
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Mar 5
Review: Squeeze release their ‘first’ album Trixies
You can imagine the scene. Teenagers Glenn Tillbrook and Chris Gifford are riffling through an old cardboard box in the attic. Nothing much here… but what’s this? Glenn brushes a few decade’s worth of dust off a cassette, snaps it into the player, presses PLAY… and the years melt away. The two are transported back…
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Mar 3
Review: new track Full Moon by Luke James Williams unveiled
All the signs are there that rising folk singer Luke James Williams’ upcoming album is going to be something special. There has already been one release, Hollows and Branches, from the album so far and tonight Full Moon (out March 3rd) is unveiled… to coincide with the full moon – just to make it extra…
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Feb 24
Upchuck release new track Last Breath plus tour dates
Ferocious, explosive tunes, fuzzy dirty bass and the out-there ball of energy that is the front-woman KT are the hallmarks of riveting Atlanta outfit Upchuck. And new track Last Breath is out today. The Atlanta band – guitarists Mikey Durham and Hoff, bassist Ausar Ward, and drummer/vocalist Chris Salado, now signed to Domino, released album I’m Nice Now in autumn, before touring…
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Feb 16
Hiss Golden Messenger lush new single “In The Middle of It”
Hiss Golden Messenger is the North Carolina-based project of MC Taylor, who unveils his new album I’m People, on May 1st via Chrysalis Records. Our first glimpse of the material is the uplifting single, In The Middle Of It, just released. The “intensely human record” injects a much-needed note of optimism – it’s can only…
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Feb 16
Groove Armada Groovebox, Sheffield. Tickets
Groovebox day raves return to SteelYard this April Bank Holiday, we cannot wait to welcome headliners GROOVE ARMADA to kick off the summer season! Friday 3rd April, at SYSheffield (Steel Yard), in Sheffield. Plus Andy Wadlow, Eljohno, Martin Beirne, Rudi Josef. 1:00pm til 11:00pm (Last entry 5:00pm)
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