Bellowhead – the 11-piece folk colossus conceived by Jon Boden and John Spiers in a… Read the postBellowhead say bye-bye: 13 things we’ll miss about Britain’s biggest folk band
Folk songs are full of death, deception and devastation. Yet a good folk gig is… Read the postThe Furrow Collective: The Greys, Brighton, March 23 2016
We recently spoke to Maz O’Connor about her new album, The Longing Kind – and,… Read the postMaz O’Connor interview part two: new album The Longing Kind, ‘the big bad world’ and Jim Moray
Following the success of 2014’s This Willowed Light, Maz O’Connor is back with a new… Read the postMaz O’Connor interview part one: new album The Longing Kind, the writing process and folk heroines
He’s always had it in him. Jim Causley’s first solo album, 2005’s Fruits of the… Read the postJim Causley: Forgotten Kingdom
It’s a bit late – and a bit different – this year. Folk Witness wasn’t… Read the postOlivia Chaney: The Longest River & False Lights: Salvor – Folk Witness albums of the year 2015
Blackbeard’s Tea Party, the riotous York sextet, have been steadily gaining a reputation as one… Read the postStuart Giddens of Blackbeard’s Tea Party talks prostheses, cheesecake and new album Reprobates
It’s six tracks long – more than an EP, not quite a full album –… Read the postPhil Tyler on mini-album The Song Crowned King, minimalism and self-borrowing
I vaguely remember messaging Olivia Chaney on MySpace when I first heard her music, so… Read the postOlivia Chaney: Kings Place, London, May 19 2015
Jackie Oates is an established member of the folk firmament by now – remarkably, The… Read the postJackie Oates: The Spyglass & The Herringbone