September 2025 – Page 12

Interview: The quiet brilliance of Anna Tivel

September 22, 2025 Brian D'Ambrosio 1

Anna Tivel’s songs unfold like poems whispered across a room—delicate, precise, but carrying the weight of entire lives. She has long been one of folk music’s most poetic voices, a songwriter who makes space for silence, […]

John Calvin Abney “Transparent Towns”

September 22, 2025 Helen Jones 0

Abney poetically channels invaluable self-insight in a way that gives it universal meaning. The sad truth about memory is that it’s inherently unreliable: when you access it, you’re not remembering the event itself so much as […]

Lucy Kitchen “In My Corner” – lost love

September 22, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Lucy Kitchen is a British folk singer-songwriter based in Romsey, Hampshire. Her songs explore profound concepts of grief and loss, drawing inspiration from lyrical poets, nature, the seasons and the art of creating beauty out of […]

Video Premiere: Amanda Rheaume “#44” (Live from The Woodshed)

September 22, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

We are delighted to premiere this emotive live recording of ‘#44’ from Canadian songwriter and storyteller Amanda Rheaume. Co-written with the outstanding First Nation musician Adrian Sutherland. ‘#44’ is a beautifully crafted song with an important message. […]

Something for the weekend: Billy Bragg “Mid-Century Modern”

September 19, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader and we thought we’d leave you this week with a track from the great Billy Bragg who is tomorrow (Saturday 20th September) hosting Days Like These, […]