Andrew Frolish

Video: Michele Stodart “Tell Me”

June 12, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Our celebration of the festival season continues with the excellent Michele Stodart, who is performing at the Maverick Festival this year. Maverick is a delightful event, taking place from 5th to 7th July 2024. It’s been […]

Video: American Aquarium “Cherokee Purples”

June 11, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

With this week’s videos, we’re celebrating the great summer festivals that we have to look forward to. Following yesterday’s entry for Black Deer, today’s video from American Aquarium takes us to The Long Road Festival from […]

Video: Rosanne Cash “She Remembers Everything” (Behind the Scenes)

June 10, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

The summer festival season is upon us and one of our favourites, Black Deer, takes place in Eridge Park this coming weekend. There’s much to look forward to with headline acts Sheryl Crow, Rufus Wainwright and […]

Video: Boulder Fields “Measures”

June 7, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out the uptempo ‘Measures’, the latest single from Edinburgh-based Boulder Fields. Boulder Fields is the musical moniker of Scottish singer-songwriter Cam Fraser, who has developed a fine blend of indie-folk, Americana and rock. The rhythmic track […]

Video Premiere: Leaf Rapids “In the Woods”

June 6, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out the new single from Winnipeg-based Americana band Leaf Rapids, whose cinematic style has been called Canadiana. ‘In the Woods’ is a darkly atmospheric song that draws us in with its haunting melody. Joanna Miller’s […]

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Live Review: Julie Odell + The Antlers, EartH, Dalston, London – 11th March 2026

March 19, 2026 0

Evolutionary Arts Hackney (EartH), a converted Art Deco cinema, is now a thriving arts centre, promoting innovative and cross-cultural art. It is an appropriate place to host artists who hail from New Orleans and New York […]

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The Brook & The Bluff “Werewolf”

March 19, 2026 0

Going back to their roots. After almost a decade of constant touring, The Brook & The Bluff took a break and stayed put in Nashville, meeting up every weekday morning for band practice. It was just […]

Folk Tracks Roundup – March 2026

March 19, 2026 0

Here’s another half a dozen or so new folk tracks for your delectation and delight. Quite a varied crop, with a couple looking to future directions for folk, a couple of Irish-inspired productions and a couple […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 0

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2

At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

Album Reviews

The Handsome Family “Unseen” (Loose Records, 2016)

November 1, 2016 0

Unseen is a good word to describe the Handsome Family – they are ludicrously underappreciated and often their songs deal with the internal world or take place in the darkness that from time to time envelopes […]

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Video: Only Child “Bruce”

September 6, 2022 0

Check out the latest video from Liverpool’s Only Child, featuring the vocal talents of Alan O’Hare. The ensemble, which is comprised of songwriter O’Hare and whichever musical friends and collaborators are available, is celebrating ten years […]

Album Reviews

Gerry Spehar “Other Voices”

June 21, 2024 0

Multiple artists breathe life into a multivariate catalogue. Gerry Spehar has been busy. The Colorado singer-songwriter returns with ‘Other Voices,’ part of a late-career flurry of releases. A wide-ranging album, produced by Spehar himself, showcases four […]

Articles by Andrew Frolish

Video: Michele Stodart “Tell Me”

Video: American Aquarium “Cherokee Purples”

Video: Rosanne Cash “She Remembers Everything” (Behind the Scenes)

Video: Boulder Fields “Measures”

Video Premiere: Leaf Rapids “In the Woods”

Live Review: Julie Odell + The Antlers, EartH, Dalston, London – 11th March 2026

The Brook & The Bluff “Werewolf”

Folk Tracks Roundup – March 2026

Video Premiere: The Delines “Scenes From The Burrows”

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