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Ferris and Sylvester debut album out today

March 11, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Ferris and Sylvester release their debut album ‘Superhuman’ today. The twelve-track album was recorded at Bear Creek Studios, Seattle, USA, with Grammy-nominated producer Ryan Hadlock (The Lumineers, The Strokes) and Sawmill Studios, Cornwall UK, with producer […]

Nashville duo The War and the Treaty announce first UK tour

March 10, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Nashville husband and wife The War and The Treaty have announced their first tour of the UK. The tour will include London’s Jazz Cafe and Black Deer Festival in its seven locations. On the back of […]

Edinburgh’s Tradfest tickets on sale now, full lineup released

March 10, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Tickets for Edinburgh’s ninth Tradfest are now on sale. The eleven-day multivenue event will take place from the 29th of April and run until the 9th of May and boasts a considerable folk lineup. Like many […]

Folk by the Oak’s Spell Songs project live in April – tickets go on sale today

March 9, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Tickets go on sale today for an exclusive online stream of the live performance of Spell Songs. The project was commissioned by The Folk by the Oak festival team and filmed earlier this year during their […]

New single by Luke Sital-Singh out today, album announced

March 4, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Luke Sital-Singh has announced that his latest album ‘Dressing Like a Stranger‘ will be released on September 2nd on Nettwerk Records. This, his 4th album comes after ‘A Golden State‘ was released in 2019. Sital-Singh initially […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
By Ian C Rothery , 8 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 5 days ago
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Liz stringer ‘ first time really feeling’Melbourne song...
By fredhead , 6 days ago
RE: Versions!
@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
By Martin Johnson , 1 week ago
RE: What are you watching at the moment?
Just binged "Legends" - a British drama on Netflix abou...
By Paul Villers , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Amy Grant The 6th of January (Yasgur’s Farm): time for ...
By Jonathan Hincks , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
XTC - A Coat of Many Cupboards (excerpts...it's a 4 CD ...
By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Lemon and Lime”

May 15, 2026 1

Well that’s it from us for this week, and bear with me dear reader with the track we’re leaving you with for the weekend which despite starting off sounding like we’ve veered into covering 90s-era Britpop, […]

Cowboy Junkies “Open to Beauty”

May 15, 2026 0

Americana legends celebrate 21st-century releases on latest career retrospective. Forty years in, the Cowboy Junkies remain one of the great under-the-surface bands in Americana: despite having a million-selling classic to their name, they rarely make best-of […]

Book Review: Patrick Joseph O’Connor “Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community”

May 15, 2026 0

Patrick Joseph O’Connor’s Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community reclaims an overlooked part in American musicology. While places like Chicago, Memphis, and the Mississippi Delta often dominate the story of Blues, O’Connor suggests that […]