City Roots Festival

Knight & Spiers, Junction 2, Cambridge, 6th March 2018

March 8, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

The last gig of the City Roots Festival was, fittingly enough, the folkiest gig of the festival. Sure, there had been the likes of Sam Kelley with his mixture of new and re-arranged traditional songs, but […]

Wildwood Kin, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge, 4th March 2018

March 7, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Wildwood Kin were opening this City Roots Festival gig for Ward Thomas – who would go on to give their expected high gloss pop-country set with only one real surprise to it, that it ran for […]

Tom Robinson, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge, 1st March 2018

March 5, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Tom Robinson’s headline mid-week concert was presented as part of the ongoing City Roots Festival, an offshoot of the Cambridge Folk Festival which is presented at several venues across the city in late February and early […]

Mary Chapin Carpenter, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge, 5th February 2017

February 16, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

This gig was the last of Mary Chapin Carpenter’s UK tour, and was also a first weekend highlight for the inaugural City Roots festival running across many venues in Cambridge as a week-long winter spin-off from […]

Transatlantic Sessions, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge, 7th February 2017

February 10, 2017 Jonathan Aird 1

The Transatlantic Sessions have become an eagerly awaited annual event which sees Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham joined by an ever changing array of talents from the folk and Americana scenes on both sides of the […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

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Interviews

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Videos

Video: Benjamin Miller “Try to Think” (ft. Hemma)

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Knight & Spiers, Junction 2, Cambridge, 6th March 2018

Wildwood Kin, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge, 4th March 2018

Tom Robinson, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge, 1st March 2018

Mary Chapin Carpenter, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge, 5th February 2017

Transatlantic Sessions, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge, 7th February 2017

Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

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