Kris Drever

artwork for Kris Drever album "Doing This For Love"

Kris Drever “Doing This For Love”

June 12, 2026 Chas Lacey 2

Meditations on the unglamorous, but with melodic hooks, from Scottish folk-award winner Anyone coming to this album for their first experience of Kris Drever may well be expecting something fairly traditional in light of his many […]

Preview: Gate To Southwell Festival 2026 in July features The Proclaimers and Richard Thompson

May 26, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0

With only a few weeks to go until the 19th Gate To Southwell Festival, fans are looking forward to this four-day event in rural Nottinghamshire which runs from 2nd-5th July. The festival features more than 60 […]

Kris Drever “Doing This For Love” – anything, anything

May 11, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

Kris Drever – known for both his solo work and as part of Lau – returns with his first solo record in six years, and this is the title track from it. It’s a song about […]

Live Review: The Unthanks Alldayer, The Barbican, London – 10th September 2023

September 21, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s been a busy weekend for The Unthanks as they celebrate the reissue of three of their early albums, ‘The Bairns’, ‘Here’s The Tender Coming‘ and ‘Last.‘ It’s quite the undertaking – to play all three […]

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 […]