The Lost Brothers

Live Review: Jolie Holland + Annie Dressner, Neon 194, London – 18th September 2025

September 23, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

A show from Jolie Holland is always a cause for celebration as the much-travelled multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter comes towards the end of the UK leg of her tour with dates in Ireland to follow. The venue […]

McKowski “Notes From The Boneyard”

October 2, 2023 Tim Martin 0

Ethereal folk soundtracks for imaginary films. Magical, if at times unsettling sounds. McKowski is the new alter ego of Mark McCausland, one half of the Irish duo The Lost Brothers. Lead single ‘Lake’ takes a scene […]

Jake Bugg announced as latest act joining Black Deer Festival 2022

November 25, 2021 Emily Dongray 0

Black Deer Festival organisers have announced more acts for their three-day festival. The event will return to Erridge Park, Kent, in June 2022 after two pandemic-related postponements. New additions to the 2022 lineup include: Pokey LaFarge, […]

Video: The Lost Brothers “After the Rain”

November 2, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

The Lost Brothers have waited a long time to tour following the release of their well-received album ‘After the Fire After the Rain’. To celebrate, the Irish duo have released a new video for their third […]

The Lost Brothers “After The Fire After The Rain” (Bird Dog Recordings, 2020)

March 27, 2020 Jonathan Aird 1

The Lost Brothers recorded this, their sixth album, in New York with production duties shared between Daniell Schlett and Tony Garnier. As Dylan’s longest serving bass player Tony Garnier naturally also brought some upright bass to […]

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

March 23, 2026 0

Dead Goat has announced the release of their first album, which is self-titled and comes out this Friday (26th March) via AV8 Records. Who are they, you ask? Well, individually, they are each accomplished artists in […]

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

March 23, 2026 0

Superb fourth from Canadian song thrush. Mud Blood Bone is Cat Clyde’s fourth album and arrives just over four years since its predecessor, Down Rounder. In between times, Clyde released a live album, Live At Rare […]

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

March 23, 2026 0

Marah is at their best when singing about lonely urban streets where bums warm their hands around trash fires in rusty 50-gallon cans, transvestite prostitutes wrap their feather boas a little tighter against an unforgiving 4:00 […]

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 […]

Interviews

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

March 11, 2026 2

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 […]

Interviews

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 […]

News

Rufus Wainwright returns with new album

March 2, 2020 0

April 24th will see the release of his new album ‘Unfollow the Rules‘ on BMG, and marks his return to the world of “pop” after eight years of exploring the worlds of classical music and opera. […]

Features

More People Should Really Know About: Jerry Joseph

May 20, 2025 7

Let’s start with the paradox: if you’re reading this, you probably already know about Jerry Joseph. You’re likely a fan. If you’ve seen him live, you might even be the kind of superfan who travels miles […]

Tracks

Track Premiere: Driftwood “Up All Night Blues”

February 21, 2024 0

‘Up All Night Blues‘ from Upstate NY-based Americana outfit Driftwood is a 3Am anthem to change, the staring into an unknown future as the old certainties fall away, “Don’t close your eyes / It won’t change a […]

Live Review: Jolie Holland + Annie Dressner, Neon 194, London – 18th September 2025

McKowski “Notes From The Boneyard”

Jake Bugg announced as latest act joining Black Deer Festival 2022

Video: The Lost Brothers “After the Rain”

The Lost Brothers “After The Fire After The Rain” (Bird Dog Recordings, 2020)

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”

Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”