The Magic Numbers

Live Review: State Fayre Festival, Hylands Park, Chelmsford – 26th-28th June 2026

July 8, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0

State Fayre arrived in Essex beneath blazing sunshine and cloudless skies, three days of unrelenting heat that somehow seemed perfectly suited to a festival built around americana, country, roots and classic rock. From the moment the […]

Live Review: Tyler Childers + The Magic Numbers + Omni of Halos, O2, London – 15th November 2025

November 25, 2025 Chas Lacey 4

Dressed in a blue sweater and brown Oxford bags, a short-haired and clean-shaven Tyler Childers may not look like the modern country music star. There’s no baseball hat, no obvious tattoos or jewellery and nothing to […]

Live Review: Folk In The Park, Manor Park, Sutton – 16th August 2025

August 21, 2025 Oliver Gray 1

Sedentary performers were prominent at Folk In The Park. Richard Thompson had fallen down some stairs, while Tom Robinson was suffering from a more prosaic hernia. Poor Eddi Reader, meanwhile, had fallen ill but… The Show […]

Live Review: Cwtch Festival, St Davids, Wales, 28th -30th October 2022

November 11, 2022 Oliver Gray 1

Steve Prior is a musician who used to be drummer for The Caves and Peter Bruntnell. When he moved to St Davids in Pembrokeshire to open a B&B, he had a dream of setting up a […]

Live Review: Americana Fest, American Museum & Gardens. Bath – 2nd/3rd July 2022

July 15, 2022 Tim Martin 0

Holding a festival of Americana music in the grounds of Claverton Manor, home of the Museum of American history and Culture, on the edge of Bath was the inspired idea of Matt Owens, best known as […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Samantha Crain Songs

August 6, 2026 0

March, 2026, walking down Islington High Street in the rain, heading for the hallowed Union Chapel, the anticipation of seeing Samantha Crain live was palpable. Too many years had gone by since a summer night at […]

Bird “Held Here Together”

August 6, 2026 0

Atmospheric strings build a soundscape from folk and psych to support excellent songs. Singer-Songwriter Bird, otherwise known as Janie Price, has released a new full-length album. Held Here Together is made up of her two recent […]

Live Review: Joshua Ray Walker + Malin Pettersen, The Lower Third, London – 28th July 2026

August 6, 2026 0

It was a hot night in the West End, but thankfully the air conditioning was cool at Denmark Street’s Lower Third. This was Joshua Ray Walker’s first show in London since recovering from stage 3 bowel […]

Live Review: State Fayre Festival, Hylands Park, Chelmsford – 26th-28th June 2026

Live Review: Tyler Childers + The Magic Numbers + Omni of Halos, O2, London – 15th November 2025

Live Review: Folk In The Park, Manor Park, Sutton – 16th August 2025

Live Review: Cwtch Festival, St Davids, Wales, 28th -30th October 2022

Live Review: Americana Fest, American Museum & Gardens. Bath – 2nd/3rd July 2022

Essentials: The Top 10 Samantha Crain Songs

Bird “Held Here Together”

Live Review: Joshua Ray Walker + Malin Pettersen, The Lower Third, London – 28th July 2026

Phil Odgers & John Kettle “The War is Over – The Songs of Phil Ochs Vol 2”

Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album