The Marriage

Video Premiere: Kirsten Adamson “Let Me Live”

October 7, 2020 Andrew Frolish 2

In the video for ‘Let Me Live’, Kirsten Adamson rides her bicycle through darkened streets at night, finally arriving at the coast to watch the sun rise, a fiery re-birth over the dawn sea. It’s a […]

The Marriage “Imagining Sunsets” (Independent, 2020)

September 24, 2020 Alan Fitter 0

Collins Dictionary says the meaning of the word pleasant is “Something that is nice, enjoyable or attractive”. Then if you put pleasant into a thesaurus you get words such as lovely, nice, likeable, agreeable and pleasing. […]

Cash Back In Fife, Woodside Hotel, Aberdour, Fife, 6th – 8th March 2020

March 13, 2020 Paul Kerr 0

A new addition to the Scottish music scene, Cash Back In Fife is a weekend of music dedicated to the memory of Johnny Cash and in particular, Cash’s delight at discovering he had ancestors who had […]

Cambridge Folk Festival, Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge, 1st-4th August 2019

August 13, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

Now in its 55th year, an impressive achievement in itself, Cambridge Folk Festival continues to go from strength to strength and this year’s event was one of the best. At the top of the bill there […]

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

July 10, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place across 2 stages in Liverpool at the end of November and features Chuck Prophet and […]

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

July 10, 2026 0

Willy Vlautin is well known as the chief songwriter of Richmond Fontaine and The Delines, trading in beautifully written vignettes of the people who have generally fallen between the cracks of the American dream. These dark […]

Emmylou Harris, Mumford and Sons and Jerry Douglas

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

July 10, 2026 0

The evening before San Francisco’s 2025 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival the Masonic Auditorium hosted a tribute concert to Emmylou Harris, the only artist to have graced the festival stages for each of its 25 years. During […]

Video Premiere: Kirsten Adamson “Let Me Live”

The Marriage “Imagining Sunsets” (Independent, 2020)

Cash Back In Fife, Woodside Hotel, Aberdour, Fife, 6th – 8th March 2020

Cambridge Folk Festival, Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge, 1st-4th August 2019

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

Les Thomas “I Remember Everything”

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