Live / stage review Hardcore Transylvanian dance music: Ando Glaso Collective at TalkingGigs 2 weeks ago Scotland’s Roma music project dazzle Firth Hall with an eclectic selection of soul-searching torch songs and riotous dance numbers.
Live / stage review Emotional Buckaroo: This Is The Kit at Crookes Social Club 2 February 2024 Careful Of Your Keepers everyone – Kate Stables & Co. mesmerise and enthral.
The living tradition of Sheffield’s folk scene 12 December 2023 The Local Carols are one of the strong threads of the region’s folk music, but there is more to the scene than just this. We dug deeper with songwriter and performer Rowan Rheingans and instrument maker David O'Hagan.
Jim Ghedi Jim Ghedi asks 'what will become of England?' on new track 7 September 2022 The Sheffield singer-songwriter has unearthed an archive recording from 1953 with uncanny echoes of the present.
Live / stage review Sam Lee 8 November 2021 This is folk for now – upbeat, uplifting and highly unique, a distinctive fusion of musical composition that soars with passion and personality.
Me Lost Me "When I write songs they always exist somewhere – real or imaginary" 6 November 2021 We speak to Jayne Dent (aka Me Lost Me): the award-winning electronica and woodwind innovator.
Live / stage review Peggy Seeger & Calum MacColl 21 October 2021 Peggy Seeger performs her 'first farewell' tour for the Abbeydale Picture House crowd.
Live / stage review Richard Dawson and Tsarzi 29 September 2021 The Geordie singer makes a triumphant return to live performance for Flying Donkey Events, with a set celebrating the struggle of working people.
Chloe Foy "The release of the whole album has been a cathartic process" 29 July 2021 The Manchester musician talks choirs, cellos, catharsis and classical influences. Oh, and tea and wine merch.
Filmreel Words of Love 5 October 2019 The beauty of Leonard Cohen's words is superbly captured in the documentary.