The way that Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne, squeezebox player with Granny’s Attic, tells it, his interest in the crossover between English folk...
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Gavin McNamara is an English teacher that loves writing about music. Or a music writer that loves teaching English. Definitely one of those. Over the years he's written for lots of people, from the Big Issue (SW) to Metal Hammer and, before teaching, worked in independent music distribution for too many years.
It’s been four years since Anna and Rowan Rheingans last released an album, 2020’s brilliant Receiver, and in that time...
Jon Doran is back with a new EP and a new line up as Jon Doran and the Northern Assembley.
Frankie Archer is not just the most exciting thing to happen to folk music for years, she is one of the most exciting artists in any genre right now.
Originally released in the early part of this year as a Bandcamp-only download, Angeline Morrison’s third solo album, Ophelia, gets...
If you close your eyes, apply a sepia filter to your imagination, and picture a middle-class Victorian house, there’s a...
There is something very satisfying about being lifted away from your own concerns and put somewhere else, about ignoring the...
Right now, it seems that on every radio station, every TV channel, the suffocating whoops of the Glastonbury audience bounce...
Discover Malin Lewis' sublime Halocline, a masterful blend of traditional Scottish music and innovative 3D-printed instruments. Review by Gavin McNamara.
In what may already be a contender for album of the year, Miranda Rutter and friends meld music and nature in ways that feel entirely original and utterly spellbinding. Gavin McNamara explores.
On Ship to Shore, the masterful Richard Thompson once again dons his emotional weatherbeater and sets sail over choppy waters.
Envelope yourself in Owl Light Trio's Sound Into Light, a vibrant blend of traditional tunes and innovative folk music recorded in an intimate, live setting.