5th March 2022- Phil Beer at Wesley Centre, Maltby
We have recently had the pleasure of visiting the opening night of “Wesley Centre Live”, a series of folk gigs that has started in Maltby. We wanted to share our experiences with you, for more information about upcoming gigs, go to https://www.facebook.com/wesleycentrelive/?ref=page_internal. Heading out in your car a little East of Rotherham you come to […]
Carol Hodge and Birds & Beasts – 30 October 2021, Wainsgate Chapel, Hebden Bridge
Being (in probability), the most remote venue we have been to, outside of a music festival, we find the Wainsgate Chapel on the outskirts of Hebden Bridge really hits us in the face with it’s beautiful setting and stunning rural Yorkshire views. It is also our first post lockdown music gig in person (and our […]
Birds and Beasts – “Kozmik Disko” review
Like the thunderous hooves of an approaching stampede, Birds and Beasts’ second album is a groove-filled, thumping and purposeful sophomore album which puts it’s classic rock expertise to very good use. Album Launch Date: 23/10/21 If you have been living in a cave for the past few years, then chances are, (without you realising) you […]
“Finding Folk” play – Sheffield University Drama Studio (5th August 2021) A Review
So after a pretty big hiatus for live events, we found ourselves trundling off to the Sheffield University Drama Studio to see the latest play “Finding Folk” by Phoebe Ophelia (http://www.phoebeophelia.com/finding.html). Centred on the life experiences of Ophelia (a young Lancashire woman who we find has suffered trauma within her family), the scene sets on […]
Emma Langford- “Sowing Acorns” – A Review
A fun album that will defy attempts to hold it down in one place. Well arranged and with some seriously confident creations, this disc hints at a continued bright future for Langford. Release Date: September 2020 It’s been a long time coming, but we have finally got around to reviewing the second album by the […]
Ninebarrow- “A Pocket Full of Acorns” Review
Timely, persistent and quiet. The natural world continues to spill forth from Ninebarrow’s fourth album, in all the best ways. Those quiet boys of folk, Ninebarrow, have been keeping themselves busy during the lockdown. Well, when we say quiet, we acknowledge that ever since their debut album they have been anything but; with recognition from […]
Merry Hell – Emergency Lullabies (review)
Exuberant and rousing with a few inspired sentimental stops, Merry Hell still have a lot to say with their sixth album. RELEASED NOVEMBER 2020 What can we say of Merry Hell? They are a band often seen on the live circuit with an impressive turnaround of albums (this is their sixth studio outing); you could […]
Jenny Sturgeon – The Living Mountain (review)
An album indistinguishable from the nature it is set in, Sturgeon’s expertise ensures a multi-layered, emotional linchpin of folk Now even deeper into the cold of Winter, we come to ponder Jenny Sturgeon’s latest work “The Living Mountain” originally released on 16 October 2020. Sturgeon’s first album “From the Skein” was an enjoyable and accomplished […]
Lizabett Russo- “While I Sit and Watch This Tree” (album review)
Russo’s album is a brighter, more focused affair that lets the positive rays of growth bring more optimism to her delightfully individual music. To Be Released: Late November 2020 Gathering her ideas from the characterful stream of her mind and hewing a sound from the knotty avant-garde folk tree, Lizabett Russo continues a work very […]
The Wilderness Yet – Debut Album Review
Their ears and hearts nested in the traditional, ‘The Wilderness Yet’ provide an album with many brilliant, emotional responses to nature. Away from the bustle, in a secret garden within the leafy settlement of Sheffield, we get the glimpse of a band bringing their debut to the fore. “The Wilderness Yet” comprises of Rowan Piggott […]