Support Merrymaker’s charity single “Nobody here wants a war”
Nobody Here Wants A War- Charity Single Launch – 26/09/16 Pushing their best foot forward with all the sensibilities of protest folk, the band Merrymaker come at us with a new single “Nobody here wants a war”. Merrymaker is happily made out of Dan Sealey (from Merrymouth), Adam Barry (The Misers) and Nikki Petherick […]
South Yorkshire FRW Music Festival – Sep 2016: Gilmore and Roberts
Folk tales done somewhat contemporary with audacious combination of source material, rhythm and wonder. In Doncaster the day turned to night, the amber lights came on and Gilmore and Roberts came out, though vampires I am sure they are not. On their 10th year working together Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts are going strong, as […]
September 19, 2016 : Gilmore and Roberts, “Doctor James”
So no doubt you have come across to see my video of the week (yes week, the monthly thing was too short even after one month). If you have not read my blog post on Gilmore and Roberts and their appearance to crowds at the Doncaster Folk Music Festival, you are of course invited to […]
South Yorkshire FRW Music Festival – Sep 2016: Lucy Marshall
Later in the day I was able to catch Lucy Marshall, a Hull-based acoustic artist with three EPs and experience of touring across festivals such as Cambridge Rock and Blues, and Cornucopia, her website is very nice indeed I am totally jealous http://www.lucymarshallsings.com/. She was playing in the 1st floor room of the The Leopard pub, […]
September 2016 : Little Lapin’s “Lover’s Gate”
Little Lapin – “Lover’s Gate” from the Album “Holding Out for the Kicks” Album available @ CDBaby and BandCamp Website http://www.littlelapinmusic.com/ Check out the website for details of their tour! What can I say? I reviewed this album the other week for FATEA magazine, (here) and listened to some of the tracks before moving on to […]
Jenny Sturgeon’s “From the Skein” Album Review
A good debut album that effectively conveys Sturgeon’s love of history. A balance exists as wide myth collides with shared Scots history; brilliance flickers in some of the darker tracks which hint at even better things to come. I have been taking some time to have a listen to Jenny Sturgeon’s debut album, “From the skein”, it […]
Gentle Heart – Saskia Griffiths-Moore’s debut album (a review)
An unabashed genre-hopping album that balances light with dark in a spiritually precise manner and a strong leading voice Some albums are like the snow-topped mountains of Asia, full of ancient mystery which might be a little unusual or less accessible to the everyday tourist but nevertheless has a solid following and interest, especially for […]
Rob Lane – Ends and Starts (album review)
Blues rock that warms the senses for Spring and gets the room moving in an optimistic, light-hearted manner Intro In taking a mild diversion from things going on in my current home County (Yorkshire), the South West with it’s wonderful mysteries, and the cosmopolitan excitement of emerging folk around London, I have decided to go […]
The Silver Darlings: Watermark- Single Launch in Sheffield (review)
A band with fire enjoying their musical influences without putting themselves in a box I recently had the pleasure of attending the single launch with The Silver Darlings, a Sheffield-based indie-folk group at The Heeley Institute (Sheffield) and was more than pleasantly surprised. The Silver Darlings are part of Ankle Breka Records, a growing independent […]
Steamchicken@Shakespeares “A dynamic, captivating performance that stays in the mind”
Shakespeares’ Pub, Sheffield 2 April 2016 These chickens can play, in a dynamic, captivating performance that stays in the mind I have recently had the good fortune to be very pleasantly surprised at a local gig in Sheffield; I scoured the ‘net looking for something I’d not heard of and the name “Steamchicken” leapt out […]