Tag: Will Varley

Album | Will Varley – Kingsdown Sundown

There’s a gentle revolution brewing and Will Varley is at the heart of it. With little more than a guitar and a song he’s changing the game and recreating a vocabulary that was going out of style. Kingsdown Sundown is…

Live | Cambridge Folk Festival 2016

“I’m having such a lovely time I could almost cry,” Kate Rusby declared in the middle of her main stage set on Saturday evening. Looking around at the thousands-strong crowd in front of her, it seemed the feeling was mutual.…

Live | Cambridge Folk Festival 2016 Preview

Now in its 52nd year, the festival has completely sold out for the 23rd year in a row. While probably not the most famous festival in the UK’s summer line-up, it does have a long, rich history of stellar line-ups…

#355 Will Varley – Weddings & Wars

Let’s be clear – this latest Will Varley song, with its bleak view of humanity and the meaninglessness of life, will not be to everybody’s taste. The video, on the other hand, is a crowd-pleasing triumph: an 8-bit video game-style…

Interview | Singer-songwriter, novelist and free spirit Will Varley chews the fat with FFS

Will Varley has carved out a successful career as a musician and writer through being hard working and personable, roaming the country playing shows to build a following and setting up Smugglers Records, a collective rooted in the ideals of…

#172 Will Varley – When You’re Gone

One of those multi-talented individuals who makes you feel embarrassed for every idle moment you ever passed, Will Varley’s new album As The Crow Flies is out next month. The introduction to the latest work from the novelist, film-maker and…