Fans of scuzzy alt-rock with belting choruses and catchy hooks need look no further than Popular Manipulations, the 3rd record from Pennsylvanian 4 piece The Districts. Harking back to the sound of the mid noughties and the proliferation of ‘guitar…
Nashville’s Lambchop have morphed into an intriguing live prospect in the wake of last year’s critically-lauded Flotus album. Once a sprawling southern country-soul collective whose stage-presence stretched into double figures, tonight be-capped frontman Kurt Wagner is joined only by bassist…
Dragoman, aka Tom Hackwell, has a brand of alt. folk that layers lavish melodies on top of bold and unfamiliar textures and the result has been described as “(the) lunacy of Tom Waits blended with the dark majesty of Leonard…
It’s here. At last! After 45 years, the legendary Bright Phoebus returns to all good record shops everywhere. This lovingly remastered album by Lal & Mike Waterson has remained a favourite for folk fans everywhere and an influence on artists…
Richard Thompson needs no introduction to anyone reading this review. As the title states, this is the second volume of Thompson revisiting all corners of his back catalogue and setting the songs to stripped back, sparse arrangements focusing solely of…
After a 10-year absence, the Indigo Girls returned to the UK this summer in a tour that included the Cambridge Folk Festival and ended on Sunday 30th July at the Islington Assembly Hall, London. Clearly their fans have kept the…