If you find yourself frustrated by a sense that the ‘folk’ label has been snatched by more and more mainstream artists and twisted into something bland and unadventurous, a catch-all label for anything with an acoustic guitar, how do you…
Yesterday, we caught the ferry from Dover to Dunkirk. Because we’re total squares, and I was worried about hitting any sort of traffic, we arrived at the port a good 3.5 hours early – which meant we caught the earlier…
Due to an error or something, I found out in December that I had 17.5 days of holiday left to take from work before the end of April. In January, I was offered a three-week tour of Germany in March.…
Remember that favourite jumper you used to wear all the time? The one that is in every photo from 4-5 years ago, and which now is probably lying at the bottom of the wardrobe, just waiting to be put on…
The release of Palomino by Treetop Flyers is something of a miracle. Since winning the Glastonbury Festival Emerging Talent Competition in 2011, and the release of their first album The Mountain Moves two years later it should have been a…
Michael Gallagher is the Mining Co. and the music he creates has a timeless, lived in quality. With drums counting the way in and a pedal steel ringing out ‘Country Heart’ establishes a mournful, melancholy opening gambit. This is music…