It’s one of the great tragedies that afflicts American society. Gun violence, and the number of innocent victims caught up in it, seems like a storyline that will never go away. That is why Caroline Rose chose to tackle the…
Canadian band The Barr Brothers have announced details of a new UK tour for 2015. The band will play six venues across the UK, culminating in a show at London’s Bush Hall on 28th January. Tickets will go on sale…
It’s not often you hear a folk musician cite Philip Glass as one of his main influences, so you know Sean O’Neill is going to offer something a bit different. This is not different for the sake of it though…
Marian McLaughlin came to our attention in an email which said she makes songs of “breathtaking scope and exquisite detail”. This sounded like a big claim, until we listened to the music and discovered that this description is 100% accurate.…
Vashti Bunyan’s more than 30-year absence from popular music was almost as epic as Bill Fay’s. His numbered 41 years between albums. Vashti returned in 2005, 35 years after her debut record. These are certainly facts and cases worth examining.…
It can’t be easy being the drummer in Radiohead, especially when releasing a solo album and hoping to be taken seriously. So, four years on from his eventual debut solo outing comes Philip Selway’s follow-up, Weatherhouse. It might not even…