American folk singer Catherine Feeny is currently touring the UK promoting her 4th Studio album America. The record draws inspiration from her participation in and consequent arrest at the Occupy Wall Street demonstration protests, giving her latest album a political…
Album | Neil Halstead – Palindrome Hunches
The sometime Slowdive and Mojave 3 frontman’s prolific career continues with a simply beautiful third solo album. Recorded over one weekend in a primary school, after Halstead bribed the caretaker to let him and his band into the music room,…
Album | Martha Tilston – Machines of Love and Grace
Political music cannot, as Billy Bragg says, change the world, “but it can change the way you think about the world.” Martha Tilston’s new record Machines of Love and Grace finds its raison d’être – and severe limitations – in…
Live | Karine Polwart @ The Union Chapel
THE breathtaking Union Chapel is the perfect setting for this rare gathering of Karine Polwart’s full band. Adding piano and percussion to her regular backing of brother Steven (guitar, good looks, bad jokes) and Inge Thompson (accordion, backing vocals, headscarves),…
Artist blog | Emily Barker on the Revival Tour
Our favourite Australian songstress Emily Barker is on the road as part of the revival tour. It’s a five week European jaunt with a slew of other artists, full of collaboration, covers and singalongs. Emily’s agreed to blog about the…
News | Joyce the Librarian head out on tour
This is an exciting few days for Joyce The Librarian. With the Bristol quartet’s debut album ‘They May Put Land Between Us’ out on Monday, the band hit the road today for an accompanying tour, beginning tonight in Cardiff. We…