John Murry has lived a series of nightmares. At times it plays like a William Faulkner novel, no surprise since he was adopted before birth by his parents in an agreement with a pregnant Cherokee schoolgirl. Raised by his grandmother…
The human condition. It is immeasurably complex, multi- faceted, beautiful and terrible, mournful yet joyous – and it has been an endless fountain of inspiration for artists through the ages. It is into this source that Tennessee-born singer-songwriter Kate Prascher…
Challenges come in many forms. For Gilliam Welch and David Rawlings one of the biggest was just surviving the hurricane that tore the roof off their Woodland Studio just as Covid was putting the world into a forced hibernation in…
One of Europe’s best folk festivals returns to Cambridgeshire parkland with around 14,000 people attending across the three and a half days crammed with folk music from around the world. The line-up boasts big names and relative unknowns. There’s unanimous…
Christina Ward brings us ‘Darkstar’, the latest single from the Philly songwriter’s upcoming EP, Neon. We were immediately taken by the song’s hypnotic, guitar-driven melody, reminiscent of 70s-era rock opuses this side of Hendrix or ELO. Its brooding structure offers…
It’s said that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but twelve years seems like a lifetime in the music industry. Yet fans waited with bated breath for the fire of Beachwood Sparks to be rekindled. With the release of Across…