Tag: folk

Jam in the middle of Wasp Season. Live Metal [Skyforger]

Meanwhile, the other venue in the side street had a light tank parked outside it. This was the metaller equivalent of a large open jar of jam in the middle of Wasp Season....

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His Hobo Cabaret [Seasick Steve]

The downhome drawl, the dungarees, the hobo stories, the homemade instruments. Seasick Steve Live @ Eventim Apollo, London. April 14th 2015....

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Searching for the Great American Album [JKutchma]

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”T/dropcaphere is eternal credence in the idea of “the great American novel”. The essential capturing of American culture – its...

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Loitered Lens : Luke Haines

Photos of Luke Haines at Islington Assembly Halls, January 2015...

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Monthly Metal Mixup [Venom, Wells Valley, Olam EIn Sof]

It may not be ground-breaking but it’s great fun and it doesn’t put a foot wrong...

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I’m just a primate falling in love (Diagrams)

I couldn't quite say : 'Oh yeah I had a master plan and it all turned out exactly how I wanted!'....

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Loitered Lens : Robbie Boyd

Big hook folk-pop, Robbie Boyd at Hoxton Bar and Kitchen, December 10th. Photos....

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Nick Harper : Interview

'no two people hear music or even see the world in the same way, and it’s your vision that counts for you in the end' ...

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IntO the mOOn : Passing Clouds [Live]

A self-possessed alternative gypsy rock band whose lyrics resound with those who want to say something but don’t quite know how to say it....

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Cambridge Folk Festival

Cambridge Folk Festival has a fete-like atmosphere that swells and sweats music from every pore...

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Burning Toward the Light (Lloyd Yates)

Our music comes from what we like. We create our sound from what we like. Lloyd Yates...

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On Twitter, Birdsong and Bards

The Mistle Thrush reminds us not to be beguiled by outward display but to see through to what, if anything, lies beneath....

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Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang : Four Foot Shack

There will be someone out there, bored by the usual, willing to listen to a bluegrass barn-dance inspired acoustic record that contains covers of the Bee Gees and Alice in Chains....

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Current 93 : Union Chapel

The reverence that fires culture and the reverence that inspires the stillness and coolness of religion are hard to tease apart in the world of Current 93...

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Drawing Inspiration

Symbols don't mean anything; rather they are fecund triggers to the imagination that allow meaning to arise through their contemplation....

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Loitered Lens : Valerie June

'incredible musicianship, vocal talent, and arresting looks' Valerie June in concert....

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Valerie June : Islington Assembly Hall

She picked and plucked guitar, uke’ and banjo; stamped her strappy shoed feet, and embodied the soul, folk, blues, gospel, and bluegrass spirits of the past hundred years. Valerie June, live....

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Loitered Lens : The Ben Miller Band

Quite simply an absolute must see band. The only thing missing was moonshine in a mason jar at the merch stall. Plus: Gimli squeezes out a crusty one....

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Anna Calvi : One Breath

As with all material on this sublime record, Calvi thrashes her inspirations into unique statements....

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Loitered Lens : We Banjo 3

When he sang, “We all need more banjos in this world,” everyone in the tent was united in their agreement. ...

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The Meat Puppets [Live]

Trippy and meandering as the hastily recorded studio version of themselves, live, the Meat Puppets just about delivered the goods musically. ...

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Douglas Dare : Seven Hours [EP]

Devoid of histrionics, of 'emotional' treatments, and of cloying sentimentality. Dare's presentation of the songs is instead factual, crisp and resigned....

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Loitered Lens : Valerie June

Loitered Lens, fine photos. The subject: Valerie June. Caught here at the Cambridge Folk Festival 2013...

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Lloyd Yates : Bring Back The Life

'Don’t be concerned about getting that Mumford feeling. There is real poetry on this disc' ...

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The Levellers (Simon Friend) : Interview

'Certainly I think we’ve been ignored. Or not even ignored – shunned' - Simon Friend of The Levellers makes up for some lost media attention. ...

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Randall Dunn Interview

I don't think that the world has become a horrible place. I think that we should be more aware of now rather than some idea of the future. ...

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Cambridge Folk Festival 2013: Review

Beards and flat caps are very much the exception rather than the rule at the Cambridge Folk Festival...

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Lu Cozma : Lockdown

It's not a full-band recording, but neither is it completely stripped-down and minimalist. The dominant instrumental sounds are acoustic guitar and programmed rhythms, but there's a lot else in the...

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Robbie Boyd : Bush Hall

Odes of a life unmarred by complication or dissonance. Robbie Boyd live....

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Jack Cheshire : Interview

'I've always found it difficult to describe my music to people, but psychedelic is definitely something I aspire to.' Jack Cheshire talks to Trebuchet....

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