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News: Celtic Connections Launch 2019 Festival Programme

Promo image of artists in the King's Theatre Glasgow for Celtic Connections 2019

Celtic Connections Festival delivers another exciting line-up of over 300 events featuring musicians from across the globe. After last year’s impressive 25th festival celebrations, when Celtic Connections welcomed over 2,300…

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Blu-ray Review: Candyman

It doesn’t matter what part of the world you’re in. if you keep your ear to the ground it’s likely that you’ll stumble across a local urban legend or two.…

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Say Psych: Premiere: Throw Down Bones – Two

Italy’s Throw Down Bones are something of an enigma in the experimental underground – but we hope to change that by bringing you the premiere of their second LP released…

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Not Forgotten: Jethro Tull – This Was

For those that are familiar with the more complex and progressive output of Jethro Tull from the 70s, a first listen of their 1968 debut album, This Was, can come…

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Not Forgotten: Traveling Wilburys – Traveling Wilburys, Vol.1

In concept The Traveling Wilburys were superb. Bob Dylan was in the process of recovering from a decade long slump, George Harrison was back in the public eye after far…

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New Music – Aniseed – Geranium EP

Aniseed is a musician working quietly in the Norfolk countryside who over the years has been building a catalogue of work and sound experiments across a swathe of styles. This…

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Film Review: Possum

Matthew Holness is one of the great enigmas of British comedy. After being nominated for the Perrier Award at Edinburgh Fringe two years on the bounce, he brought his most…

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Incoming: Bohemian Rhapsody

The film traces the meteoric rise of the band through their iconic songs and revolutionary sound, their near-implosion as Mercury’s lifestyle spirals out of control, and their triumphant reunion on…

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Live: Three Queens in Mourning, Bishop’s House Sheffield 22.10.18

The Bishop’s House more usually hosts groups of schoolkids getting a bit of history lesson. But it’s an atmospheric place for an intimate gig celebrating the songs of Will Oldham…

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Blu-ray Review: They Live

With the global political shift towards the right and extremist opinions on the rise, we’re closer to the kind of police state envisaged by George Orwell in 1984 than at…

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News: Celtic Connections Launch 2019 Festival Programme

Blu-ray Review: Candyman

Say Psych: Premiere: Throw Down Bones – Two

Not Forgotten: Jethro Tull – This Was

Not Forgotten: Traveling Wilburys – Traveling Wilburys, Vol.1

New Music – Aniseed – Geranium EP

Film Review: Possum

Incoming: Bohemian Rhapsody

Live: Three Queens in Mourning, Bishop’s House Sheffield 22.10.18

Blu-ray Review: They Live