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Album Review: Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell

Not since Seven Swans has Sufjan Stevens put out such a confessional, introspective, and heartfelt record. Even more, while Seven Swans was heartfelt and confessional, it was a generalization of those feelings of life,…

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News: Final Cambridge Folk Festival line-up announced

Singing Scottish twins The Proclaimers are the latest big name added to the Cambridge Folk Festival bill joining veteran peacenik Joan Baez, posh troubadour Frank Turner, Joan Armatrading and Wilko…

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DVD Review: Han Gong-ju

South Korean cinema’s fortune seems to fluctuate like the wind. Around the middle of the last decade it was the Asian powerhouse with international hits such as The Host, A…

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Not Forgotten: Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Brain Salad Surgery

‘Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends’ How’s that for a killer opening line? Read it again. It’s brilliant. It’s irresistable, pulling you in, promising a life-affirming…

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Live Review: A Place to Bury Strangers – Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds 03.04.2015 plus Gallery

This was one of those gigs that had you bristling you with anticipation. You know the type, the ones where you are not quite sure what is going to happen,…

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Incoming: Broken Horses

Set in the shadows of the US-Mexico border gang wars, Broken Horses is an epic thriller about the bonds of brotherhood, the laws of loyalty and the futility of violence.…

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Film Review: Jauja

Myths and legends of mythical lands and places have been predominant throughout the world since the dawn Humankind. The most famous examples are probably El Dorado, Shambhala and Shangri-La (we’re…

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Track: Hannah Trigwell – The Ocean

Back with a new original, Hannah Trigwell has just released an acoustic offering of ‘The Ocean’ which will be released in full at some point soon. What’s on offer here…

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Incoming: Cobain: Montage Of Heck

From acclaimed director Brett Morgen, this first ever, fully authorised documentary feature blends Cobain’s personal archive of art, written word, music (both his most famous and some that’s never been…

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Feature: Buyers Guide – 70s Live Albums

From the solo acoustic troubador, to the thunderous rock band in full flight, to the electro pioneer peeping above banks of keyboards and oscillator, there’s few things more thrilling than…

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Album Review: Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell

News: Final Cambridge Folk Festival line-up announced

DVD Review: Han Gong-ju

Not Forgotten: Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Brain Salad Surgery

Live Review: A Place to Bury Strangers – Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds 03.04.2015 plus Gallery

Incoming: Broken Horses

Film Review: Jauja

Track: Hannah Trigwell – The Ocean

Incoming: Cobain: Montage Of Heck

Feature: Buyers Guide – 70s Live Albums