Folk
Premiere: Yama Rama exclusively unveil video for the exquisite track ‘Sentimental Feelings’, ahead of new EP with live sessions and a curated concert series.
Over the last decade, Charlie Clark‘s professional and personal life has undergone drama, tragedy and chaos as stormy and relentless as the oceans off his native Scotland. And yet throughout the vicissitudes of life, his songwriting has remained as authentic and brilliant as ever from his early days in Astrid and throughout his later solo …
News: Iron & Wine returns to Australia with a rare run of intimate solo shows
Iron & Wine, the long-running project of Sam Beam, returns to Australia this February and March for a run of intimate solo performances, drawing on a catalogue that spans two decades of folk songwriting marked by restraint, warmth, and emotional precision.
Live Review & Gallery: SXSW Sydney Kicks Off With Haley Holgate Ahead of a Big Week for Music
SXSW Sydney officially began today, easing into the week with a performance from local Haley Holgate at the Tumbalong Park stage. Her set brought a warm breath to an otherwise hectic first day, giving the crowd an early glimpse of the immense talent still to come. While the panels, tech talks and film screenings have …
Live Review: Flyte – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds. 24.09.25
An intimate evening of the highest quality with Flyte in Leeds
Live Gallery: The Stamps Bring Their Debut Album to a Packed Vine Street Room
From chairs to pillows on the floor, the crowd creates its own architecture of closeness, echoing the Stamps’ own tight-knit bond.
Track: ‘When Will We Lose Hope?’ Romanie seeks answers in a beautifully delivered track ahead of live dates.
We here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia have avidly followed the burgeoning career of Belgian/Australian artist Romanie, and her new single ‘When Will We Lose Hope?’ further develops and advances her immersive musical universe. Merging a folk style with something more muscular and left-field with unexpected distortion towards the end, it is a …
News: HOBOFOPO announce first 6 artists for the 2025 festival in Hobart in November
The folk-punk hobos are back at it again for the ninth installation of HOBart’s Original FOlk Punk Orgy (HOBOFOPO). Having previously hosted international acts such as AJJ, Days ‘N’ Daze, The Taxpayers and Crywank, they are proud to announce two of the hottest new acts from the US scene as part of their 2025 event. …
Track: Folk Bitch Trio Light Up the Gloom with New Single ‘Moth Song’
Harmonies forged in grit — Folk Bitch Trio are writing the new folk canon.
Live Review & Gallery: Ichiko Aoba Brings Stillness to Vivid LIVE at the Sydney Opera House – Eora Nation, 29.05.25
It simply felt like a dream. That’s the only real way to describe Ichiko Aoba’s performance at the Sydney Opera House for VIVID LIVE. In the middle of a festival that thrives on sensory overload, Aoba offered us something slower and beautifully detached from the teeming cityscape outside. The Japanese artist had transformed the theatre …
Premiere: Peter Salett preps long-awaited double album return, shares ‘Suddenly the Leaves’
It’s been a good while since we’ve heard much from Peter Salett; with his most recent album Addicted to Distraction turning 15 in August, he’s mostly kept his head down since then when it comes to recorded music. That all changes in July when he releases not one, but two follow-ups simultaneously. The seeds of …