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Album Review : Huw Marc Bennett – ‘Heol Las’: re-imagining bygone songs through a unique folktronica gaze.

Over the last few years producer and multi-instrumentalist Huw Marc Bennett’s solo releases has traced his deepening fascination in the music of his home-land, Wales. In 2020 the ‘Tresilian Bay’…

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Live Review: Paris Paloma – York 19.02.26

Paris Paloma enchants the crowd at The Barbican in York

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Premiere: Kaurna/Adelaide’s Sturt Avenue raise their collective glasses in a paean to friendship with anthemic new track ‘Beer Song’.

We are honoured to premiere the new track and video for ‘Beer Song’ from Kaurna/Adelaide folk band Sturt Avenue. It’s a gentle, anthemic song delivered over delicate tendrils of guitars,…

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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…

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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.

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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…

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Live Review: Flyte – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds. 24.09.25

An intimate evening of the highest quality with Flyte in Leeds

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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.

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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…

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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,…

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