Folk
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 …
News: ‘Cathode Ray’ Is Folk Bitch Trio’s Gnarled Ode to Screen Burnout and Emotional Static
If there’s any justice in the algorithm or the universe, Folk Bitch Trio are destined to be the voice of a generation too smart to stay quiet.
Live Review & Gallery: Pokey LaFarge turns Liberty Hall into a back-porch gospel jam 15.05.2025
A kaleidoscope of gospel, groove and good times—Pokey LaFarge live is medicine for the soul.
Album Review: Christopher Coleman & the Soft Knees Band release the gorgeous ‘Live At The Chapel’.
The poet laureate of the southern hemisphere Christopher Coleman & the Soft Knees Band collectively dispense heart rending lyricism over the most ethereal instrumentation in their new album ‘Live at the Chapel’, just released through Coleman’s label Oscar Treehouse Records. The combination of Coleman’s silken, yearning, aching vocals with the delicacy of the music and his …
Track: Caamp – Drive
Ohio’s evolving alternative folk five-piece, Caamp, return to announce their first album in three years with the intimate and introspective new single ‘Drive’. The track’s sparse beauty gives fans a delicate introduction to ‘Copper Changes Colour’, their new 11-track album set for release on June 6th via Mom+Pop. Front man Taylor Meier describes the track as “a kind of a spirit song …
Meet: Futureheads frontman Barry Hyde on his new solo album Miners Ballads
Barry Hyde has always been an artist with an instinct for reinvention. As frontman of The Futureheads, his angular, harmony-laden punk propelled the band to prominence in the 2000s. But his latest project, Miner’s Ballads, is a stark departure—a deeply personal folk record commissioned by Sunderland Council, chronicling the region’s coal mining heritage. When we …
Album Review: Barry Hyde – Miners’ Ballads; A deeply personal folk concept album
Barry Hyde, best known as the frontman of The Futureheads, ventures into deeply personal and historical territory with Miners’ Ballads, released on his own Sirenspire Records. The album is a concept piece inspired by the coal mining heritage of Northeast England, particularly Sunderland and Washington. Commissioned by Sunderland City Council and Paul Emerson, the project …
Premiere: ‘Solid and Human’ – Maia Jelavic releases a yearning slow burning anthem that sparkles in the sunshine, with debut album and gigs on the way.
Maia Jelavic premiered her last single with us a few years back under the stage name Maia Marsh. She has made the decision to be true to herself and returned with another premiere under her birth name Maia Jelavic, and while the label might change, the imperial quality of her songwriting remains. We are therefore …
LIVE REVIEW: Beans On Toast at The Grove, Newcastle. 15.03.2025.
A glorious night of singing, dancing, smiling, laughing and the pricking of people’s social conscience. Beans On Toast, aka Jay McAllister, has released an album every year for the last 16 years. Latest long player ‘Wild Goose Chasers’ is pared back – no guitar, just vocals and piano courtesy of Matt Millership (punky pianist Tensheds) …