The 20th annual BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards took place at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall on Wednesday night. The event was hosted by long-serving broadcaster and musician Mark Radcliffe, who was himself given an award by songwriter Ralph McTell for his…
Last Week was World Mental Health Day, a day designated to the recognition and improvement…
Buenos Aires’ ZZK records, who celebrated their 10th anniversary last year, have published a new…
Independent label Lanquidity Records have announced that they are to issue a 1986 recording of…
It’s fair to say that Moon Hooch are crushing it in 2019. The Brooklyn-based trio have released a succession of stellar tracks, including one in collaboration with Tonio Sagan, grandson of the late Carl Sagan (who chaired the NASA committee behind the…
Fifty years ago, The Beatles were in the throes of recording Abbey Road. Overcoming the tension…
The GRAMMY award-winning pianist and songwriter Dr. John passed away yesterday, aged 77. A Rock…
Yesterday, David Brewis of the Sunderland-based outfit Field Music surprised fans with the release of…
Intriguing, dedicated, elusive, resolute, scholarly, unpredictable, uncompromising. The accounts that have attempted to chronicle the storied life of trumpeter Dizzy Reece have painted the picture of an artist who is all of the aforementioned things. Yet not a one has been…
Nestled between countries in Europe, Asia and Africa, Greece is positioned at the crossroads of…
English traditional music is often associated with Romantic imaginaries of ‘green and pleasant lands’ and…
The traditional and popular music of Cuba is amongst the most widely known and enjoyed…
Ahead of his ‘Black Notes from the Deep’ performance with Courtney Pine and Omar at Band on the Wall, we caught up with bassist Vidal Montgomery to discuss his technique, and to get some tips for new musicians. Thumbnail photo:…
Ahead of his ‘Black Notes from the Deep’ performance with Courtney Pine and Omar at…
Ahead of his ‘Black Notes from the Deep’ performance with Courtney Pine and Omar at…
Ahead of his ‘Black Notes from the Deep’ performance with Courtney Pine at Band on…
