Greenbelt '13: Amdou And Mariam, Lemar, Eliza Carthy for 40th Greenbelt Festival
Amdou And Mariam, Lemar, Eliza Carthy for 40th Greenbelt Festival
→ 26 February 4.53pm — Comment on this
Homegrown brings wealth of talent to Bury's The Met
Another great folk festival joins the rich range already thriving in the north west. Helen Nugent prelimsIn a world where teen heartthrobs, rap artists and reality show w...
→ 19 October 2012 3.00pm — Comment on this
New band of the day – No 1,265: Skinny Lister
Finally, a folk troupe whose bonhomie doesn't make us wretch. Think of them as the Pogues with good teethHometown: London.The lineup: Daniel Heptinstall (songwriter, voca...
→ 8 May 2012 4.19pm — Comment on this
Topic releases its first record
September 1939: Number 8 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk musicBritain's declaration of war on Germany rather overshadowed the release ...
→ 16 June 2011 12.43am — Comment on this
Eliza Carthy: How folk knocked rock off its perch
Once marginal, folk music now tops the charts. But that's no surprise, says demon fiddler Eliza Carthy .
→ 3 June 2011 8.00am — Comment on this
Eliza Carthy: Neptune – review
(Hem Hem)Carthy has always resisted being corralled into a folk ghetto – remember her drum'n'bass album back in '98? – and the self-penned Neptune sets her su...
→ 1 May 2011 12.05am — Comment on this
Good Folk for Good Folks (streams)
Bella Hardy - Songs Lost & Stolen The folk scene has always been a home for singer-songwriters, so it's perhaps only to be expected that our best young traditional sin...
→ 15 April 2011 12.08am — Comment on this
Bella Hardy: Songs Lost and Stolen – review
(Navigator) The folk scene has always been a home for singer-songwriters, so it's perhaps only to be expected that our best young traditional singers should also want to ...
→ 14 April 2011 10.01pm — Comment on this
The best world music for spring 2011
Our critic's pick of the best jazz, world and folk gigs coming up in May and JuneMarry Waterson and Oliver KnightThis is a busy time for the Waterson/Carthy clan, with Ma...
→ 5 April 2011 8.00pm — Comment on this
Marry Waterson and Oliver Knight: The Days That Shaped Me – review
(One Little Indian)As scions of folk's Waterson clan, it's taken this sister and brother a long time to do the obvious and record together. The result is a lovely, low-ke...
→ 20 March 2011 12.04am — Comment on this
Marry Waterson and Oliver Knight - review
Green Note, LondonMarry Waterson and her brother Oliver Knight belong to the best-known folk dynasty in Britain. Their mother was Lal Waterson, the singer and experimenta...
→ 13 March 2011 2.40pm — Comment on this
Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson: Gift, CD review
In her 70th year, Norma Waterson is still one of the greatest living singers on these islands from any genre. Rating: * * * * *
→ 29 July 2010 11.58am — Comment on this
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Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offPrince Future Soul Song Prince's giveaway album 20Ten isn't a classic, but contains enough to...
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