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Hedy West: Ballads and Songs from the Appalachians – review

5191 days ago
Guardian Music(Fellside) Hedy West was one of the great American stars of the 60s folk revival. Born in Georgia, the daughter of a union organiser who worked with mining communities, she sang mining songs, epic narrative ballads, children's songs and country tunes... more info

Richard Thompson announces tour (dates)

5195 days ago
Brooklyn VeganBritish folk troubadour Richard Thompson, an original member of the pivotal folk rock group Fairport Convention, one half of a more intimate duo with his now-ex-wife Linda Thompson, and a prolific solo artist, is going on an extensive North... more info

Cambridge folk festival – review

5195 days ago
Guardian MusicCherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge"I don't know if sex is allowed at Cambridge. Is it?" Thousands of fans in foldable chairs and floral headbands cheer their reply."Oh good," Richard Thompson says, before launching into Johnny's Far Away, his 2007 ode to ... more info

Battlefield Band: Line-Up – review

5213 days ago
Guardian Music(Temple Records)Founded over 40 years ago in the Glasgow suburb of Battlefield, this band is one of the great institutions of the Scottish music scene. They are famous for their experiments, mixing pipes and fiddle with guitar, piano, whistle and cit... more info

Fredrik - Flora (album stream)

5214 days ago
Totally Fuzzy The Swedish experimental pop outfit Fredrik grew out a collaboration between multi-instrumentalist Fredrik and singer Lindefelt, both of whom also worked together in an indie electronic duo named the LK. As Fredrik, they carved out a genre-bending s... more info

Janelle Monáe wants second concept album to be listeners' 'drug of choice'

5240 days ago
Guardian MusicThe acclaimed R&B singer behind The ArchAndroid has promised to take her music to 'another level'Janelle Monáe has begun work on a new record, another concept album with even "bigger ideas" than her debut, The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III), which ... more info

Hell, Bell and evangelism | Andrew Brown

5290 days ago
Guardian MusicA controversial American preacher, accused of denying the truth of eternal damnation, turns out to be a wonderful performerThe last time I had been to the Cambridge Corn Exchange it was to see Richard Thompson, so the American evangelical Rob Bell m... more info

Fairport Convention: Festival Bell, CD review

5305 days ago
The TelegraphEnglish folk stalwarts demonstrate their class again. Rating * * * more info

Fairport Convention: Festival Bell – review

5310 days ago
Guardian Music(Matty Grooves)Up in the tower of St Mary's church in the Oxfordshire village of Cropredy, there's a bell inscribed with the name of the pioneering folk-rock band who run one of the best music festivals in farmland nearby. Funded by fans, the story ... more info

monday evening updates

5342 days ago
Totally FuzzyBlog Stoned said... Bootlegs: -Eric Clapton - San Jose 2011 -Neil Young and Pearl Jam - Berlin 95 http://blogstoned.blogspot.com W said... * MOJO PRESENTS Dylan Covered (2005) With Nancy Sinatra, Hugh Cornwell, John Martyn, Fairport Convention and o... more info

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