Folking Hell: The Depressing Failure Of All You Need Is Death
All You Need is Death is full of interesting ideas, but leaves them undeveloped as it delivers a string of Folk Horror cliches.
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The Xmas Jukebox: Cat Winter’s Don’t Be Silent Tonight
A mental health-awareness song might not seem the most festive of recordings – but this low-key and emotive tune is an unexpectedly brilliant, vital Christmas message.
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Classic Albums Revisited: Ólöf Arnalds’ Palme
The quirky and mysterious sounds of the Icelandic folk singer’s last album to date.
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Ken Russell In Search Of The English Folk Song
An unexpectedly sweet documentary from the enfant terrible of British cinema.
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Classic Albums Revisited: Fairport Convention’s Rising For The Moon
A transitional album for the British folk-rock pioneers now comes in a posh expanded edition.
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Summer Is Icumen In – The Witchy World Of British Folk Music
Exploring the pagan roots and dark traditionalism of 1970s British folk, via a new box set.
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Reflections Of Their Lives: The Fine Cuts Of Marmalade
Exploring the back catalogue of the Scottish Sixties popsters Marmalade.
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Classic Albums Revisited: Genesis’ Selling England By The Pound
1973 saw Genesis reach their creative peak with an album full of English whimsy and eccentricity.
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Derayernah’s Siberian Scopes – Mumble Music For The End Times
Self-conscious art-rock, prog pretensions and sloganeering – Derayernah talk the talk but do they walk the walk?
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Video Nasty Icon Ian McCulloch’s Lost Pop Career
The lost mid-Sixties psych-folk career of Britain’s reluctant Italian horror star.
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The Doc ‘N’ Roll Festival 2019 Part 1: Alt Rock, David Crosby And Legendary Promoters
The Doc ‘n’ Roll Festival is now underway. We’ve picked on a few highlights and outliers from the programme to investigate, and here are the first three…
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Rock ‘N’ Roll And Korean Classics: London Gets Film Festival Fever In November
November 2019 sees the return of both the Doc ‘n’ Roll music documentary festival and the London Korean Film Festival.
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