The Kalmazoo Klub started in a Crouch End pub 30 years ago and has brought the likes of Martin Carthy, Bert Jansch and Chaz Jankel to North London ...

Wizz Jones, an icon in the British folk scene, has died aged 86. The musician was an integral part of UK folk music for the past 60 years, and news of his passing was shared yesterday (April 27) by ...

In Teatro Micaelense – a gorgeous theatre at the heart of Ponta Delgada, the capital of Portugal’s Azores archipelago – Ben Chasny sits stage right and unspools deep, resonant arpeggios on his ...

I hope his wonderful music will live on and continue to make the world a richer place,' wrote the artist's son, Simeon.

The unknowable Nick Drake —intoxicatingly intimate and permanently out of reach—has been the subject of reams of analysis since his death. He remains an elusive enigma, as floaty and ethereal as his ...

The Bobby Charles Rarities collection includes material recorded during the sessions for his self-titled debut album (a big Sound Records favourite) on Bearsville. It’s an album of laid-back, funky ...

Why are Young Fathers one of the best bands in the world? Because everywhere they go they arrive free of clichés, including the clichés you might associate with a hackneyed phra ...

“I’m an acolyte of Bert Jansch, so I can testify to that. But that really loud, layered, straightforward strumming on those rock ’n’ roll records is a singular sound. You hear Jeff Lynne ...