Tag: folk music

Review: Manchester Folk Festival 2021

Posted by Kevin Bourke | Oct 29, 2021 | Bands & Gigs, Music |

Somehow, there are people still around who believe that ‘all folk music sounds the same’ or that...

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“Strong, broad-ranging music that tells social stories that mean something.” David Agnew, director of Manchester Folk Festival

Posted by Kevin Bourke | Oct 2, 2021 | Bands & Gigs, Music |

Manchester is set to become the centre of the international folk world at the end of October. Back...

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“We’ve encouraged people to feel like the festival is theirs.” Folk singer-songwriter Kate Rusby talks about Underneath the Stars

Posted by Colin Petch | Jul 29, 2019 | Music |

As festival destinations go, Underneath the Stars takes place at one of the UK’s most...

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Midnight and Closedown: Northern Soul chats to multi-award winning folk trio Lau

Posted by Kevin Bourke | Feb 25, 2019 | Bands & Gigs, Music |

“In a way it’s been quite exciting to keep getting asked if calling this album Midnight and...

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“Labouring-class voices remain underappreciated.” The poetry of the Cotton Famine is brought to life by Faustus

Posted by Kevin Bourke | Nov 21, 2018 | Bands & Gigs, Music |

It is known as the Cotton Panic. The Lancashire Cotton Famine of 1861-1865 was a calamitous...

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