Review: Manchester Folk Festival 2021
Somehow, there are people still around who believe that ‘all folk music sounds the same’ or that...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Colin Petch | Jul 29, 2019 | Music
As festival destinations go, Underneath the Stars takes place at one of the UK’s most...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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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