Review: Manchester Folk Festival 2022
For Manchester Folk Festival’s artistic director David Agnew, a useful working definition of folk...
Read MorePosted by Kevin Bourke | Oct 20, 2022 | Arts, Bands & Gigs, Music
For Manchester Folk Festival’s artistic director David Agnew, a useful working definition of folk...
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 Helen Nugent | Aug 22, 2018 | Bands & Gigs, Music, Northern Soul writes..., We burn witches
When I learned that Billy Bragg had agreed to be interviewed by Northern Soul, I spent some...
Read MorePosted by Kevin Bourke | Oct 23, 2017 | Bands & Gigs, Music
You may well have read our recent interview with David Agnew, director of the Manchester Folk...
Read MorePosted by Kevin Bourke | Oct 17, 2017 | Music
For several years, the Homegrown festival at Bury Met, with its associated Folk Expo industry...
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