Those on the London folk scene rightly think the big city is hot shit for the best new folk music. But while the sun is shining and the holidays are approaching, you may tire of the concrete and exhaust fumes and yearn for some country life. Well you are in luck. Insert piece of straw [...]

A timely reminder that all is not lost, there are still light years of unexplored space for new music to discover, and brave artists out there on the frontier that have the courage and inspiration to stake out new territories in which to spread their wings.

It’s been a fine old while since Joanna Newsom’s last album ‘Y’s’. A new release has been hotly anticipated and hotly anticipated some more, for Newsom fans are a dedicated breed.

Jack In Water front-man Will Clapson opens the set with a crisply arpeggiated acoustic guitar line that immediately sets a precedent for the level of dynamic control that the band exercise in their performance

Citay’s third release ‘Dream Get Together’ may be more Soft Machine than Scarborough Fair, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty in here for folkies to enjoy – ‘Careful With That Hat’ sounds like Sufjan Steven’s Illinoisemakers rehearsing in an enchanted forest, only to be gate-crashed by Marnie Stern – ‘Dream Get Together’ is a [...]

She opened her set singing solo with acoustic guitar. Accompanied only by a ridiculously garish spinning glitter ball. The drab irony of this most inappropriate light show didn’t escape her either

Wolf People recently became the first UK band to be taken on by American label Jagjaguar. For there first release they have compiled ‘Tidings’ that they claim ‘forms a prehistory of the band.’

Kieran Hebden the man behind Four Tet made his way down to the British Academy of New Music in London to give a seminar on experimentation in music. The Ear Horn listens in to what he has to say as he talks in depth about the inspirations, aspirations and experimentations of his life in the [...]