Andrew Carthy – known to fans as Mr Scruff – completed a run of 15 shows in grassroots venues around the UK. This ‘Miniature ...

On ‘Sunbeam Path’ Holden’s contributions include ‘walnuts’ and ‘teacups’ while Zimpel plays glowing lap steel. It is as ...

Darran Anderson meets up with the Pulp frontman to talk violence in Sheffield, outsider art in America, stuffed attics in ...

EFG London Jazz Festival has added a second wave of acts to its 2025 lineup. Following the recent release of their first new ...

Of course Pete Shelley's Homosapien was radically queer when it came to politics but don't underestimate how queer it sounded ...

Favourites of this site such as Sly & The Family Drone, UKAEA (in DJ mode), Phil MFU and others are playing at New River ...

The Chicago cornet player and composer smashes open contemporary jazz, pouring in a host of different styles, from samba to ...

Ahead of the launch of her new radio show on 6 Music & an appearance at MIF, Mary Anne Hobbs would sooner talk about an old ...

From soul to psychedelia via Santana and Sly Stone, legendary producer and DJ Arthur Baker takes Siobhán Kane through his ...

The first album in a decade from the trailblazing Sheffield group asks, just how ribald can a man in his 60s get away with ...

Last year, when I wrote about New Trad Fest, it was in abstract terms as I was largely relying on reports from people who had ...

Following re-issues of his 1980s album Recurring Dreams and Traveler's Advisory, Drag City release new material by the New ...