Ukrainian folk music: Mixed by Hanna Svirska
For our latest specialist mix, Kyiv-based musician Hanna Svirska curates a meditative retrospective of Ukrainian folk music
Daniel Johnston – Mixed by Shower Harvey
In light of Johnston’s recent passing, Bristol DJ Shower Harvey collates a small snapshot of his vast discography
Richard Dawson: Active Imagination
Tom Watson speaks with the unique Geordie songwriter to discuss his new LP Peasant. A record which explores a Dark Ages concept via twisted, experimental folk music
Turning Points:
Shirley Collins
Upon celebrating the release of a new album, Collins looks back across public betrayal and personal growth with Crack’s Duncan Harrison
It’s a Wonderful Life: The Sad and Beautiful World of Sparklehorse
Filmmakers Bobby Dass and Alex Crowther sat down with us to talk about their new documentary – a loving portrait of doomed singer Mark Linkous
Steve Gunn – Eyes on the Lines
Throughout Steve Gunn’s career, his solo works have been exhaustively likened to other artists’ material….
Many Miles Ahead: The Blissful Wanderings of
Steve Gunn
The Brooklyn songwriter tells Tom Watson how he’s unhinged himself from structure, allowing his drifting improvisation to inform his hypnotic folk
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More outspoken music chased down from all over
20 Questions: Jeffrey Lewis
The irreverent anti-folk musician and comic book artist Jeffrey Lewis provided 20 predictably enlightening answers to our 20 Questions
Sharon Van Etten shares Karen Dalton cover
Hear Van Etten’s interpretation of Remembering Mountains Sharon Van Etten has unveiled her cover of…
Jessica Pratt
The songwriter finally has an album to hold dear
The Decemberists
“We know, we belong to ya, we know you built your life around us.” So…
Iceland Airwaves 14
Considering the country’s population numbers just over 330k people – that’s around the same as Sunderland…