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Folk

Joni Mitchell - Musician - 1960s

Five musicians Joni Mitchell really can’t stand and one she really loves: “He’s a plagiarist”

Snarky.

Tom Taylor
Jun 4, 2026
How Aldous Harding makes quiet and silence the most important elements of her show

How Aldous Harding makes silence the most important part of her show

No use filling those gaps.

Reuben Cross
Jun 4, 2026
Shame - Bob Dylan - Split

The classic Bob Dylan song that shaped Shame: “You can’t really touch him now”

Still important now.

Reuben Cross
Jun 3, 2026
Donovan - Musician - 1966

Donovan: the biggest bullshitter of the 1960s or the decade’s true architect?

“Donovan is a catalyst”.

Tom Taylor
Jun 1, 2026
Simon and Garfunkel - 1972 - Madison Square Garden

The lyric that “ruined” Paul Simon’s 1970 masterpiece

Blot on the copybook?

Tom Taylor
May 29, 2026
Gordon Lightfoot - Far Out Magazine

The lyrics that ruined Gordon Lightfoot’s greatest song: “I stopped singing it”

Isolation rears its ugly head.

Dale Maplethorpe
May 27, 2026
How folk music found its home in coffeehouses

How did folk music find its home in coffeehouses?

A post-World War II phenomenon.

Paulina Subia
May 25, 2026
Leonard Cohen - 1968 - Singer - Musician - Poet

The singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen could never stop admiring: “A musical monster”

High praise from Leonard Cohen.

Tyler Golsen
May 19, 2026
Sonic Youth - 2005 - Anders Jensen-Urstad

Michael Chapman: how a Yorkshire folk singer helped to form Sonic Youth

An essential influence…

Ben Forrest
May 15, 2026
Carminho- The Portuguese artist bringing fado back -

Carminho: The Portuguese artist bringing fado back

If you ask her what it is, she’ll tell you ‘fado is love’.

Gaia Neiman
May 9, 2026
Five Easy Masterpieces An introduction to American primitivism

Five Easy Masterpieces: An introduction to American primitivism

Transformative brilliance.

Reuben Cross
May 7, 2026
Aldous Harding - ‘Train on the Island’ - 2026

Aldous Harding – ‘Train on the Island’ album review: Emotive indie-folk of ever-increasing magnitude

Another triumph…

Ben Forrest
May 6, 2026

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