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Quirky is an easy way to label Exeter-based Hopwood’s third album, Gone To Flowers, (the title a nod to Pete Seeger perhaps), indeed the press release itself uses the term, but that would be to overlook that serious themes of mortality and endings that they embrace. Inspired by folklore, psychology, fairytale and nature, Hopwood, who is also an animation artist, enfo...


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Claire Vine will release her debut solo album We Carve Our Path on 13 March 2026 with Bristol-based DIY label Cuculi Records. A thread of unequivocal political urgency runs through this evocative collection, which features five original songs and five highly inventive interpretations of songs drawn from the traditional canon and the repertoire of folk legends...


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Is the recorder the most cruelly maligned instrument of all? Despite a beautiful and clear tone, for too many it is too potent a memory of primary school, of awkward tots parping ineffectively in assembly. Like the smell of cooking cabbage, it is something most of us prefer to expunge from our experience. Finn Collinson has taken it on himself, almost single-handedly, to reha...


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“Settle down, and I’ll try to make a soothing sound”, Sarah McQuaid sings on the opening number of her current concert set.

That she does. Starting off a cappella, then layering acoustic and electric guitars, floor tom drum, keyboards and lush vocal harmonies, she uses looping technology to create a gentle, organic progression that’s...


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Amy and Alasdair describe They’ll Aye Remain as a collection of songs they love to sing which is probably the best reason for singing. Like Amy and Alasdair, the songs are Scottish and a cursory glance at the track list might suggest that they are not the most well-known. But more of that later.

The opener, ‘Stone And Lime Wall’ is a new one on me and is infre...


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