Interview | Folk’s new wonder kid, Marika Hackman, talks literary heroes,...
A grey and windy day in London’s Southbank is briefly put on hold by the glowing presence of folk’s newest rising star, Marika Hackman. She’s just taken all her equipment through the Purcell Rooms...
View ArticleNews | Staves complete Cambridge line-up
The Staves headed the final wave of acts to be added to the Cambridge Folk Festival as the complete line-up was revealed today.The trio will play Main Stage 1 on the Sunday of the event which runs from...
View ArticleFestivals | The Great Escape – Preview
The British summer may be getting off to a non-existent start but summery things are happening – English weather be damned – starting with one of our favourite festivals of the year, The Great Escape....
View ArticleFestivals | Bushstock – Preview
Bushstock festival returns for a third year in the heart of Shepard’s Bush, West London.This year offers up a pletitude of acts including Sivu, Thumpers and Roo Panes all performing across four...
View ArticleFestivals | Bushstock 2013 Review
Willy MasonPerhaps being the most discrete and well-behaved festival we have ever attended, Bushstock nestles in cosily amongst London’s bustling Shepherds Bush Green and surrounding chicken shops,...
View ArticleLive | Greenman Review 2013
Hidden in the depths of a valley in the Brecon Beacons lies one of the world’s best-kept secrets. Greenman Festival celebrated its tenth year anniversary, and served to be, yet again, one of the best...
View ArticleEP | Marika Hackman – Sugar Blind
Marika Hackman first burst on to the scene back in early 2012 with her sweet song ‘Here I Lie’, recorded for a Burberry campaign. The comparisons to Laura Marling, Joanna Newsom and Nico quickly rolled...
View ArticleEP | Marika Hackman – Deaf Heat
Deaf Heat opens with the unflinchingly peculiar ‘Tongues’: darkly modulating harmonies bend two minutes into a bottomless eternity of human voices, cutting through hearts like ice. Lead track ‘Deep...
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