Folly of Youth

Day Three started with the threat of rain and darkened skies but bringing some sunshine to kick off the Main Stage was Manchester's Its ...

Well I could be tempted to complain about a gig in which the main part of the set comprised of only 11 songs. But when those songs are so ex...

Off to the now-sold-out Green Man Festival this morning. Mr P driving, I'm in charge of directions to Glanusk Park. Surprisingly the Gr...

A new James Yorkston album came out last week. “Folk Songs” is played by James Yorkston and The Big Eyes Family Players (“ I didn’t want to...

Willam Fitzsimmon’s biog seems to go out of the way to suggest an ‘other-ness’, to suggest how strange he is: born to blind parents , broug...

Well I'd talked about the packaging in May but I really should talk about the music. Especially since Fanfarlo's "Resevoir...

At the far end of Blenheim Gardens SW2, past the row of bay-fronted , genteel Edwardian residencies, lies The Windmill . From the outside Th...

August may be quieter than other months for gigs but feel the quality. The month is book-ended by two recommended events: the one-day Hedge...

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Remember how excited some people got when a C86-inspired, hotly tipped US band played Chorlton Irish Club recently? If not read what Indie C...

A trio of recent intray/inbox arrivals here at Folly of Youth. The first is the second album from Stockholm's six-piece indie-popsters L...

Out now is 'Play Some Pool, Skip Some School, Act Real Cool', a 2 CD tribute to Bruce Springsteen on the Where It's At Is Where ...

Unpredictable weather getting to you? Feeling damp just hearing the stories from a rained-upon Latitude ? Why not listen to some music INDOO...

MJ Hibbett has a formula. A formula to solve the world's problems through idiot-grin optimism and a can-do naivete. So on latest album ...

I saw Young@Heart perform " End of the Road " last night (as part the Manchester International Festival ). But this is not a revie...

Well this was a gig that nearly didn't feel like a gig but all came good in the end. I'd heard stories of how good Amadou and Mariam...

I was going to write about the Manchester International Festival which starts today. But with the huge PR coverage they will get, they don...

Another music compilation for you to help select your gigs (or more gigs?) this July in Manchester. We start with two sets of exclamation ma...

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Malcolm Middleton hinted earlier this month that he might take a break from his solo recording career. He was quick to explain what he me...