DAN JACOBSON reviews string orchestra Scottish Ensemble’s performance at King’s Place. High school concerts were always a sordid affair. They would invariably begin with a..

DAN JACOBSON reviews alt rock band Deer Tick’s performance at Islington Assembly Hall     Providence-based alternative rockers Deer Tick have always produced musical mosaics of..

DAN JACOBSON reflects on Margo Price’s 2017 album All American Made and the state of country music. In his illuminating podcast Revisionist History, author and..

DANIEL JACOBSON reviews the newly released deluxe edition of All These Countless Nights, the latest album from English alt-rock band Deaf Havana. The first album I ever..

DANIEL JACOBSON reviews New Orleans Americana band Hurray For The Riff Raff’s London gig at KOKO. You can cut all the flowers, but you cannot keep Spring..

Daniel Jacobson reviews the latest album from American alt-rock band, The National.  The National have always had an extraordinary ability to combine youthful energy with crippling introversion...

Daniel Jacobson discusses Manchester’s rich cultural heritage in the aftermath of last week’s terrorist attack.  Recently, I listened to Elbow’s 2008 record Seldom Seen Kid for..

DANIEL JACOBSON delves into The xx’s I See You, a significant departure from the band’s previous minimalist and lo-fi releases. A blank, silver, reflective screen; a distinctive..

DANIEL JACOBSON explores the latest album from  the innovative Indie Folk band, Bon Iver. On Wednesday 28th September, two days before the release of 22,..

DANIEL JACOBSON explores the new, intimate release from rock-folk artist Angel Olsen.  Leafing through photographs on Facebook, I came across one taken at Green Man Festival 2014...