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INTERVIEW: Liam Sullivan
Leeds based Liam Sullivan is the singer/songwriter who prompted me to say 'What you expect from Liam is a fantastically written lyric, a great vocal and music that is so well put together it hurts' in one of my reviews. I 'sat down' with him over exchanged emails to find out more
FEATURE: Scenius set the scene for their debut album ‘Enough Fears’
With an album - ‘Enough Fears’ - coming out on 4th December after four fantastic singles, Frank ‘talked’ to Steve and Fabrice about making music when you’re on opposite sides of The Channel, the album, musical roots and plans for the future.
SINGLE REVIEW: Fold – ‘The Painful Truth’
Fold do music with a message; not in that earnest ‘well, you’ve got to like it because the message is important’ way but in...
SINGLE, ALBUM & TOUR NEWS: LYR release ‘The Song Thrush and...
Poet Simon Armitage describes LYR’s documentary masterpiece of meticulously placed lyrics and exquisite sounds as “a record of an extraordinary period of social history”...
CONCERT REVIEW: Todmorden Festival Of Nasheeds – Todmorden College – 13th...
This evening of Islamic song had a friendly family atmosphere and starred young singers from Bradford and Pendle as well as from Hamza Mosque,...
CONCERT REVIEW: Todmorden Folk Festival Friday concert – St Mary’s Church,...
Two brilliant young musicians, Erin on violin and Ben on guitar, otherwise “Chords and Fiddles” opened the show. Their songs varied from the powerfully...
EP REVIEW: Champ Kind – ‘Mojo’
There are times when what I really need is a song with a great tune, something that’s going to leave you feeling happy and...
FESTIVAL NEWS: Huge opportunity announced for emerging talent at Tramlines
Tramlines Festival takes place from 21st - 23rd July at Hillsborough Park in Sheffield. Following the announcement of headliners Richard Ashcroft, Courteeners and Paul...
CONCERT REVIEW: Todmorden Orchestra and Todmorden Choral Society: Mozart’s Requiem Mass...
Conducted by Antony Brannick, with soloists Rebecca Moon, Phoebe Watts, Michael Vincent Jones and Theodore Murphy-Jelley, Todmorden’s orchestra and choral society performed two eighteenth-century...
CONCERT REVIEW: Antony and Friends – Central Methodist Church, Todmorden –...
The concert first half featured Antony Brannick on piano and Chris Irvin on oboe. He brought out the best in this deep-toned wind instrument....
MUSIC NEWS: First Bus launch new initiative to support Sheffield’s musical...
Sheffield’s First Bus have launched a new initiative to celebrate the greats of the city's music scene.
Over recent months the company has been transforming...
GIG NEWS: Love Music Hate Racism Huddersfield – 5th May 2023
Loads of stuff - live music, DJs, speakers, graffart - at Smile, Huddersfield for the LOVE MUSIC HATE RACISM campaign. It’s in aid of Enough is Enough and Love Music Hate Racism and is the Huddersfield leg of the UK wide CRISIS MUSIC TOUR which has the backing of the Musicians Union and the Music Venue Trust
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LSF Statement: Hope & Glory Festival
We've had some queries from our readers asking whether, because we published news pieces about Hope & Glory, we have any formal connection to,...
LSF is now all about Yorkshire
We are now all about Yorkshire. Our service is now for people living in Yorkshire and about music from and played in Yorkshire. We'll be continuing to post news of gigs and concerts in places that people living in Yorkshire can travel to.