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Reviews, The Black Swan Inn, Trending

Live Review: Saturday Evening at The City of Folk Weekend

Reviews, The Black Swan Inn, Trending

Live Review: Free Weekend Demonstrates York’s Indefatigable Folk Spirit

Key Club, Leeds, Reviews, Trending

Live Review: Safeguard are Back and Rocking The Key Club, Leeds

Reviews, Scarborough Open Air Theatre

Live Review: Paul Weller Treats Scarborough To His Sprawling Solo Catalogue

14/06/2026 Graeme Smith

Miles Kane opened for Paul Weller at Scarborough on Friday night.

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Discovery: Ybenfy?’s Experimental Album Articulates The Inarticulable

13/06/2026 Graeme Smith

Ybenfy?’s new album Who Hurt You?  combines soulful, cinematic synth melodies with hard‑hitting yet understated vocals/lyrics to deliver an honest, textured collection of experimental rap tracks.

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Discovery: Power Post-Rockers OK Goodnight Show A Soft Edge In New Album stop/go

12/06/202612/06/2026 Graeme Smith

OK Goodnight is an art rock band from Massachusetts, USA made up of four members who met through their studies at Berklee College of Music.

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Interviews, Reviews

The Pioneering Paul Frazer Clarke Talks Making Drum & Bass History and New Ambient Collab

12/06/2026 Graeme Smith

We haven’t featured the work of Paul Frazer Clarke before but if you’re a drum and bass fan, you’re likely to know the name.

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Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds, Reviews

Live Review: Austel Enchants the Hyde Park Book Club

11/06/2026 Graeme Smith

In the infamously cosy yet exciting Hyde Park Book Club, a venue which is primarily a bar/ cafe and book shop, Austel performed an elegant and emotive set following the release of her new album Mirror to Mine on Friday.

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Discovery: Scooter Scudieri’s AI-Managed Album Is Full of Organic Warmth

09/06/202609/06/2026 Graeme Smith

The use of AI in creative pursuits remains controversial, and rightly so. The technology is renowned for using human creativity to train its algorithms, often without consent or permission.

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Reviews, The Black Swan Inn, Trending

Live Review: Saturday Evening at The City of Folk Weekend

09/06/202611/06/2026 Graeme Smith

The Black Swan on Stonebow, inside the city walls but with village pub vibes, feels like the perfect location for this festival of friends: the City of York Folk Festival. I popped in on Saturday late afternoon and into the evening to check it out.

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Reviews, The Black Swan Inn, Trending

Live Review: Free Weekend Demonstrates York’s Indefatigable Folk Spirit

09/06/202611/06/2026 Graeme Smith

Roland Walls was the indefatigable, quiet leader of the Black Swan Folk Club. When he died in 2019 from Motor Neurone Disease his death was a big loss to York’s music scene.

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Discovery: Sonaírí Brings Irish Opera To a Pop Classic

08/06/202608/06/2026 Graeme Smith

A duo based in County Louth, Ireland, Sonaírí combines the voices of soprano Amie Dyer and tenor David Corr.

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