Lankum’s dissonant, trad-folk aesthetics capture the collective mood, but leaves us feeling both optimistic and introspective

This Is The Kit bring their folk-fuelled emotion to Manchester Academy, showcasing a performance of closeness and unity

Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Noah Kahan moves the O2 Victoria Warehouse crowd with a stunning performance

Ahead of their headline show at Manchester’s Academy 2 later this month, The Mancunion sat down with The 502s to find out all you need to know: influences, details, and all the rest

Billie Marten plays her largest ever show in Manchester at the O2 Ritz as she tours the country after the release of her fourth studio album Drop Cherries

Suzanne Vega visited Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall for An Intimate Evening of Songs and Stories – contrasting her sombre songs with hilarious stories

Fergus McCreadie talks improvisation, inspirations and recording ahead of his headline show at Band on the Wall

Maja Lena’s winning combination of folk drawing on electronic elements transports us to an imagined planet

From New Century to Escape to Freight Island, FOLK to Reds True Barbeque, we’ve got all your festive food needs covered!

Wanting to impress your parents with Manchester’s best suburban spot? Cool, classy, independent, and delicious: folks, it time to get yourselves down to FOLK

The American artist visited Manchester last Thursday, and her performance exemplified everything exciting about music right now

New Zealand native Marlon Williams gives a show to remember at his latest Manchester gig. Alongside confessions of love, and support from fellow kiwi artists, Williams is one to look out for

From folk to blues, fingerstyle guitarist Jon Coley discusses his career highlights and aspirations with The Mancunion.

Owen Scott reviews Beth Orton’s set, as she opened for Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill anniversary tour at the AO Arena.

The Mancunion review Arcade Fire’s latest release ‘The Lightning, I,II’ – but lightning didn’t even strike once on this single, never mind twice.

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Barbara Dickson OBE at King Georges Hall

This year’s musical at the Royal Exchange Theatre is something very different

Kristin Cooper catches up with Mikey, Jasper, and Ollie of caroline to discuss their return to Manchester and the making of their EP ‘Skydiving onto the library roof’.

Following a masterpiece isn’t easy. Lana Del Rey’s 2019 album Norman Fucking Rockwell was one of the most universally acclaimed albums of that year, if not the entire decade, and certainly the most acclaimed of the artist’s career. When it was announced that her next album, also produced by Jack Antonoff, would be released the […]

Can singer-songwriter boy wonder Jake Bugg regain some momentum in his career?