Delia Recordings Presents Poppy Ackroyd – St John's Church, Carrington, Fri 19 Mar 2027 - Delia Recordings present Poppy Ackroyd at St. John's Church, Nottingham. “Wonderful” – The New York Times “Pop...

The Mercury prize winner hasn’t been able to go home since falling ill last summer. In his only interview, he opens up about the ‘poignancy’ of finally releasing the new album his stroke shelved

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I visited Broadway Cinema twice this weekend to see restorations of The Sacrifice and Nostalghia, two films by my favourite director, Andrei Tarkovsky.

13 track album

Musician Michael Cloud Duguay’s new album was born from a mission to capture the sound of the majestic yet increasingly rare instruments

5 track album

YouTube video by Boards of Canada

I’ve split this summary across three posts, and this roundup details the first five days. Highlights included lots of sumo, a studio session, and getting to know Ryōgoku.

The WM-22 was the first Walkman model that was sold in the UK for under £30.

Find what's playing on alternative platforms, directly support the artists you love, and move off streaming.

Here’s my 22nd annual roundup: sixty short reviews across five categories, plus shows, stats and playlists. It gets more ridiculous every year, but I do it to myself, I do.