John Fogerty was recently awarded the Johnny Mercer Award by the Songwriters' Hall of Fame. To celebrate, we count down 15 of ...

Has there ever been a band more deserving of No. 1 single status that came so close without reaching the pinnacle as Creedence Clearwater Revival? Incredibly, CCR released five singles in a two-year ...

The director of The Ballad of Wallis Island has said it was filmed "around the corner" from the Welsh family roots of one its stars, Carey Mulligan. James Griffiths, who directed the Bafta-nominated ...

Composer Finn Anderson and director Tania Azevedo have created a powerful generational journey through the history of Appalachian song Much of the music of central Appalachia – the mountainous region ...

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A cardboard box full of cassette tapes recorded by Sarah’s aunt, Betty, frames a pulsating quest into generational trauma. Songs become oral tradition. Betty introduces her 17th-century Scottish ...

Sporadically transcendent, mostly absurd, this folk musical sees a modern lesbian in New York find her true self by communing with her ballad-singing, proto-feminist female ancestors. Lush harmonies ...

As London mourns the departure of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, down at the Southwark Playhouse Elephant, there’s another folk musical that might steal your heart. Finn Anderson and Tania ...

There’s something about a rock ballad that stirs feelings of nostalgia even when the lyrics aren’t particularly wistful. The music of the 1980s arrived with heightened earnestness as the decade became ...

Paul Thomas Anderson’s antifa parable is queasily relevant to the times, but here’s hoping Tim Key and co can get some reward for their brilliant British film Combat intensifies as One Battle After ...

It's been one of the best recieived British films of the past few years and this winter, The Ballad of Wallis Island has made its mark on the awards season - claiming three Bafta 2026 nominations. The ...