Everything by Jo Cox

  • New Music: Winter Mountain

    New Music: Winter Mountain

    I recently saw Winter Mountain described as ‘pleasant’ and I have to say that pretty much sums these two guys up. There’s nothing extraordinarily different about their brand of indie folk, except that they’re doing it dang well. With vocals that blend like a smooth Tennessee Whiskey and songs tinged with early rock n roll...

  • 13/04/2013 | Beth Orton – O2 Academy, Oxford

    13/04/2013 | Beth Orton – O2 Academy, Oxford

    I hadn’t even hit my teens when Beth Orton’s Trailer Park debut was released. I’d bought her albums in retrospect at the start of my 20s, just as a six year hiatus began, and went back to them several times over that period trying to find in them what other people continually seemed to rave about. Despite all of this I wouldn’t say...

  • New Music: Fallingham Fair

    New Music: Fallingham Fair

    Formed in Birmingham at some point during 2010, two guys and a gal folk-pop trio Fallingham Fair have been doing pretty well for themselves recently. They’ve got a new second album, Songbook, which was released at the end of March to mounting acclaim. They’ve been featured on BBC Radio 6 Music and Channel 4′s Sunday Brunch, and they also...

  • Preview: Dot To Dot festival 2013

    Preview: Dot To Dot festival 2013

    Dot To Dot is widely recognised as one of the best places to catch up and coming talent tipped to do well over the following months, with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Jake Bugg, Ellie Goulding and Lissie all having featured on the lineup in recent years. This year looks to be no exception with another eclectic mix of up and coming bands lined up for the three...

  • 11/03/2013 | Beth Nielsen Chapman – The Stables, Milton Keynes

    11/03/2013 | Beth Nielsen Chapman – The Stables, Milton Keynes

    Beth Nielsen Chapman began the first of two nights in Milton Keynes just as I expected, with an emotional piano driven recital of The Color Of Roses which hushed the entire auditorium. She continued in this vain with I Find Your Love, written with Patrick Doyle for the 2003 Calendar Girls film, and I settled in for an emotional roller...

  • Starting Out in Gig Photography When You’re Skint

    Starting Out in Gig Photography When You’re Skint

    My first gig shoot was an unmitigated disaster. I’d borrowed a point and shoot from my dad’s company because the only camera I owned was on my phone. I was escorted into a big theatre venue where I was the only photographer, told to stand back at the sound desk and took such blurry photos that I had to pretend the memory card was corrupted to...