Even if you aren’t a melancholy brunette or sad woman, Japanese Breakfast’s fourth album is a lush yet bittersweet soundscape of romance and heartache. Plucked acoustic guitars, cinematic strings and longing Americana melodies accompany Michelle Zauner’s …

Sunderland has recently been termed a ‘music city’ and making good on all that that entails are artists like Isabel Maria, who is pushing pop music into some very exciting places. Isabel Maria was a recent recipient of The Crack’s ‘Single of the Month’…

The Glasshouse is hosting a rare appearance from folk supergroup Spell Songs this May as they present the musical evolution of the iconic ‘The Lost Words’ and ‘The Lost Spells’ books by acclaimed author Robert Macfarlane and award-winning artist Jackie Mo…