Rob Bridge

Rob catches up with Alasdair Roberts during his Pangs Tour to talk about his new album, his early influences from traditional folk to Glasgow’s underground DIY scene and his need to always be creating something new. An obsession he has continually rewarded us with.

Rob caught up with Modern Studies in Birmingham while they were on tour promoting their debut album ‘Swell to Great.’ While the tour is over the momentum created by the reception of their album isn’t as they prepare for their BBC Quay Session in Glasgow next month.

Blue Rose Code put on a spectacular performance at Edinburgh’s Queen’s Hall for his Homecoming show. One which featured some of Scotland’s finest musicians, as well as a more than fifty members of Edinburgh and Glasgow Contemporary choirs – a musical celebration of everything that’s wonderful about this region of the country.

Rob catches up with Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts and looks back on their career as a duo, this year marks the tenth anniversary and to mark the occasion they released a live album, recorded over ten different gigs during the spring of this year.

Read our in-depth interview with Nancy Kerr as she discusses her new album ‘Instar’, the reaction to it, politics in music, balancing her musical life with being a mother, and she also offers her own words of wisdom on surviving in the music industry.

Read our in-depth interview with Jim Moray as he talks about his past challenges and new album ‘Upcetera’… “Throughout our conversation, he repeatedly makes it clear that in his own mind, his previous career as a solo artist is now closed. ‘Upcetera’ is something different; a fresh start…a ‘New Chapter.’”

Rob catches up with Tobias ben Jacob shortly after the recording his first solo album, one that sees a shift in his recorded work to date with a bigger band sound and a host of special guests including Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin.

Rob captures in words and images a captivating set and a fantastic evening of acoustic music at Kenilworth Arts Festival featuring Rachel Sermanni, Luke Jackson and Kitty Macfarlane.

With their new album ‘Before the Sun’ due out this month, Rob catches up with Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage to talk about folk music, lunar cycles and cosmic patterns. Make sure you catch them on their album tour.

Rob heads to London’s Slaughtered Lamb for a live preview performance of Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker’s new album ‘Overnight’ due for release on Rough trade records on 14 Oct. 2016

John Paul White’s ‘Beulah’ is a deeply personal album that is both ambitious and revealing. “Upon emerging, it feels like you’ve been on a journey alongside the artist, the telltale sign of a remarkable record.”

With a tour of Canada just finished FRUk catch up with the UK’s finest clawhammer banjo player Dan Walsh. He talks about his music as well as his work with the Live Music Now scheme.