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Steve Johnson
Culture / 22 December 2024
22 December 2024
New releases from Steve Knightley, Sunjay, Sociograss
ANTI-WAR ACTIVISM: The original cast of the FTA (F*ck The Ar
Books / 25 October 2024
25 October 2024
STEVE JOHNSON recommends the autobiography of the great US singer-songwriter and activist, Barbara Dane
Album reviews / 5 August 2024
5 August 2024
New releases from George Boomsma, Pete Morton and Jack Badcock
Culture / 19 June 2023
19 June 2023
New releases from The Trials of Cato, Rachel Baiman and Megson
Debbie and Stu Hanna
Show Review / 10 April 2023
10 April 2023
STEVE JOHNSON applauds an inspired combination of folk music and political theatre
FOLK HEROES: David Eagle, Sean Cooney and Michael Hughes at
Album Review / 13 March 2023
13 March 2023
STEVE JOHNSON revels in a new album by a folk band fast becoming the bards of our age
Culture / 6 March 2023
6 March 2023
New releases from The Carrivick Sisters, Lady Maisery and Nat Brookes
Poetry Review / 4 October 2022
4 October 2022
An enjoyable listening experience combining poetry, reggae music and fierce polemics of the kind we need more of enthrals STEVE JOHNSON
Music / 3 October 2022
3 October 2022
New releases from Amy Goddard, Bella Hardy and Bush Gothic
Michael Weston King
Interview / 13 June 2022
13 June 2022
MICHAEL WESTON KING talks to the Morning Star about his first solo album in 10 years
Culture / 2 May 2022
2 May 2022
New releases from Bird in the Belly, Rupert Wates and Dusty the Kid
Music Review / 7 January 2022
7 January 2022
Jimmy Aldridge and Sid Goldsith
Culture / 19 December 2021
19 December 2021
Memorable and edifying voices of dissent and resistance
MUSIC / 12 May 2021
12 May 2021
Latest releases from Christina Alden and Alex Patterson, Honey and the Bear and Gnoss
CELEBRATORY: Peggy Seeger and Paul Robeson performing in Tra
ALBUM REVIEW / 11 April 2021
11 April 2021
Valedictory gems from a folk music great
MUSIC / 1 April 2021
1 April 2021
Latest releases from Ninebarrow, Portable Radio and Tim Lane
MUSIC / 2 March 2021
2 March 2021
Latest releases from Mossy Christian, Terra Lightfoot and Paul Ruane
MUSIC / 13 December 2020
13 December 2020
INSPIRATIONAL: The Hut People
MUSIC ONLINE / 1 September 2020
1 September 2020
Not the real thing but close enough to it
 Julie Felix
OBITUARY / 3 April 2020
3 April 2020
MUSIC / 15 March 2020
15 March 2020
Music / 8 January 2020
8 January 2020
Latest releases from Andy White, Hannah James and the Jigdoll Ensemble and Martyn Joseph
ROUSING: The Trials of Cato
Year Round-up / 10 December 2019
10 December 2019
Album Reviews / 27 September 2019
27 September 2019
Culture / 13 August 2019
13 August 2019
Album Reviews / 21 May 2019
21 May 2019
The latest from The Dovetail Trio, Danny Pedlar and Greg Russell and Edgelarks
Culture / 5 May 2019
5 May 2019
The latest from Kate Rusby, Gifford Lind, Alex Black and Guy Burgess
Culture / 7 April 2019
7 April 2019
The Star reviews Naomi Bedford and Paul Simmonds's Singing It All Back Home, Folklaw's We Will Rise, and Hickory Signals's Turn to Fray
Reviews / 11 February 2019
11 February 2019
The latest from Joshua Burnell, Clair Hastings and Kim Richards
Features / 10 February 2019
10 February 2019
STEVE JOHNSON highlights an opportunity to learn more about the life of the great Marxist theorist and activist
Corbynista: Julie Felix
Music Review / 20 June 2018
20 June 2018