RnR Magazine

12/08/2025

Our great friend Elaine Palmer heads out next month for a bunch of shows that will take her right through the Autumn. She's just recorded the follow-up to last year's acclaimed 'Half Moon Rising' so listen out for new music at the shows....

04/07/2025

How's your summer going then? We're well into the festival season now so hopefully we've got something in the new issue to absorb you between sets, or while you're sheltering from the rain in your tent.... although so far the weather's been splendid, touch wood!

On the cover of the new issue we've got Eurythmics' Dave Stewart while inside we hear from Horslips, Brian Auger, Merry Hell, The Man From Delmonte, Granny's Attic, Leonie Jakobi, Luke Morley, Eliza Gilkyson, Mark Radcliffe & David Boardman, Poor Creature, Will Varley, Sam Kelly, Mary Lee Kortes, Elliott Jack Sansom, Folklaw, Martha Fields and more.

Plus! On our usual FREE UnHerd CD, you'll find 19 tracks of new music from the likes of The Curse of K.K. Hammond, Nick Cody, Andres Roots, Snowapple Collective, Sister John, Headsticks, Bob Bradshaw Music, Liz Stringer, Songs of Andy Tagger and Jake Aaron....

Winging its way to subscribers, it'll be on all good newsagents' shelves after the weekend.....

08/05/2025

So how are you all doing? Hopefully the last of the cold will soon be behind us and we'll all emerge butterfly like into the Spring! To accompany your rebirth, the new edition of RNR will chaperone your flight into Summer with a cornucopia of new music with our cover-star Mike Scott of The Waterboys plus features on Kate Rusby, Garth Hudson, David Freiberg, Vicki Peterson (the Bangles) & John Cowsill, Samantha Fish, Lola Kirke, Chantel McGregor, Barb Jungr, Lee Fardon, The Ocelots, Gaz Brookfield, John Allen, Billy in the Lowground, Pat Fulgoni Blues Experience, Derya Yildirim, The Devlins (Official) and more.

Plus, as usual, there's our 19-track covermount UnHerd CD featuring the best new music from Mark Mulholland, Nick Cody Music Projects, Nothing Concrete, Sound of the Sirens, Folklaw, Gareth Dunlop, Vinny Peculiar, Nash Albert, Janet Devlin, Rees Shad and more...

Copies are winging their way to subscribers as we type, with store copies hitting the shelves in a few days....

27/03/2025

Folk by the Oak returns to Hatfield Park on Sunday 20 July, with typically vibrant bill topped by Ivor Novello Award nominees Bear's Den headlining plus the likes of Kate Rusby, Fisherman's Friends, Orchestra Baobab, Grace Petrie, Melrose Quartet, Project Smok, Suntou Susso Music, Holly and the Reivers and more appearing across two stages.

And we have ONE PAIR OF TICKETS to give away!!

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is email our lovely editor Sean at [email protected] with 'Folk By The Oak Giveaway' in the subject box, and he'll pick a winner at random!!

Family friendly Herts music festival announces famous names and exciting new artists for their line-up on Sunday 20 July 2025

07/03/2025

Well it looks like Spring is here, so it's time to get out and start checking out some new music. In the new issue of the mag, we've got our old friends The Levellers on the cover, while inside we hear from Jethro Tull, Thin Lizzy's Eric Bell, Ashley Hutchings, The Delines, Track Dogs, Tide Lines, Julian Sas, Flook, Erja Lyytinen, Reg Meuross Music,Dean Owens Musician - Official, Songdog, Winter Wilson, Will Wilde - Harmonica, Sam Amidon, Alan Clayson and more....

Meanwhile, on our FREE 19 tracks UnHerd covermount CD we have new music from Mary Lee Kortes, Taff Rapids, The Gigspanner Big Band, Noah Zacharin, Lola Kirke, Barb Jungr, Ceri Justice Music, The Ocelots, Richie Lawrence Music and more....

Winging its way to subscribers as we speak, the mag will be in shops next week. And while we're about it, why not consider a subscription to RNR? You'll receive six issues of the mag, plus six FREE UnHerd CDs without having to leave your house AND cheaper than if you bought them in shops!! Just go to https://rock-n-reel.co.uk/ for more info....

10/01/2025

Happy New Year!

Best foot forward, an' all that! It's time for a new issue, and one that we trust will help you shape your musical year ahead!

This month's cover star is RNR favourite Mary Coughlan while inside we hear from Show of Hands legend Steve Knightley, Steve Forbert, Si Khan, Blowzabella, Angeline Morrison Music, Brian Houston, Clive Langer and The Clang Group, Black Eyed Sons, Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage, Mark Harrison, Michael McDermott, Michelle Malone, Hannah Scott, Polly Paulusma Music,Trail West, Dorie Jackson, The Beautiful Failures, plus the best of 2024.

Plus, of course, there's our FREE UnHerd CD, with the best in new music from the likes of Beans on Toast, Cody Music Projects, John Howard, Track Dogs,Reg Meuross Music, Wilde - Harmonica, Winter Wilson, Long John Makkay,Sam Amidon, Aisha Khan & The Rajahs and Snowapple Collective.

Winging its way to subscribers as we write, it will be in all good magazine shops in the next few days. But why struggle to the newsies in these bitter conditions, when you could have SIX editions of RNR plus SIX UnHerd CDs delivered to your door for a year with a RNR subscription. See https://rock-n-reel.co.uk/ for details.

30/11/2024

Having trouble thinking what to buy the music lovers in your life this Christmas?

How about the RNR Gift Subscription?

RNR is the best print source for news, reviews and features in realm of roots, rock, blues, Americana, singer-songwriter, world music and beyond. Your loved one will receive six copies a year, every two months, delivered straight to their door so they don't even have to leave the comfort of their own home. PLUS they'll also get a FREE UnHerd CD featuring 19 tracks of new music with every issue!! And all for less than the cost of buying it in the shops!!

Can we say fairer than that? For more info, go to

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08/11/2024

Well the Autumn nights are fair drawin' in, and we've got a smouldering line-up of features and reviews in the new issue to warm your cockles.

On the cover we've got the wonderful Dublin legend Mary Black, while inside you'll hear from Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Band, Gemma Hayes, John Kirkpatrick, Chris While & Julie Matthews, Joachim Cooder, Lo'Jo, Robin Bibi, Adrian Gurvitz, Fantastic Negrito, Josienne Clarke, HANK DOGS, The Furrow Collective, Sean Khan, Curtis Eller, Captain Of The Lost Waves, Lions in the Street, Marcus Trummer, Ruby Kelly and more.

Meanwhile, we've got our usual FREE UnHerd CD of new music from the likes of Merry Hell, Nick Cody Music Projects, Rachael Sage, Julie Fowlis & Ewan Henderson, Forge Hounds, Black Bank Folk, L.A. EDWARDS, Jaune Toujours, Hannah Scott, Michael McDermott and Red Giant.

The new edition is winging its way to subscribers right now, and in good newsagents shortly thereafter. And don't forget, a subscription is still the fastest and cheapest way to receive RNR, with six issues AND six CDs hitting your doormat every year without you even having to leave the house! It also makes an ideal year-long Xmas present for the music lover in your life. Full details at https://rock-n-reel.co.uk/

06/09/2024

Well it looks like summer is officially over and Autumn is upon us. It's the time of year when the young ones start heading off to college and looking for new music - we've got plenty of that plus some returning alumni too, as we hear from cover stars Fairground Attraction ahead of their reunion tour.

Elsewhere we've got new interviews from the likes of the retiring (but never shy) Oysterband, Capercaillie, Miller Anderson, Lee Underwood, Cliff Bennett, Mari Boine, The Tulsa Sound, Elles Bailey, Amy Rigby, Naomi Bedford & Paul Simmonds, Anna Massie, Muireann Bradley, Mojo Thunder, Bab L'Bluz, Keith James and Laura Evans.

Plus of course there's our regular UnHerd CD featuring 19 tracks of new music from Brock Davis, Pete Lambert Music, Midnight Sky, Lo'Jo, Dean Owens Musician - Official, Steve Louw Music (featuring Joe Bonamassa), Jd Meatyard, The Hitman Blues Band, Heather Little (featuring Patty Griffin), The Chartists, The Gleeman and Paul Thompson.

Winging its way to subscribers as we type, it'll be in all good newsagents in the coming days....

Perfect!

25/08/2024

It's a nice feeling when a band or artist goes out of the way to plug your magazine. That's the community spirit in action, right there. In return, let us remind you once again that The Strange Encounters are well worth checking out....!

The Strange Encounters are honoured to be featured in issue 106 of RnR Magazine, UK’s best-selling eclectic music magazine. Beside interviews and features on a wide variety of artists including Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson or Canned Heat, on page 69 there is also an interview with us. We chat with Les Feuer about the band, our musical background, as well as the making and sound vision of our debut album „All in the Mind“ (reviewed solidly with 4 of 5 stars). Furthermore issue 106 contains "Un-Herd", a free covermount CD, featuring TSE’s debut single „Recognize“.

How do you get your RnR? As we really love this magazine, we’d like to get into detail here: RnR is widely available throughout the UK and Ireland in WH Smith, Borders, HMV and many other newsagents, book and record shops, in North America via Borders, Barnes & Noble and other outlets, and in Chapters stores in Canada. Distributor for Germany is W.E. Saarbach GmbH www.saarbach.co.

And, of course, you can buy a single copy or a subscription to RnR online:
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15/07/2024

Well summer's here and so is the new edition of RNR!

On the cover of this month's edition we have Canadian folk trio Wild Rivers, while inside we hear from Fairport Convention, Canned Heat, The Men They Couldn't Hang, Richard Thompson - RT, Elaine Palmer, Ferocious Dog, Solstice, Bryn Haworth, Lemoncello, Leyla McCalla, China Forbes, Ranagri, Jason Wilson Music, The Commoners, Lizz Wright, Raghu Dixit, Brave Rival, The Ciderhouse Rebellion and more....

Plus, of course, there's out regular UnHerd CD featuring 19 tracks of new music from the likes of Towse, Robb Johnson (Official), Bywater Call, And Did Those Feet, TV Smith, Julie July Band, The Strange Encounters, Jim Keller, The Vagabond Fires, Al Staehely, Prinz Grizzley, Paul Millns and more...

In all good newsagents now!

15/07/2024

Our good friend Elaine Palmer, who's featured in the latest edition of the mag, has announced a further string of dates in support of her wonderful new album 'Half Moon Rising', which is out now through Butterfly Effect.

You can catch the North Yorkshire songstress live at...

25th July - Angels Cut, Darlington
4th Aug - Seaham Arts and Food Festival
9th Aug - Muma Moonshine Festival, Cumbria
10th Aug - Northern Kin Festival, Durham
5th Sep – Last Train Home Express, Darlington
14th Sep – Sound Lounge, London
19th Sep - Ship Isis, Sunderland

Check out the song 'On The Way Up' shot live at The Georgian Theatre, Stockton...

Elaine Palmer plays On the Way Up Live from her HALF MOON RISING record with Pete MacDonald on guitar