FOLK ARCHIVE NICK DRAKE THE REMAKING OF NICK DRAKE: Is the complex artist finally stepping out from behind the ‘doomed genius’? The new box set The Making of Five Leaves Left illuminates a focused and forthright artist at his genesis, and further undermines the idea he was an isolated, haunted romantic. by David Rea 25 October 2025 THE ‘ONE TO WATCH’ INTERVIEW Sarah McQuaid: ‘I’d call out song requests to my mum in the next room’ The singer-songwriter on her musical childhood, listening to the Beatles on her Mickey Mouse turntable and how her mother's death sent her in a new creative direction. Questions by David Rea 11 October 2025 BOB DYLAN DYLAN AT THE CROSSROADS: How Bob Dylan's first single almost changed everything Dylan's latest Bootleg Series instalment, Through the Open Window, traces his arc from teenage rock 'n' roller to folk star. But had his first single ‘Mixed-Up Confusion’ been a hit, things could have been very different. David Rea tells the story of what might have been. by David Rea 22 November 2025