Newton Battenburg Faulkner has long been a ray of genuine guitar-toting sunshine in the UK music scene. His percussive guitar style, impressive vocal range, and lovable on-stage personality has garnered Faulkner a loyal and committed following, and so it is with great anticipation that one settles down to enjoy the 31-track odyssey that is The […]
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An Interview with Newton Faulkner
It’s been almost 12 years since the release of Newton Faulkner’s double-platinum debut album Hand Built By Robots, and in that time he’s had one heck of a journey. Supporting John Mayer, starring as Johnny in the American Idiot stage show, another UK Number 1 album, and appearing on stage with a 30 foot, 3 […]
Live Review: Newton Faulkner @ The Lemon Grove
If charm were a currency, then Newton Faulkner would be a rich man. Thankfully for our sakes it isn’t, and so he has to make music for a living – because the world would be a far darker place with less Newton in it. That said, I think he’d just go ahead and make music […]
Album Review: Newton Faulkner – Human Love
Newton Faulkner Human Love 20/11/15 Last Wednesday fans were treated to an exclusive streaming of Newton Faulkner’s new album, Human Love, on the Metro online before its official release on Friday. The album marks Newton Faulkner’s fifth foray into the studio and it seems as if the singer-songwriter has finally found his voice. Faulkner […]
Newton Faulkner at The Factory, Barnstaple, 19/11/15
Stood in a small school hall in the middle of nowhere (otherwise known as Barnstaple) we patiently waited for the man of the moment, Newton Faulkner. After a two year hiatus, the folk singer-songwriter has recently released a new album, Human Love, and ahead of its official release we were all tense with excitement as […]
Brand Newton: an interview with Newton Faulkner
The wild locks have been tamed!” I exclaim slightly too enthusiastically to Newton Faulkner on first speaking to the man, the musician, the glorious ginger god. Of course, the initial topic of conversation I broach pertains to his sumptuous dreadlocked mane, which has very recently been chopped from belly-button length to bob. “This is the most […]