Kate Relton

North Yorkshire

Journalist at Freelance

Freelance journalist, @The_JDF recipient and @NewsAssociates trainee. 📍North Yorkshire

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Articles

ALBUM REVIEW: Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)

1 month ago | narcmagazine.com | Kate Relton

Dead OceansReleased 21.3.25Sometimes you just need something you can count on. Reliable. Familiar. Comforting. If you’re a fan of Japanese Breakfast, this album is going to hit just right.
ALBUM REVIEW: Larkin Poe - Bloom

Jan 20, 2025 | narcmagazine.com | Kate Relton

Tricki-Woo RecordsReleased: 24.01.25Larkin Poe’s latest album is a barn-storming celebration of American music and everything it was built on. Showcasing the best of their roots from blues to rock to Americana, Bloom is a feast of potent swampy Southern rock, bluesy melodies and psychedelic riffs.
Job ads for GPs in Greater Manchester more than double the national average

Dec 5, 2024 | mancunianmatters.co.uk | Kate Relton

News The total number of job adverts for general practitioners was more than twice the national average in Greater Manchester last year, according to new data from the ONS.
ALBUM REVIEW: Jon Doran and Janice Burns - Great Joy to the New

Nov 21, 2024 | narcmagazine.com | Kate Relton

Wylam RecordsReleased: 22.11.24Great Joy To The New is a winter album inspired by Anglo-Scottish folk duo Janice Burns and Jon Doran’s time spent studying Norwegian traditional music, but they never stray far from their British roots. The album is a meandering conversation through 13 delicately woven musical tales. Burns and Doran showcase everything that makes folk so compelling: warmth, storytelling, nostalgia.
"There is no humanity without migration" - exploring the human experience through sound

Nov 11, 2024 | katerelton.substack.com | Kate Relton

Like so many extraordinary ideas, Migration Sounds began as a casual conversation in the pub. From a passing comment over a pint, sound artist Stuart Fowkes and Deputy Director of the Migration Observatory Rob McNeil took a glimmer of a plan and created a global project that aims to change the narrative around a complex and notoriously divisive issue.
US Election: What happens to Trump's criminal charges now?

Nov 6, 2024 | mancunianmatters.co.uk | Kate Relton

News Donald Trump’s election victory marks an historic moment in US politics, becoming the first convicted felon to be elected president. The presidential race reached its peak in the early hours of this morning, with Donald Trump declaring victory after dominating in key swing states including Pennsylvania.
ALBUM REVIEW: Anne-Marie Sanderson - Old Light

Sep 30, 2024 | narcmagazine.com | Kate Relton

Out nowIf the debut album release from Cumbrian singer-songwriter Anne-Marie Sanderson is an indication of what’s to come, I can’t wait to see what’s next. Old Light is a beautiful twisting journey through a dreamy landscape, packed with seductive harmonies and ethereal lilting vocals. Sanderson is a masterful storyteller, spinning narratives that feel like ancient folklore while also having palpable resonance with every listener.
“When we make music, we make kin” – celebrating the power of the arts to create community

Jul 27, 2024 | katerelton.substack.com | Kate Relton

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Richmond and Northallerton: Can Rishi Sunak hold on in his North Yorkshire constituency?

Jun 26, 2024 | mancunianmatters.co.uk | Kate Relton

Election 24 Two hours north of Manchester, prime minister Rishi Sunak is fighting to defend his seat against 12 rival candidates in his Richmond and Northallerton constituency. The lure of unseating a serving Prime Minister for the first time in history has drawn 12 rival candidates to the ballot for Richmond and Northallerton.
INTERVIEW: Drag Castle

Jun 3, 2024 | narcmagazine.com | Kate Relton

Image by TJ MovDrag Castle’s troupe of drag artists and queer performers have brought their unique warmth and chaos to audiences across the North East since 2020. Based in Newcastle, and the brainchild of drag artist Frida Sapphic, the troupe was set up during lockdown as a direct response to the boredom and a commitment to building something for the future.