Spiral Earth is an

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and

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, based in

Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to t ...

, England. It covers

folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has ...

, roots music and the

alternative music Alternative music may refer to the following types of music: *Alternative rock *Alternative pop *Alternative R&B *Neo soul, sometimes known as alternative soul *Alternative reggaeton *Alternative hip hop *Alternative dance *Alternative metal *Chris ...

scene in the

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. It is edited by Iain Hazlewood, who founded Spiral Earth in 2004. Spiral Earth's website includes reviews of CD releases and

music festivals A music festival is a community event with performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock, blues, folk, jazz, classical music), nationality, locality of musicians, or hol ...

and features about music. Its feature writers have included Colin Irwin, former assistant editor of ''

Melody Maker ''Melody Maker'' was a British weekly music magazine, one of the world's earliest music weeklies; according to its publisher, IPC Media, the earliest. It was founded in 1926, largely as a magazine for dance band musicians, by Leicester-born ...

'' magazine and former editor of ''

Number One Number One most commonly refers to: * 1 (number) Number One, No. 1, or #1 may also refer to: Music Albums * ''Number 1'' (Big Bang album), and the title song * ''No. 1'' (BoA album), and the title song * ''No.1'' (EP), by CLC * ''n.1 ...

'' magazine, writer and folk musician Andy Letcher, Kirsty Ambler, and Dave Kushar. It publishes an online guide to UK and European folk, roots, and alternative festivals. This was formerly in association with ''

fRoots ''fRoots'' (pronounced "eff-Roots", originally ''Folk Roots'') was a specialist music magazine published in the UK between 1979 and 2019. It specialised in folk and world music, and featured regular compilation downloadable albums, with occa ...

'' magazine.

Spiral Awards

The Spiral Awards took place every year from 2011 to 2015, when Spiral Earth invited the public to vote for the best album (in various categories), and for the best male singer, female singer, duo, group, original song, songwriter, live act, and festival. In 2015, over 34,000 votes were cast.

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* {{Music of the United Kingdom 2004 establishments in England Alternative rock British music awards British music websites Folk music mass media Organisations based in Cambridgeshire Traditional music