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321 is Kate, Ric and Dom.
3 voices, bass, guitar and drums.
Somewhere between Folk and Punk. Maybe that’s Polk.
321 is Kate, Ric and Dom.
3 voices, bass, guitar and drums.
Somewhere between Folk and Punk. Maybe that’s Polk.
9Bach’s music is an atmospheric, evocative, and emotional hybrid of the Welsh folk tradition, and of contemporary influences and working practices. Building on a deepened, almost ambient sound picture, the songs take you into the landscape and the emotions that it evokes.
Learn MoreSouth African cellist Abel Selaocoe is redefining the parameters of the cello.
Learn MoreScottish singer-songwriter and guitarist Adam Beattie has become a celebrated musician of the London scene.
Learn MoreComposer and multi-instrumentalist specialising in the shakuhachi, Japanese zen flute.
Ahmet Ozan Baysal is a Turkish bağlama (saz) player, composer and performer, specialising in şelpe – an Anatolian bağlama performance technique that dispenses with a plectrum.
Learn More“Few contemporary musicians in any category can match either his artistic ambitions or his achievements in bringing them to fruition” (The Scotsman)
Learn More“Touches of Bon Iver and Jeff Buckley ring true, however AJIMAL sculpts an illimitable soundscape that is entirely his own.” – Crack in the Road
Learn MoreAK Patterson is a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter with a dark and mesmeric sound.
Learn More“He discovers the inner mystery of traditional music and shows that if this infinitely expressive material is respected, it may yet reward us with results that sound utterly unprecedented. Five stars.” – The Times
Learn More“Welsh musicians don’t come more sensitive, accomplished and exploratory than this crew” fROOTS
Learn MoreAlex Lyon is an eclectic, cross-genre musician and composer based in South East London, specialising in contemporary music and free improvisation on clarinet and bass clarinet.
Trio combining American old-time and traditional Irish music and song to produce a unique and tasteful sound. Their music features an unusual blend of harp, five-string banjo, low whistle, uilleann pipes and vocals.
Rootsy folk guitarist inspired by Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, and the British folk revival.
Learn More“Inventive harmonies and unpredictable melodic twists” ★★★★★ – Songlines magazine
Learn MoreAmateur Theatre Group’s gently mushrooming indie sounds found admirers including plays on the BBC and NTS.
Learn MoreBritish multi-instrumentalist, playing a 74-stringed electrified chord zither, marovantele, a wide range of wind instruments including fujara and ba-wu.
Learn MoreAngeline Morrison is a folk singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose 2022 album ‘The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience’ was voted No 1 Folk Album of the year in The Guardian.
Learn MoreAngharad Wynne is a published author and poet, and a storyteller with a background in history and archaeology.
Learn MoreEthereal, haunting vocals paint pictures of Aniya Savage’s multi-cultural life. Her songwriting tells stories that are entrenched in vivid emotion.
Learn MoreAnna Ling is a singer-songwriter, teacher, and community choir leader based in Totnes.
Learn MoreAnna Meredith (MBE) is a composer, producer and performer of both acoustic and electronic music.
Learn MoreSolo and collaborative artist, who performs on Greek bouzouki, guitar and piano.
Multi-instrumentalist, actress, singer, writer and educator, Anna Mudeka is a polymath proud to share the ancestral heritage of her native Zimbabwe through performance and workshops.
Learn MoreAnna Phoebe is a violinist and composer on cross-genre collaborative projects, working across science, space, poetry, dance, film and art.
Learn MoreWidely regarded as one of the best players of English traditional music, Archie has worked as a session musician for some of the UK’s top folk acts.
Learn MoreArran Glass is a British composer, songwriter, lyricist and multi-instrumentalist with a background in theatre making and live performance.
Learn More“Culturally omnivorous instrumentals of considerable elegance and ingenuity” — MOJO
Learn MoreComposer Arthur Sawbridge uses violin, electronic effects and loops to create expansive and transportive soundscapes.
Learn More“There is the idea that classical music always connotes a certain image of gracefulness or elegance, but it can be more gritty and raw…”
Learn More“Gorgeous compositions and swooning melodies with warmth and fervour that demand attention” – The Musician
Learn MoreBaque Luar is a London-based collective of female and non-binary vocalists and percussionists from diverse backgrounds, united by their love of Brazilian and Afro-Brazilian roots music.
Learn MoreBenjin is a multi-instrumentalist, artist and storyteller who has toured and recorded with a number of experimental ensembles over the last 15 years.
Learn MoreBen See is a singer and composer from London. He specialises in vocal music, and more specifically contemporary a cappella.
Learn MoreBBC Folk Award winner Ben Walker joins forces with highly acclaimed singer and pianist Kirsty Merryn to create a fresh take on a tradition ripe for rediscovery.
Learn MoreEnglish musician and record producer. One of Britain’s most original and influential guitarists.
Learn MoreBethan Lloyd is a Welsh artist whose trance inducing vocals expand over an ocean of rave inspired production, harmonic layering and otherworldly ecstasy. Her sonic exploration has taken her from training as a classical singer, immersing herself in Berlin’s experimental music scene, to learning with shamans, masters and the ancient teachings of the natural world.
Learn MoreDeclared ‘simply brilliant’ by BBC6 DJ Gilles Peterson, Bev is a multi-genre vocalist, violinist and composer working across performance, theatre, dance, film and opera bringing classical, folk, jazz and found sounds to her projects and collaborations.
Learn MorePianist, keyboardist and composer Bill Laurance’s music evokes a striking sense of time and place.
Learn More“Welsh musicians don’t come more sensitive, accomplished and exploratory than this Brighton folk collective creating their own darkly poetic blend of little known stories and songs.”
Learn More“Dunlop brings an air of tenacity while displaying a fine repertoire of well-crafted songs spanning traditional and contemporary. He’s determinedly taking the traditions of folk in his own direction” – The Independent
Learn MoreFor over 30 years Boo Hewerdine has been considered one of the UK’s finest singer-songwriters.
Learn MoreBrian Briggs is a member of the highly acclaimed folk band Stornaway, a doctor of ornithology, and a senior reserve warden at Llanelli’s Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) Wetland Centre.
Learn MoreAustralian violinist Bridget O’Donnell is enjoying a varied career as a chamber and orchestral musician in the classical and folk scene.
Learn MoreAn artist practicing, performing and recording primarily improvised music on themes of human depth, paradigm shift, the intimacy and bigger picture of our times.
“★★★★ McVittie’s voice is clear, hypnotic and uncannily timeless, floating between Broadcast’s Trish Keenan and Clannad’s Moya Brennan. A fantastic, exploratory record that draws you in” – Mojo
Learn More“the idea of Burd Ellen is to discover new ways to explore the British folk tradition and this record certainly accomplishes that … haunting” – The Wire Magazine
Learn MoreRattled by the bones of convicts and steeped in campfire smoke, Bush Gothic perform darker, stranger Australian folk.
Learn MoreA true jazz spirit. Byron’s always-absorbing music genuinely draws in disparate elements of African and Eastern cultures.
Learn MoreEqually at home on guitar, banjo, mandolin, singing three part harmony or unaccompanied, Cahalen Morrison has carved out a place for himself as a unique voice in American music.
Learn More“..she sings with a singular clear-eyed intensity of her own.” – Folk Radio
Learn More“Caitlin Moran is the sharpest, funniest, most influential writer of her generation” – Stuart Maconie
Learn More“A storming juggernaut of cool-Cymru-with-attitude power-folk with a jaw-dropping repertoire” – Folk Wales
Learn MoreCassandre Balbar specialises in recorder and Galician bagpipes, and is prolific in many different kinds of traditions, performing with bands across Italy, the UK, France, Sweden, Anatolia and more recently North-West Africa.
“A fascinating debut. Her rootsy voice and folk melodies mesh with electronic sounds, warmly drawing you in.” – The Guardian
Learn MoreAccompanied by delicate mbira melodies and hypnotic rhythms, Cecilia’s intimate vocals have the power to transcend styles and will transport you on a unique and enriching communal journey.
Learn MoreLondon’s most radical and vivacious ceilidh band. Liberating the dancefloor with their energetic new regime of folk dance, they breathe vigour and vitality into the traditional ceilidh, whilst honouring its roots and traditions.
Learn MoreCeitidh Mac blends the warming tones of the cello and mellow vocals to create a transformative sound that puts a progressive twist on the alt.folk genre.
Learn MorePlaying low, rarified woodwinds and primarily bass clarinet, Chris Cundy explores a music where free improvisation and composition meet.
Learn MoreChris Park’s work includes arts and craft, ancient technologies, experimental archaeology and educational projects to eco-building, professional storytelling, folk music and raising the awareness of the heritage of beekeeping.
Learn MoreChris Wood is an English songwriter and composer who plays fiddle, viola and guitar, and sings.
Learn MoreSongwriter Claire Vine takes political and social commentary combined succinctly with uncompromising moments of raw beauty to produce songs that sound like they’ve always existed.
Learn MoreThe Comorian duo features singers and instrument-builders, M’madi and Soubi, who utilize homemade double-sided guitars.
Learn MoreConor Gricmanis is a young and pioneering Baroque Violinist who combines his passions for historical performance and composition to explore never-ending palettes of performance style, colour, and flair.
Learn More“They make a truly gorgeous sound and play with such intuition as only a family can do.” – Cara Dillon
Learn More‘Cynefin’ (pr. kuh-neh-vin) is the creative vision of West Wales native Owen Shiers. Fascinated by music and history, it is a bid to give a modern voice to Ceredigion’s rich yet neglected cultural heritage.
Learn MoreWith his varied skills, and ability to bridge the gap between genres, Danny has established himself as a versatile musician, much in demand as a performer, string arranger and orchestrator.
Learn MoreWith the whispers of Gillian Welch and Anne Briggs hovering around him, David Gunawardana casts a spell with every performance.
Learn MoreDavid Lindo is a naturalist, writer, broadcaster, speaker, photographer, wildlife tour leader and educationist.
Learn MoreDebs Newbold is an award-winning storyteller, director, performer and playwright who creates fresh, playful work that gets deep under the skin.
Learn MoreDevon Sproule’s music welcomes the magical and the tangible. It celebrates human complication in the language of nature.
DIETRICH STRAUSE is a Boston-based songwriter and multi instrumentalist.
Learn MorePoet, producer, firestarter. Songwriter-MC, multi instrumentalist-raconteur… Dizraeli is a genre of his own.
Learn MoreDr Amy Jane Beer is a biologist, nature writer and campaigner, based in North Yorkshire.
Learn MoreEileen Hall is the Creative Director and Artist for Tayos, a multidisciplinary and multicultural collective of artists, musicians and scientists looking to reconnect people to nature through art, music & immersive experiences.
Learn More‘Exquisite beauty offered by Ellie Wilson’s controlled violin’ – Mojo Magazine
Learn MoreOne of the most multi-faceted flautists of her time, Eliza’s musical path has followed her musical passions; diverse, organic and without boundaries. From tours with Peter Gabriel, recording Sam Smith’s Bond Theme, Top of the Pops with Katie Melua, to holding the flute chair at The Lyceum Theatre in London’s West End for The Lion King since 2015.
Learn MoreOriginally from the Upper Zaire and Kivu in the Eastern DR Congo, Emmanuela Yogolelo is a singer-songwriter, live performer, workshop facilitator, speaker and cultural leader, whose musical performances are a combination of authentic, fusion and world music.
Learn MoreEmily Portman & Rob Harbron are two of the finest and most distinctive performers on the British folk scene.
Learn MoreThe Zimbabwean born, SE-London raised performance artist, composer and producer is a creative force to be reckoned with.
Likened to Kate Bush, Anna Meredith and Bjork, Esther Swift explores ritual, connection, isolation, and the natural world in her performance with pedal harp and voice.
Learn MoreEwan’s unique, moving and earthy voice is always compelling for its depth of feeling and sincerity.
Leading Serbian Roma violinist Branko Ristic and English ‘passionate nimble-fingered accordionist’ Faith Elliott perform virtuosic original Roma-influenced music with their international ensemble.
Learn MoreAn internationally recognised environmental lawyer, climate change and development policy expert, Farhana has advised leaders and countries for 20 years.
Learn MoreA singer born knowing how to carry a tune, but with a rarer gift of knowing how to go straight to the heart.
Learn MoreFellow Pynins is a Portland, Oregon based contemporary folk duo with an anchor in the balladry tradition.
Learn MoreHeralded by The Recorder Magazine as a “folk recorder pioneer”, Finn Collinson has rapidly been gaining a reputation as one of the foremost exponents of his instrument on the English folk scene.
Learn MoreContemporary folk singer-songwriter from London with Iraqi and Belarusian heritage.
Learn MoreFord Collier is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and performer of folk music who specialises in weaving influences from diverse traditions into his music.
Learn MoreFrankie Archer has exploded onto the electrofolk scene with music that transcends stereotypes using a combination of manipulated samples, synths, drum tracks and earthy Northumbrian fiddle and voice.
Learn MoreMusic that descends from inner work in harmony with nature, with power and a will to open up the thicket of emotion that so often ensnares us.
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Ambitious, diverse and heavily swayed by extraordinary sound, Fred Hills creates captivating compositions by fusing influences from around the musical world.
Learn MoreAmericana instrumentation, folksy rootedness and a pop song sensibility; Fritillaries’ music is sometimes upbeat and gnarly, sometimes slow and contemplative, and always original and engaging.
Learn MoreFyfe Dangerfield, perhaps best known as the frontman of the band Guillemots, was born in the land of Birmingham, England in July of 1980, and found himself tottering towards the family’s piano by the age of three…
Learn MoreGasper Nali is a roots one-man-band from the small town of Nkhata Bay on the shores of Lake Malawi.
Learn More“Amazingly delicate, hair-stand-up-on your neck harmonies, ominous and beautiful. A distinct voice.” – The Fader
Learn MoreBilingual singer, songwriter and harpist from Aberystwyth in West Wales.
“An intriguing collection of songs drawn from Haitian lullaby, sacred harp, English tradition and original compositions”
Returning in its original form, live for a 15 year celebration (rhythm & horn section) Sam Duckworth will be touring The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager in full.
Learn MoreKay Rowan (she/her) is a trans composer, songwriter, actor, music(er) and word(er), currently based in London.
Learn More“This duo has an infectious energy and joy that’s impossible to resist” – Folk Radio UK
Learn More“Gnoss are one of those rare birds in folk: a group you can name after hearing their first notes.” – Folk Radio UK
Learn MoreBringing ancient Welsh lyrics and melodies to life with his own progressive musical approach.
Performer, composer / lyricist and musical activist Gwyneth Herbert has been hailed as one the most imaginative and idiosyncratic artists of her generation.
Learn MoreAlt-folk project from Bristol. Their instantly recognisable vocal harmonies are delivered by four frontwomen, each of whom brings a signature writing style to the band’s mercurial sound.
Learn MoreHannah Read is a versatile multi-instrumentalist widely recognised on the international stage.
Harry Christelis has established himself as a musician with a delicate and understated approach, with a focus on creating immersive sonic landscapes with a hypnotic quality.
Learn MoreHolly Jacks runs a choir and also leads singing sessions that promote well-being through music.
Learn More“a big sound from this impressive outfit…inspired, anthemic, great” – Q magazine
Learn MoreIdrîsî Ensemble are performers exploring rare, never-recorded and endangered music from the ancient Mediterranean. For Magpie’s Nest 2023 they will perform an a cappella program bridging troubadour song, early polyphony, Corsican, Greek and Finnish oral traditions.
Learn MoreIndia Blue is a contemporary folk musician and multi-instrumentalist (as well as Yoga Teacher, bread baker and mushroom lover.)
Learn MoreJo May & Sarah Matthews bring together voice, violin, viola, octave fiddle, tenor guitar, balafon & a wide range of other percussion instruments.
Learn MoreAberdeenshire folksinger, Iona Fyfe, has become one of Scotland’s finest young ballad singers, rooted deeply in the singing traditions of the North East of Scotland.
Learn More“Iona Lane seems to me already to have a very strong identity and focus as an emergent young artist. I’m impressed by the quality of her songs and her performance” – Karine Polwart
Learn MoreAward-winning composer at the forefront of a new wave of emerging artists in film, television and theatre.
Learn MoreJack Durtnall is a multi-instrumentalist, soprano saxophonist and singer. A lover of folksong and nature connection, Jack is a keen improviser and listener able to blend and bridge the traditionally jazz-orientated tones of the saxophone into the realms of folk.
Learn MoreClarinettist, composer and maker Jack McNeill is a musician exploring the intersections of different traditions and sound worlds.
Learn MoreYorkshire folk singer Jack Rutter has established himself as one of the standout voices of the folk, roots and acoustic music scene in recent years.
Learn MoreJackie is a celebrated author and illustrator. As well as publishing numerous of her own books, she has worked for many famous authors and clients including Oxfam, Amnesty and Greenpeace.
Learn MoreJackie Oates is an English folk singer, fiddle-player, performer and educator. She is considered one of the mainstays of an accomplished, informed and stylistically individual English traditional music scene that began in the early 2000s and continues to thrive.
Learn MoreBorn into a remarkable musical lineage and steeped in Gambia’s griot tradition, Jali Bakary is the latest torchbearer for his family’s kora legacy on the world stage.
Learn MoreBorn of a transatlantic partnership, James grew up in South East London listening to the folk and soul sound of 70s America.
“Walton is as emotionally committed as anyone, and makes a big, beautiful sound while unflinchingly probing to the very heart of this powerful music” – Times Magazine
Learn MorePowerful and bold, Jan Blake is an outstanding storyteller, who performs in theatres and festivals the length and breadth of Europe.
Learn More“Jay Griffiths is a fearless adventurer with words and images. Her work isn’t just good – it’s necessary.” – Phillip Pullman
Jenny Sturgeon is a singer-songwriter “who brings together the old and new with a rare skill”.
Learn MoreAmazing duo playing traditional folk music of the British Isles, highlighting issues of ecology, resistance and political struggle.
One of the UK’s most versatile composers, having written for stage, screen, opera house and concert hall.
Learn MoreJohn Lewis-Stempel is an award-winning writer predominantly known for his books on nature and history.
Learn MoreCellist and Composer Jonah Spindel works in all kinds of musical roles and settings as a chamber musician, soloist, improviser, collaborative artist, teacher and workshop leader.
Learn MoreJon Ouin is a composer and music producer based in Oxford. He was a member of the band Stornoway, with whom he toured around the world.
Learn MoreJon Wilks’ live shows are an amusing mix of folk song performance and conversation, throwing in tidbits of weird and wonderful information about the original singers and collectors that he has come across during his writing research as a journalist.
Learn MoreJoseph O’Keefe moves between violin, piano, guitar and accordion with a willingness to experiment with folk forms from different cultures.
Learn MoreJosh combines traditional rhythms with modern Western influences, composing pieces with an accomplished individual style that captivates his audience.
Learn MoreJoshua Burnside is a Northern Irish folk singer-songwriter based in Belfast. His music incorporates elements of Irish folk, and Scottish folk rock, Americana, world music, sound collage and electronica.
Learn MoreAlternative Irish Folk Singer from Kerry with Acoustic Guitar and Tambourine.
Justin Adams, guitarist, producer and composer, has been a creator of wonders with Robert Plant in his band, the aptly named Sensational Spaceshifters.
Learn MoreVirtuoso Senegalese singer and kora player, inspired by the West African Griot tradition.
Singer, dancer and multi-instrumentalist, Kaito is also, and above all, the guardian of the rich oral traditions of his homeland. Born in the middle of the desert into a family of griots in Lankoué, a village in the north of Burkina Faso, he had only to bend down to pick up the legacy.
Learn MoreBristol and Paris-based folk singer and banjo enthusiast behind This is the Kit.
Learn MoreKate St John is a composer, arranger, producer and instrumentalist (oboe, cor anglais, accordion, saxophone and piano), and member of The Ravishing Beauties, The Dream Academy and Channel Light Vessel.
Learn MoreProgressive folk singer-songwriter and guitarist. “Her articulate picking, with suggestions of folk and jazz, frames intelligently written songs and is the backbone to her music” – Guitarist Magazine
Learn MoreBBC Radio 2 Folk Singer Of The Year 2018, Karine Polwart is a multi-award winning Scottish songwriter and musician.
Learn MoreKerry Andrew is a composer, performer and author and the winner of four British Composer Awards.
Learn MoreKing Yin is a lifelong singer, musician and sound healer, inspired by 20 years of study and practice in various spiritual systems, especially Tibetan Buddhism and Dzogchen.
Learn More“Fleet fingered and ingeniously arranged. …..deserve to be thought of as up there with the best of them” – Songlines
Learn MoreAward winning Somerset singer songwriter, telling stories of the small part we play in the bigger picture of our planet.
“There is no mistaking the tender, powerful, velveteen vocals of Lady Nade.” – Folk Radio
Laonikos (he/him) is a composer and shakuhachi player based in London, fascinated by the space between controlled and uncontrolled sound, human and more-than-human.
Learn MoreLaura Cannell’s music exists as a culturally vital exploration of the link between medieval, traditional and modern musical idioms.
Learn MoreZimbabwean Linos Wengara is a musician, singer, dancer and Mbira and Marimba instrument maker.
Loshn are a Klezmer ensemble exploring the traditional music of Ashkenazi Jewish culture. Their interpretation and arrangement of old repertoire sees their music speak, sing and dance with the tradition’s distinct Yiddish accent and vocabulary.
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