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Cambridge folk festival review – verve and energy in a female-focused weekend

2090 days ago
Guardian MusicCherry Hinton Hall, CambridgeRhiannon Giddens, Patti Smith and First Aid Kit kicked up a storm, but with mellower moments from the likes of Eric Bibb and Darlingside this was a wide-ranging and happy festival The folk music industry isn’t immu... more info

Freak Zone Playlist 2018-01-28 Stick In The Wheel

2279 days ago
Core News“Contemporary folk outfit Stick In The Wheel compile a playlist including folk greats Peter Bellamy and Eliza Carthy plus original mixes by SITW guitarist Ian of Lisa Knapp and The English Acoustic Collective.” Freak Zone Playlist 2018-01-28 Stic... more info

Greenbelt '13: Amdou And Mariam, Lemar, Eliza Carthy for 40th Greenbelt Festival

4076 days ago
Cross RhythmsAmdou And Mariam, Lemar, Eliza Carthy for 40th Greenbelt Festival more info

Homegrown brings wealth of talent to Bury's The Met

4206 days ago
Guardian MusicAnother great folk festival joins the rich range already thriving in the north west. Helen Nugent prelimsIn a world where teen heartthrobs, rap artists and reality show winners dominate the charts, it is heartening to learn that more than 300 folk fe... more info

Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight: Hidden – review

4235 days ago
Guardian Music(One Little Indian)It must be exciting but tough to be born into a musical dynasty such as the Watersons. Exciting because of the music that could constantly be heard around the families' homes near Robin Hood's Bay, on the Yorkshire coast, but diffi... more info

Mawkin: Crow – review

4361 days ago
Guardian Music(Good Form Records/Proper)When Mawkin:Causley released The Awkward Recruit three years ago, it seemed they were destined to become major folk celebrities. Here, after all was an impressive group of young instrumentalists who had joined forces with Ji... more info

The Imagined Village: Bending the Dark – review

4366 days ago
Guardian Music(ECC)The folk collective overcome "difficult third album" syndrome with bravura playing and inventive songwriting. Once an unaccompanied Jackie Oates has delivered the antique murder ballad The Captain's Apprentice, the band concentrate on original c... more info

New band of the day – No 1,265: Skinny Lister

4370 days ago
Guardian MusicFinally, a folk troupe whose bonhomie doesn't make us wretch. Think of them as the Pogues with good teethHometown: London.The lineup: Daniel Heptinstall (songwriter, vocals, stomp box, acoustic guitar), Lorna Thomas (vocals, ukelele), Maxwell Thomas ... more info

Step inside Julie Murphy's Quiet House

4392 days ago
Guardian MusicJulie Murphy is perhaps the most unsung figure in British folk. So join her for a performance of her new album, live from her own living room, at 8.30pm tonightIt's perhaps ironic that one of the finest singers to emerge from Wales in recent years is... more info

The Floating Palace – review

4459 days ago
Guardian MusicBarbican, LondonEvery so often, Britain's biggest concert halls transform themselves into ceilidh barns, honkytonk bars or folk cellars, as musicians try to recreate the spirit of an after-hours jam session for an unusually large audience.The Floatin... more info

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