Guardian Music — Shepherd's Bush Empire, LondonTen years ago, in a pub on the outskirts of Oxford, a former genetics student who had switched his attention to the melodeon and concertina met a singer and fiddle player influenced by "Tom Waits, Benjamin Britten and Pe... more info

Guardian Music — (Hem Hem)Carthy has always resisted being corralled into a folk ghetto – remember her drum'n'bass album back in '98? – and the self-penned Neptune sets her supple vocals to arrangements that borrow from cabaret, tango, music hall and reggae. A mo... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Bella Hardy - Songs Lost & Stolen The folk scene has always been a home for singer-songwriters, so it's perhaps only to be expected that our best young traditional singers should also want to write their own material. Recent results have been mixe... more info

Guardian Music — (Navigator) The folk scene has always been a home for singer-songwriters, so it's perhaps only to be expected that our best young traditional singers should also want to write their own material. Recent results have been mixed, though, from the exper... more info

Guardian Music — Our critic's pick of the best jazz, world and folk gigs coming up in May and JuneMarry Waterson and Oliver KnightThis is a busy time for the Waterson/Carthy clan, with Martin Carthy celebrating his 70th birthday at London's South Bank on 14 May, and ... more info

Guardian Music — (One Little Indian)As scions of folk's Waterson clan, it's taken this sister and brother a long time to do the obvious and record together. The result is a lovely, low-key affair that pays tribute to their late mother Lal, whether in songs such as "R... more info

Guardian Music — Green Note, LondonMarry Waterson and her brother Oliver Knight belong to the best-known folk dynasty in Britain. Their mother was Lal Waterson, the singer and experimental songwriter who died in 1998, their aunt and uncle are Norma Waterson and Marti... more info

Guardian Music — Union Chapel, London"It's hard to stick to just one kind of music," explained Norma Waterson, as she switched from a soulful gospel song to a grand, brooding ballad by Richard Thompson about the 1940s heart-throb Josef Locke, linking the two with a l... more info

Guardian Music — Bellowhead are proud to have their own real ale, but talk of a folk revival doesn't impress the 11-piece bandIt is mid-afternoon by a London canal and the 11 members of Bellowhead are drinking. Somewhat surprisingly, only Pete Flood, the drummer and ... more info

Guardian Music — Paul Morley introduces the Mercury prize nominees and winners that make up his prizes and awards discussion panelAfter a couple of decades, there are a couple of hundred acts to choose from when it comes to assembling a panel to discuss what it was l... more info