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Sidmouth folk festival | Folk review

5198 days ago
Guardian MusicSidmouth, DevonNic Jones and his groundbreaking 1980 album Penguin Eggs wields such a huge influence over the younger artists currently revitalising British folk that it was no surprise to find them falling over themselves to play a tribute concert i... more info

Jon Boden's big singalong

5211 days ago
Guardian MusicFolk singer Jon Boden plans to record a song a day for a year and post it online. But his real aim is to get us all to sing out loud together – in tune or notA few weeks ago Jon Boden, the current BBC Folk Singer of the Year, went to a friend's hom... more info

In Modern History: Jim Moray, CD review

5252 days ago
The TelegraphJim Moray's In Modern History goes off on new tangents. Rating: * * * more info

Jim Moray: In Modern History | CD review

5252 days ago
Guardian Music(NIAG)Jim Moray has calmed down, just a little. After shaking up the English folk scene with his laptop, electric guitar and mastery of one-man technology, he moved on to mix traditional themes with African influences and hip-hop on Low Culture, the ... more info

UNITE: A Gathering of Strangers; Konono No 1: Assume Crash Position | CD review

5287 days ago
Guardian Music(Mule Satellite)(Crammed)Don't be put off by the title. UNITE may stand for the somewhat solemn and academic-sounding Urban Native Integrated Traditions of Europe, but this is an entertaining and inventive Transglobal Underground side project, in whi... more info

Roots | Folk review

5395 days ago
Roundhouse, LondonThe magazine Roots has played a key role in promoting folk, world music and the varied fusions of the new roots scene, and this brave, unexpectedly slick 30th-anniversary show managed to mix experiments, history and surprises, with ... more info

Roots | Folk review

5395 days ago
Guardian MusicRoundhouse, LondonThe magazine Roots has played a key role in promoting folk, world music and the varied fusions of the new roots scene, and this brave, unexpectedly slick 30th-anniversary show managed to mix experiments, history and surprises, with ... more info

How I became a folk ballad singer

5515 days ago
Guardian MusicLove, sex, death and booze are the stuff of folk ballads. Could an amateur singer and pop music fan ever do them justice? Jude Rogers gives it a try at Sidmouth Folk WeekBright and early one morning, in a church hall in Devon, a group of women are si... more info

A faded vision of folk

5575 days ago
Guardian MusicThe far right's affection for folk music stems from the misplaced emphasis on a need for English roots and identityWhatever you think of folk music, there's a lot to be said for a festival where the major form of antisocial behaviour is the use of fo... more info

The battle over British folk music

5673 days ago
Guardian MusicFolk is seen as the preserve of the left - but the right is muscling in. Colin Irwin on why this weekend will see a showdown between Boris Johnson and Billy BraggLondon mayor Boris Johnson thinks St George's Day, which falls today, has been ignored f... more info

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