Bright Young Folk
@brightyoungfolk
brightyoungfolk.com keeps a beady eye on the traditional music scene of the British Isles. Record reviews, in-depth interviews and session videos.
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KLOF Mag
@klofmag
Independent Music Journal. Experimental, Underground, Psych, Jazz, Folk.
BBC Radio 3
@bbcradio3
Adventures in classical. 🎼 Home of the @bbcproms. ▶️ Listen on @BBCSounds
BBC Sounds
@bbcsounds
Music. 🎵 Radio. 📻 Podcasts. 🎧 Download the free BBC Sounds app now.
Real World Records
@realworldrec
Launched in 1989 by @itspetergabriel, Real World Records is a label of wide-ranging, world-class music from all corners of the globe.
Kate Locksley
@katelocksley
Cerys Matthews
@cerysmatthews
@cerysmatthews.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/cerysmatth…
Bath Music Festival
@bathmusicfest
Bringing world class artists and to iconic Bath spaces. @BathLitFest 🎼 @BathKidsLitFest
Sam Sweeney 🎻
@sweeneyfiddle
samsweeney.bsky.social
Julie Fowlis
@juliefowlis
Singer, musician, voice artist. Gàidhlig/Gaelic. TV/Radio. Disney Pixar's 'Brave'. I ❤️ the outdoors. You’ll find me on Facebook/Instagram/Threads/Bluesky
Kris Drever
@krisdrever
Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter: linktr.ee/krisdrever Management & Label: linktr.ee/revealrecords Bandcamp: krisdrever.bandcamp.com
Rachael McShane
@rachaelmcshane
Sings and plays stringy things in @bellowheaduk and Rachael McShane & The Cartographers Agent: @FancourtMusic
Peter Q D Flood
@floodenheim
Ecologist/musician. Just pay yr taxes and enough with all the entitlement
Ciaran
@ciaalg
James Fagan
@jimbobfagan
Musician - Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, Melrose Quartet, James Brothers • Photographer • Singing Teacher @ Newcastle Uni • Radio presenter on Sheffield Live!
Bob Harris 💙
@whisperingbob
OBE. Broadcaster and Writer. Retweets, ramblings & recommendations. Bookings: [email protected] Also see @BHarrisCountry @BHarrisArchive @UTATPublishing
Martin Simpson
@msimpsonian
Folk and blues guitarist. Singer songwriter. Pre-order Skydancers now! tinyurl.com/MartinSimpsonS…
John Spiers
@squeezyjohn
Melodeon player: Gigspanner Big Band, Saltlines, Spiers & Boden, Bellowhead, Jackie Oates & John Spiers. "The Real Deal" Robert Plant (after a Saltlines show)
Stick In The Wheel
@stickinthewheel
"Medieval Kraftwerk" Music | Roots | Culture | Experiments | @fromhererecords monthly @noodsradio show linktr.ee/stick_in_the_w…
Will Pound
@willharmonica
Musician: Patron of Warwick Folk Festival, in duos with Jenn Butterworth & Delia Stevens
Pump House Concerts
@pumphouseconcrt
The Pump House is a listening room with an intimate atmosphere & a comfortable and involving environment. Also our festival facebook.com/Pumpstock/
Edgelarks
@edgelarks
tweeting for Edgelarks (BBC Folk award winners Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin).Also members of @Gigspanner Big Band and #Saltlines with @raynor_winn
Jon Boden
@boden_jon
New album "Parlour Ballads" out September! Trad. Eng. singer & fiddle player. Lead singer of @BellowheadUK and Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings
Josienne Clarke
@josienneclarke
Songwriter/Singer - ‘Parenthesis, I’ Out now - live dates @ josienneclarke.com/live crowdfunder- crowdfunder.co.uk/p/josienne-cla…
Nancy Kerr & James Fagan
@kerrfagan
Internationally acclaimed, Sheffield-based folk duo Nancy Kerr & James Fagan. 2x winners of Best Duo 2003/2011 BBC Folk Award. 29 years into the journey.
Peatbog Faeries
@peatbogfaeries
Hi, we're a contemporary Scottish folk band. Please check us out. facebook.com/peatbogfaeries
Marry Waterson
@marrywaterson
Singer / writer / animator / serial collaborator on @olirecords All things: linktr.ee/marrywaterson
Ely Folk Festival
@elyfolk
Ely Folk Festival is a perfectly formed festival in Cambridgeshire with great music on a family friendly site with camping facilities.
RURA
@ruraband
“one of the most exciting bands on the Scottish folk scene” ★★★★★ - Songlines Magazine
New Mills Festival
@nmfestival
Two fun and fabulous weeks of events, exhibitions and happenings for all the family! #NMFestival23 @NMFestivalArts
EFDSS
@theefdss
English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS). Based at @cecilsharphouse, working across England and beyond. Mastodon folksocial.org/invite/DzBPYVmc
The Teacups
@the_teacups
Two men, two women, singing with heart and soul, in infectious harmony. And drinking buckets of tea. @alexcumming, @katelocksley, Rosie Calvert & Will Finn.
Miranda & Rex
@mirandlesykes
Double Bassist & vocalist. Working with Show of Hands & @Rextable
Lady Maisery
@ladymaisery
"the most exquisite vocal harmony work on the English folk scene" - The Guardian | "ambitious and beautiful" - BBC Radio 2 | NEW ALBUM, tender, out now!
Mike Harding AKA Lord Hardinge of Dribblesdale
@hardingmike
Stand up comic / folk singer / poet / playwright / passionate citizen of everywhere / Guardian eating tofu woke snowflake big girl's blouse #Xdissenter
Dan Walsh
@danwalshbanjo
Banjo player/vocalist/guitarist. 'The real deal, a demon picker' - UNCUT MAGAZINE
Mairearad Green
@mairearadg
Visual Artist and Musician. Coigach, Wester Ross.
Saddleworth Morris
@rushcartnews
Traditional North West Morris from the South Pennines. Also organisers of the annual Saddleworth Rushcart, a traditional rushbearing ceremony and top weekend!
Rowan Rheingans
@rowanrheingans
Musician, theatre maker & audio producer | 2021 Paul Hamlyn Foundation Composer | BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winner | On tour w/ @RheingansSis @LadyMaisery and solo
WishyWashy Presents 🎸
@wishywashymusic
Great music events in Durham, Sunderland and further afield. Enquiries - [email protected]
Long Lankin
@long_lankin
London based folk band with a love of a proper song and a good tune.
Mischief Festival
@mischieffesty
As promised, Mischief Festival is back for 2015! 11th - 13th Sept. Get the date in your diary!!! x
Brendan Kelly
@bkkayaking
Sea Kayaking Lessons, Trips, Expeditions, Surf, Eskimo Roll,BCU Qualified.Beginners to Advanced welcome.Proud member of @Bellowhead bkkayaking.co.uk
Moirai
@moiraitrio
@JoFreya @MelBiggsMusic #SarahMatthews Fascinating Aida on steroids! - a fan #FramedAliceWheeldonStory buy merchandise from melbiggsmusic.co.uk/shop/
The Dovetail Trio
@thedovetailtrio
Traditional English folk trio - @RosieHood, @MattQuinnMusic, Jamie Roberts. 'A skilled and folk club friendly approach to English traditional music' FRoots
Alice Jones
@fivefingerfrank
The Search for Five Finger Frank - Pete Coe & Alice Jones present ballads, broadsides and dance tunes from Frank Kidson, a folk-song collector from Leeds
SaddleworthFolk
@saddleworth2016
The 1st Saddleworth Folk Weekend was a total success so we are going again in 2016 - hope to see you all at the 2nd Festival - July 15-17 2016
Half Moon All Stars
@halfmoonallstrs
14-piece flying circus of a folk band. Likes include overly-enthusiastic dancing & the expert deployment of kazoo where necessary. Backing for @jamesbellcentrl.
She Shanties
@sheshanties
Singing shanties together since 2011. Our recordings are available here: sheshanties.com
People's Folk Fest
@peoplesfolkfest
Alan Bearman Music
@alanbearmanmus
Alan Bearman Music is a music agency representing some of the foremost artists on the folk, roots and acoustic music scene.
SERPENTYNE
@serpentynemusic
Serpentyne is a British symphonic metal band.
Benji Kirkpatrick and The Excess
@bk_excess
New band from Benji Kirkpatrick, with Pete Flood and Pete Thomas. Original songs, bouzouki/guitar, bass, drums. Represented by @goodhonestmusic
Lake District Folk Weekend
@lakesfolk
The Lake District Folk Weekend 5th,6th & 7th August 2022
The Meadow Folk Club
@folkmeadow
The Meadow Folk Club @ The Meadow Inn, Ironbridge, Buildwas Road. The best folk acts in a beautiful venue. Usually the last Friday of the month.
Alice Jones
@alicejonesmusic
Singer of Folk Songs, Multi-Instrumentalist and Percussive Step Dancer. Also Yorkshire folk music duo with @BryonyGriffith.
Playpen Agency
@playpenuk
Playpen is a live music booking agency and artist management company specialising in the best in UK-based traditional folk, world and acoustic music
Oss
@osstrio
Rheingans Sisters
@rheinganssis
NEW ALBUM 'Start Close In' releases Sept 27th 2024
Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker
@josienne____ben
Were a British Duo of Singer & Songwriter @josienneclarke & Guitarist @benwwalker 'Seedlings All' @RoughTradeRecords : rtrecs.co/seedlingsall
Hudson Records
@hudson_records
Sheffield based record label releasing Folk, Trad, Singer Songwriters, Pop and much more in between!
Doc Rowe Archive
@docrowe_archive
Join us in saving Doc Rowe’s precious archive of British folk traditions, and help launch an exciting new film about his work.
Justin Thurgur
@justinthurgur
Trombonist/Composer/Arranger
Michael Hughes
@mthughes1985
One third of The Young'uns, Freelance Music Programmer. Love to travel.
Shake the Chains
@shakethechains1
Music commission exploring protest songs & their role in social change. 'Eclectic and adventurous..a classy affair' 4**** Guardian.
Manchester Folk
@mcrfolkfest
Manchester Folk 🎶Urban festival 20-22 March 2025 🎶Year round gig promotions Produced by @englishfolkexpo
Knight and Spiers
@knightandspiers