Esperance
@esperancefolk
A collective of people discussing and addressing gender equality issues in the folk scene in England
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KLOF Mag
@klofmag
Independent Music Journal. Experimental, Underground, Psych, Jazz, Folk.
Rona Wilkie
@ronaruadh
Musician (@BBCScotland Young Trad Winner),Teaching Fellow @EdinburghUni, PhD Student C19 Highlands, pro-independence and we need a greener world!
Cassandra Jones
@drcass2
Educator and researcher on gender-based violence, men and masculinities, and violence prevention. Tweets my own.
Attitude is Everything
@attitudetweets
Connecting disabled people with music and live event industries to improve access together.
Thea Gilmore
@theagilmore
Singer. Songwriter. General annoyance. AKA @singsAfterlight. TOUR 2025. 'These Quiet Friends' out NOW. Buy/listen here👇
Lori Watson 🎻
@loriwatsonmusic
UoE | AHRC tradmus.com | loriwatson.bsky.social - Insta @loriwatsonmusic - mastodon.scot/@loriwatson - LinkedIn Lori Watson PhD FHEA
Sam Sweeney 🎻
@sweeneyfiddle
samsweeney.bsky.social
Jo Freya
@jofreya
Sax, vox piano loops. Composer who works with Blowzabella, Freya Abbott Ferguson, Coope Boyes and Simpson 6 piece for Michael Morpurgo shows. Creative music.
Rachael McShane
@rachaelmcshane
Sings and plays stringy things in @bellowheaduk and Rachael McShane & The Cartographers Agent: @FancourtMusic
laura jane wilkie
@laurajwilkie
Fiddle and song with Kinnaris Quintet, Fat Suit, Man of the Minch, Claire Hastings, Rachel Sermanni, etc. Play, listen, write, learn, solo record coming soon 🔶
sarah
@folkysar
PhD student @ucl_iehc & sporadic folk singer | loves trees, yarn & dungarees | please don't expect 'professional' tweets | they/them 🏳️🌈✝️
Kirsty Merryn
@kirstymerryn
Folky songster. New album with The Ciderhouse Rebellion out 2nd June 2023.
Kit Bailey
@kitbailey
One too many mornings and a thousand miles behind.
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)
Rag Morris
@ragmorris
Mixed morris dance side based at the University of Bristol since 1981. We form part of the Bristol University Folk Society.
Will Pound
@willharmonica
Musician: Patron of Warwick Folk Festival, in duos with Jenn Butterworth & Delia Stevens
ISM
@ism_music
We are the Independent Society of Musicians, the UK’s professional body for musicians, representing over 11,000 members. 📩 [email protected] 📞020 7221 3499
Naomi Pohl
@naomipohl
Musicians' Union General Secretary | @shesaid_so Alt List 2019 | Music Week Roll of Honour 2020 | Mum | Views my own
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
Kathryn Tickell
@kathryntickell
Northumbrian piper & fiddler, composer, broadcaster, OBE DL, Does lots of stuff...
Drake Music
@drake_music
Leaders in music, disability & technology. We believe everyone has the right to express themselves through music. linktr.ee/Drake_Music
Grace Petrie
@gracepetrie
Folk singer of sorts.
Katherine Priddy
@katherinepriddy
Songwriter/guitarist ✨ 'Live at Union Chapel' - the new live album out now for Record Store Day UK. Ask in your local shop! [email protected]
Evelyn Clegg
@evie_tweeting
Returned Northerner. Operations for @HachetteUK. She/her.
Lucy Shields
@lucyrshields
Folk music marketer/agent/writer. Works with @FolkOnFoot, @FancourtMusic, @CalstockArts, @SaltyFolkFest & more. Also does @TheFolkForecast. Busy!
EFDSS
@theefdss
English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS). Based at @cecilsharphouse, working across England and beyond. Mastodon folksocial.org/invite/DzBPYVmc
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!
Kirstworldproblems
@kirstyannkay
Woman wanderer & amateur sleuth // Researches, travels and writes // Edits for love and money // editingcooperative.com
Music at Sheffield
@tuosmusic
Hear more about the world-leading research and teaching from the University of Sheffield Department of Music. All-Steinway School.
Maddie Morris
@_queerfeminist
✨2019 BBC Young Folk Award winner✨ queer, neurodivergent, intersectional feminist🍄 Upstream OUT NOW🐟
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
Imogen Gunner
@imogengunner
Fiddler/composer, feminist/lecturer & ILand Scholar PhD Awardee @nclunimusic
Beyond Equality
@beyond_equality
Engaging men & boys so that they can re-think masculinities and play their part in creating change. Contact us to book a workshop or to volunteer!
Jo May
@jomaypercussion
Percussionist/Spoons & Percussion Workshops for schools, festivals, events.. jomaypercussion.co.uk @IntarsiaFolk @atgduo Token Women
Tom Besford is on Bluesky
@tom_besford
Gone here: @tombesford.bsky.social
Trad Dance Forum
@traddancescot
Supporting diverse trad & social dance in Scotland through FREE membership & 3 routes: residencies º productions º festivals like POMEGRANATES
Edinburgh Tradfest
@edintradfest
The past, present & future of traditional music. Edinburgh Tradfest returns next year from 2-12 May 2025, save the date! For more info, click the link below 👇
Ellen McGovern
@ellenmcgov
Mancunian Uilleann Piper and Flautist, Graduate in Audio Production at SAE Liverpool, NYFE Alumni, Managing Director of @ambedouk (📸; Camilla Greenwood)
Morris Federation UK
@morrisfed
Largest UK association of self-governing teams of morris dancers & related activities, est. 1975, almost 500 member teams. #MorrisDancing
Angeline Morrison
@angelcakepie
“Morrison’s courage in reconstructing folk repertoire is truly revolutionary” (New Internationalist Magazine) linktr.ee/angelcakepie
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.
gal-dem
@galdemzine
Award winning online and print magazine (2015-2023) This account is no longer monitored
Open Morris
@openmorris
Jenna Macrory
@jennamacrory
Former musician trying to change careers to become a front-end developer. Follow me on my journey to learn all things code related | #TransIsBeautiful
cactus city
@cactuscityuk
Creating safer spaces for women and gender expansive people in recording studios and the wider music industry.
Saltburn Folk Festival
@saltyfolkfest
Long-established festival in a beautiful seaside town. Tickets on sale now for this year: 9-11 August 2024
Women In Live Music
@womeninlive
European network and community for people working w. concert production 'behind the scenes'. We don't engage on here but reach out to us via e-mail/FB!
burd ellen
@burdellen_
Drone-folk & eldritch spook duo @burdellen_ & @featheredgothic A TAROT OF THE GREEN WOOD out NOW Guardian Best Folk Albums 2020 & 2022. INACTIVE AT 23/01/25
Women in CTRL
@womeninctrl
#WomenInCTRL Empowering women in creative & business. Campaigning for equality & representation. 👑 - Founder @nadiactrl [email protected]
Marit Fält
@faltmarit
I am a folkie who doesn't tweet much, but like reading other people's tweets! Lost access to my old twitter, so don't @ me at maritfalt
Live to your Living Room
@livetoyourlr
Our unique virtual gigs bring artists and audiences together live and in real time; we're no longer using X but do come and find us on other channels!
POWA
@powascotland
POWA is an anti-harassment, anti-abuse musical collective. Subscribe to POWA for £1/month to fund our artists.
LYRE
@lyresoundslike
Alice Allen, Marit Fält & Patsy Reid come together to create a unique, groovy, and irresistibly playful sound. Debut album 'Gin and Strathspey' out now!
Jennie Higgins
@wrenniehiggins
Somerset/London - Folk Musician, Lakeland Clogger and Historian
Gender Pay Gap Bot
@paygapapp
If you tweet about #IWD2023, I'll retweet your gender pay gap 👀 Tweet '@paygapapp pay gap for (company name)' to get a reply with an employer's pay gap stats.
Safe Gigs
@safegigsireland
Safe Gigs is an initiative to make gigs and nightlife safer by creating a zero tolerance environment for sexual violence. 💖
Elinor Attwood
@elinor_attwood
(she/her)
BaHMI
@bahmi_research
We are a team of researchers at UWS and Northumbria University researching bullying and harassment in the UK music industry.
Tradfolk.co
@tradfolketc
Folk culture now.
Both Sides Records
@bothsidesrecs
⚡️A label celebrating & led by women and marginalised genders⚡️ 📍North of England ✨A project by @brightersound✨
We Are Music
@wearemusic_info
Music professionals should be free from bullying and harassment We provide talking points to inspire positive change
Access Folk
@accessfolk
Exploring ways to increase and diversify participation in folk singing in England. @tuosMusic @UKRI_News @fayhield
Boss Morris
@bossmorris_
An all-female Morris Dancing side formed in Sept 2015, springing out of the 5 valleys of Stroud, Gloucestershire. We met through our jobs as artists & crafters.
Manchester Folk
@mcrfolkfest
Manchester Folk 🎶Urban festival 20-22 March 2025 🎶Year round gig promotions Produced by @englishfolkexpo
#TradSongTues
@tradsongtues
A place to share all things trad songish. Themes announced on preceding Thursday. Founded by @fayhield, now run by @fenwickdixon.
Anna Rheingans 🪕👩💻🧶 Music | Words | Wool
@rheinknitsmusic
Violinist, multi-instrumentalist. BBC award-winning composer. Knitwear designer/creator. Half of @rheinganssis and Samtalmusic