A double nomination in the 2015 BBC Folk Awards – for best singer and best new song – was a timely reminder of Jez Lowe’s standing in the UK folk and acoustic music scene.
Not only he is one of the busiest live performers in the country, but his songs are among the most widely sung by other performers, whether by long-established actslike Fairport Convention, The Dubliners and Bob Fox , or by the new breed of stars like The Unthanks, The Young Uns and The Duhks .
Jez’s own long-established band The Bad Pennies (featuring Kate...
Multi-award winning folk musician Jim Moray presents a live performance of his acclaimed album Upcetera.
Accompanied by a 9 piece ensemble including strings, woodwind, piano, double bass and drums, he reimagines traditional ballads as dramatically orchestrated torch songs or a sort of English Fado.
For 15 years Jim Moray has been at the forefront of a new movement in English traditional music.
Upcetera heralds a new chapter for the producer and has received the best reviews of his career, including five stars from Mojo, fRoots and R2 magazines.
Double Bill - Folk Music An exciting new co-promotion from Cygnet working with Wren Music
Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll "A joyful collision of English traditional music and contemporary bowed strings" These amazing fiddle players will take you on a journey from the darker side of folk ballad to toe-tapping tunes and songs. "Innovative and exceptional" - Folkworld
With Trev Munkenbeck Trev sings from a varied repertoire of songs taking inspiration from many genres of music. His fingerstyle guitar accompaniments add the harmonoes and rythyms to reflect the mood of the...
RECORD crowds attended the 39th Dartmoor Folk Festival, held in the foothills of Dartmoor at South Zeal, near Okehampton from August 5 to 7.
Local and national artists entertained those who went along to the event, most to sell-out audiences.
The festival included concerts, dances, a Dartmoor Fayre, a ceilidh, folk service, craft displays, music hall, pub sessions, a ramble on Dartmoor and music, song and dance workshops.
The packed programme of events also included a dedicated children’s festival.
Hotly-contested competitions included the Dartmoor Broom...
The opening concert in this third season of Double Bill, a collaboration between Wren Music and Cygnet Theatr e, is a sparkling evening of tunes from the incomparable Jon and Alfie, with support from one of Wren’s community folk choirs: Voices in Common: East Devon. Led by Sarah Owen.
Sidmouth FolkWeek is a unique week-long seaside celebration of music, dance and song taking place in the charming East Devon regency coastal resort – a must in every festival goer’s annual diary.
There has been a folk festival in Sidmouth in the first week of August every year since 1955 attracting tens of thousands of visitors to over 700 diverse events with broad ‘something for everyone’ appeal. With an ear to the past and an eye on the future, the festival features established stars and emerging talent; major concerts and small intimate sessions; ceilidhs, folk dancing and...
The 39th Dartmoor Folk Festival will take place on the 5th, 6th & 7th August 2016 in the village of South Zeal near Okehampton in Devon.
This year's festival promises another packed programme of concerts, ceilidhs, workshops, song and music sessions, a children's festival, craft displays, folk service, a Dartmoor ramble and much more.
For further details, including a full event listing, visit t www.dartmoorfolkfestival.org.uk
Geoff Lakeman - a veteran of the acoustic music scene and the father of a folk dynasty. He's the dad of folk stars, Seth, Sean and Sam Lakeman, and an acclaimed musician in his own right. He uses a rare Crane duet concertina to accompany folk songs, Americana (like Jimmie Rodgers, Randy Newman and The Louvin Brothers) and even jazz.
Experience the local legend who inspired his sons - and a new generation of young folk fans.
It’s hard to believe that George Papavgeris only started writing songs less than 10 years ago. Hard to believe as he has in that time produced eight...
Stop Press: The Levellers - LEVELLING THE LAND 25TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR. November & December UK Tour announced for 2016 celebrating 25 years of Levelling the Land.
A mammoth European & UK tour supported by the amazing Ferocious Dog. “Ferocious Dog are the new noise on the block – and are surprising everyone with their rapid ascent.
There is no way they’re following any hipster templates – fronted by a big burly man with a mohican who sings impassioned political songs of broken Britain whilst his band seethes like a punky Levellers – they are the music business’s worst...
Admission £10 (concesions available) Tel: 01626 775517 www.teignmouthfolkconcerts.co.uk Email: hugh.teignmouthfolkconcerts@gmail.com . Three of the areas top guitar acts performing folk, blues, ragtime. Robin Brown & Marc Woodward, Gareth Hedges, Clive Sheard & Dave Jeffries
