Folk Bands and Artists with Gigs in All Our UK Gigs
Bella Gaffney
York
2016 Celtic Connections Danny Kyle Award winner Bella Gaffney hails from Bradford. She writes folk inspired songs which she performs along with her own original arrangements of traditional pieces. In …
Bella Hardy
Bella Hardy is a contemporary folk musician, singer and songwriter from Edale in Derbyshire. She performed in various line-ups as a teenager, including The Pack and Ola, and reached the final of the B…
www.bellahardy.comBen Paley
London
London fiddle player of impeccable folk heritage. Ben Paley was surrounded by traditional music from the outset: his father (Tom Paley, one of the great figures of the American folk revival), moth…
Benji Kirkpatrick
Described by Time Out as a ´fretboard wizard ´, Benji Kirkpatrick is a gifted guitar player and an engaging and experienced performer. Over the decade or so that he has been working on the folk scene,…
www.benjikirkpatrick.comBlowzabella
Blowzabella are Andy Cutting – diatonic button accordion; Jo Freya – vocals, saxophone, clarinet; Paul James – bagpipes, saxophones; Gregory Jolivet – hurdy-gurdy; David Shepherd – violin; Barn Stradl…
Bob Fox
Bob’s big projects in recent years have been playing Songman in the outstandingly successful War Horse production, and his work with The Pitmen Poets collaboration that celebrates the music and cultur…
boci
Bristol
boci is a songwriter, multi instrumentalist and movement artist based in Bristol, UK. With roots in pop, classical and European folk, boci creates a mesmerising, fusionesque sound world, formed throug…
www.bocimusic.comBonfire Radicals
Birmingham
Bonfire Radicals is a zesty 6-piece folk/world band with a fresh and exciting musical approach embracing original and traditional material.
Bookends
Crail
Bookends’ delicate recreation of the unmistakable sound of the American folk-rock duo is something of a masterpiece. Bookends have been performing their world-class concert to audiences in some of the…
www.simonandgarfunkelbybookends.comBrian Kennedy
Brian Kennedy survived a childhood on the infamous Falls Road, West Belfast at the height of its hellish history against all the odds to carve an extraordinary career in Music. In his own words he sa…
Brian Molley
Glasgow
Brian Molley is a saxophonist and composer based in Glasgow, Scotland. He has led his group Brian Molley Quartet to a number of notable successes, including selection for the prestigious Made in Scotl…
Brian Peters
Derbyshire
Brian Peters is, according to the UK’s Living Tradition magazine “a top-notch singer and player, also one of the best-researched performers currently doing the rounds, and master of several crafts” wh…
Brighde Chaimbeul
Winner of the 2016 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award, and 2017 Scots Trad Music Awards ‘Up and Coming’ nominee, Skye piper Brìghde Chaimbeul is one of Scotland’s fastest rising stars. A native Gaelic speak…
Brittany Haas
Brittany Haas is widely regarded as one of the most influential fiddlers of her generation. Born in Northern California, Brittany grew up honing her craft at string camps nationwide, and developed her…
Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow
Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow take the guitar and fiddle tradition to new heights with soaring melodies and technical brilliance. Their Trans-Atlantic sound oozes bluesy folk with jazzy-Mediterranean…
Brown Horse
Norwich country-rockers Brown Horse bring together guitar-driven alternative rock of the 90s with folk and country sounds of the 70s on their debut album ´Reservoir´
Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones
A powerful new duo is emerging from the chaos of the last 12 months - and the folk world has been waiting! As established solo artists, Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones are no strangers to the folk scene…
Burd Ellen
Burd Ellen is the solo project of Debbie Armour, featuring Gayle Brogan and Lucy Duncan. They use traditional song to explore and evoke dark landscapes and deep stories.
Cable Street Collective
Cable Street Collective mix African-influenced guitars with dance music beats to create upbeat tunes. The original line-up of Tristan Kennedy, Ashley Underwood and Fiona Jane are now joined by DJ a…
Cara Dillon
Born in Dungiven in 1975, surrounded and infused with the rich cultural heritage of her native County Derry, Cara has risen to become one of the finest exponents of traditional Irish song anywhere in …
Catherine McHugh
Catherine McHugh from Annaghdown, County Galway, Catherine McHugh is one of the most outstanding young accompanists and fiddle players in Irish traditional music today. She grew up in the ancient Maig…
Cathryn Craig and Brian Willoughby
London
Cathryn Craig is from Richmond, Virginia and has built a strong reputation as both singer and songwriter. She is no stranger to Tennessee´s Nashville recording studios, working with Chet Atkins, The R…
Catrin Finch
Internationally renowned harpist, musician and composer Catrin Finch is one of the most accomplished harpists of her generation.
Catriona McKay & Chris Stout
Glasgow
Daring harp and fiddle adventurers taking traditional music to its creative edge
Charlie Dore
‘A gift for melody, brave, poignant, entertaining, original ‘ Guardian ★★★★ Best known as one of the UK’s most respected songwriters, Charlie’s own music, however, reflects her roots-acoustic backgro…
www.charliedore.comCharm of Finches
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne sister duo Charm of Finches (aka Mabel and Ivy Windred-Wornes) makes haunted tunes about love, grief and whispering trees; indie folk awash with seamless blood harmonies traversing melanchol…
Chris and Steve Wilson
Teesside
Two brothers from the famous Wilson Family. Although their duo performances are relatively rare, they´ve been singing together for decades and have a fine repertoire covering everything from classic t…
Chris Cleverley
Dream-folk songwriter Chris Cleverley is among a new wave of pioneering artists carving an uncharted path through the UK acoustic landscape, with endorsements from The Times, The Telegraph and BBC 6 M…