Folk Bands and Artists
Dervish
Dervish have been bringing Irish traditional music to the world for more than 29 years. Described by the BBC as “an icon of Irish music”, the band have played at festivals from Rock in Rio to Glastonb…
Des Hurley, Paul Daly & Chris O’Malley
Des Hurley is a highly respected fiddle player in both Britain and Ireland. Based in Leeds, he is Chief Executive of the Irish Arts Foundation in the city. His colleague in the Irish Arts Foundati…
Des Was a Bowie Fan Clubnight
Sweet Indiepop * New Wave * Riot Grrrl * Garage Punk * Rock’n’Roll * 60s Girl Groups * Motown * Northern Soul * Klezmer * Balkan Brass * Hot Swing * “The Supremes and The Ramones interspersed by th…
Desiderii Marginis
Of the Swedish wave of ambient acts from the 1990’s, Johan Levin, the mastermind behind Desiderii Marginis, has created and developed his own unique sonic palette merging digital and analogue: melanch…
Dessie Magee
Irish Brighton-based troubadour Dessie Magee is a modern Folk-Rock singer-songwriter who incorporates elements of rock, blues, punk and soul. Taking influence from the sound and live energy of Johnny …
Desta French
Desta French is a Camden-born Artist spearheading a new Latinx London sound. Her range of influences span from RnB, Salsa, Cumbia, Latin Jazz, Hip Hop, Low Fi, Grime and Pop, which you can hear pepper…
Deux Sans Frontieres
Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes
Deux Sans Frontieres are one of the UK’s leading Bal Folk groups. Mark and Mike are hugely experienced musicians, regularly performing for dancers at festivals and Bals in France and throughout Europe…
Devendra Banhart
American singer-songwriter whose experimental genre-transcending recordings, which blended acoustic folk, psychedelia, and stream-of-consciousness lyrics, formed the cornerstone of an early 21st-centu…
Devon Sproule
Devon Sproule’s “Gold String” is North American music with weirdo roots. Recorded in three different Canadian provinces — Yukon, Ontario, and Nova Scotia — the short, lush LP features backing from To…
Dexter Selboy & The Shonky Trio
Formed back in 2012, Dexter Selboy and the Shonky Trio are a quartet of talented yet lazy musicians who may finally have got their shit together. Hard to pigeon hole, their genre fluid style incorpora…
Deya Duo
Deya are a young Belgian duo who play traditional dance music from all over Europe especially from central France and Brittany but with a wonderfully energetic and lyrical style. After having played a…
Dezi Donnelly
Dezi ´Fiddle on Fire´ Donnelly is a Manchester based Fiddle player. One of the founder members of the legendary Celtic Rock Band ´Toss the Feathers´. Often seen collaborating with the likes of Sharon …
DG Solaris
DG Solaris is born. Danny Green (aka Laish) and his wife, Leana Green, have started a new musical project called DG Solaris. It means ´of the sun´. Just returned from six months in the South American …
DH Lawrence & The Vaudeville Skiffle Show
‘A Sepia-tinted blend of attitude and Americana’ Meet a bunch of classically trained washboard & kazoo players, hailing from the green hills and valleys of ‘Lawrence county’ … Some say, these folks h…
Diabel Cissokho
Fiercely proud of his Senegalese roots, Diabel Cissokho is a visionary creative pushing the boundaries of the Senegalese sound, with his unique Afro Mandingue Blues style. Coming from a great line of …
Diana Jones
Nashville & New York City
Diana Jones is an award-winning singer-songwriter based in Nashville. Her recent release, Museum of Appalachia Recordings, is a collection of songs that evoke Diana’s love of old-time Appalachian musi…
Diana Jones & Preston Reed
New York
Connect with the spirit of American rebellion and discovery in this fantastic evening of American folk, rock and alternative country music, featuring the legendary slide guitar player Preston Reed and…
Diarmuid Ó Meachair
Diarmuid Ó Meachair is a BC & C#D Button Accordion player from Cúil Aodha in West Cork. He is also an accomplished 10 key melodeon player and sean-nós singer. He was recently awarded the prestigious Y…
Didier Oliver & Emmanuel Pariselle
Emmanuel and Didier have played and sung together since 1975, and are both outstanding and entertaining performers. Emmanuel is one of France’s finest players of both the melodeon and concertina, whil…
Diego Brown & The Good Fairy
London
Diego Brown and the Good Fairy are a brother and sister duo gouging a unique furrow in the rich soil of London’s alternative folk scene. Playing a range of damaged acoustic instruments in unconvention…
Dietrich Strause
Dietrich Strause’s songs are a mix of timeless melody, literate lyricism, and a “virtuosic command of imagery.” (The Artery, WBUR) Strause released his new album How Cruel That Hunger Binds on August…
Dila V
London based singer and performer Dila V & The Odd Beats Event Organiser & Promoter for: The LIZARD STAGE & The LATIN REUNION
Dila V and the Odd Beats
London
Multinational hip shimmying gypsy folk and psychedelia from far away lands. This Bosporus-straddling blend of Turkish folk and irresistible Balkan dance beats comes with sinuous hints of Greek Reb…
Dinho Nascimento
The sounds of Brazil from the master of the capoeira Dinho Nascimento. Percussionist, composer and singer, from Bahia based in São Paulo, master Dinho Nascimento mixes rhythms in his compositions: the…
