Folk Bands and Artists
Jesse Will
New Zealand’s Jesse Will has been praised by Taylor Swift, and drawn comparisons to the likes of Damien Rice and Jeff Buckley.
Jessi Norgard
Brighton
Jessi Norgard is a singer songwriter from Brighton. She co-founded the band ´Four People´, with whom she has toured around the UK and Europe. More recently - driven by her love for songwriting, poetry…
Jessica Lawson & Phil Simpson
Previously natives of Cumbria but now residing in East Yorkshire, Jessica Lawson & Phil Simpson sing and accompany themselves on autoharp, acoustic guitar, mandolin and melodeon. Their original songs …
Jessica Lee Morgan
Jessica Lee Morgan is a singer and songwriter raised on a wholesome diet of folk and rock. Her on-stage style is honest yet playful, with songs and a voice that come from the heart. Born to Welsh s…
Jessica´s Brother
London trio Jessica’s Brother is comprised of songwriter Tom Charleston, Jonny Helm (drums, also of The Wave Pictures) and Charlie Higgs (bass, previously of Ramshackle Union Band). Channelling the sp…
Jessie Buckley
Actress Jessie Buckley performs as Rose-Lynn Harlan from the forthcoming feature film Wild Rose, a celebration of Country Music and family life in Glasgow.
Jessie Summerhayes
Young poet whose unconscious meditations encompass histories, human relationships and the land around us - telling stories with a new voice.
Jet Black Pearl
Amsterdam
Jet Black Pearl is a fabulous accordion diva from the port of Amsterdam, singing, rapping and beat boxing about slugs in love, criminal gurus and hallucinating butterflies. “Could Nina Hagen and To…
Jet McDonald
Bristol
“Really Good Stuff” Gideon Coe BBC 6 Music Jet McDonald emerged from the Cleaner Collective of folkish Bristol musicians which included Kate Stables (This is the Kit Brassland) , Rozi Plain (Fence …
Jethro Tull
It was on the 2nd of February 1968 at the world-famous Marquee Club in Wardour Street that Jethro Tull first performed under that name. The group would go on to become one of the most successful and e…
Jez Hellard and The Djukella Orchestra
King´s Cliffe
Jez Hellard & The Djukella Orchestra play traditional and contemporary folk music, from jigs, reels and rebel ballads to tango, rhumba and even reggae. The word Djukella is a common insult in the Bal…
www.jezhellard.comJez Lowe
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 bu…
Jez Lowe & the Bad Pennies
Jez Lowe and The Bad Pennies have been playing their songs and music of Northern England for a decade and a half around the folk festivals, clubs and concert stages of the world. “Acoustic simplicity …
JF Robitaille & Lail Arad
During a co-headline tour of Italy in 2016, acclaimed singer-songwriters JF Robitaille (Canada) and Lail Arad (UK) found their duets increasingly in demand. Recording together was the next logical ste…
JIB
Newcastle
JIB is a trio recently formed by Jim Mageean with Ingrid and Barry Temple Jim Mageean has made his name over many years as an authority on sea songs and songs from the North-East. Also from Newcastle…
Jiggery Pokery
Jiggery Pokery are Aideen O’Hagan (fiddle & vocals), Stevie Stone (guitar & vocals) and Stuart Alexander (accordian). Folk, Jigs & a bit of everything!
Jiggy
Jiggy continue the tradition of their musical ancestors while bringing a whole new exotic flavour to the table, more of a collective than an orthodox band, Jiggy’s mercurial line up mixes and melds Ir…
JigJam
JigJam are a multi-award winning quartet from the heart of the midlands in Ireland. Blending the best of traditional Irish music with Bluegrass and Americana in a new genre which has been branded as ´…
Jigjaw
JigJaw is Janet Russell, Rosie Davis, Kerry Fletcher and Frances Watt. JigJaw combines the percussion and passion of dance traditions with vocal harmonies in a tight, scintillating quartet of singi…
Jilk
Bristol
Jilk fuses a bewildering collage of home-found sounds with the ambient soundscapes of washy synths, insect-like clicks & cuts, and huge gorgeous waves of all encompassing experimental noise. A Bristol…
Jilk
Bristol
Jilk fuses a bewildering collage of home-found sounds with the ambient soundscapes of washy synths, insect-like clicks & cuts, and huge gorgeous waves of all encompassing experimental noise. A Bristol…
www.jilk.netJill Jackson
Paisley
Named as one of the top ten acts tipped as the ‘UK Country’s Next Big Thing 2018’ Photo:Kris Kesiak Photography
www.jilljackson.co.ukJill Pidd
Phenomenal traditional singer Jill Pidd, best known for her work with the Watersons. Formerly of Hull she now lives between Robin Hood´s Bay and Whitby and was a founder member of Hull´s famous Rug…
Jim Boggia
For more than 20 years, Jim Boggia has been winning over fans, critics, contemporaries and luminaries alike with his uncompromising devotion to the sort of winsomely nostalgic, emotionally direct song…
Jim Carey & The Saboteurs
An 8-piece, multi-instrumentalist band led by Jim Carey re-imagining the music, songs and whirling words first created by Nick Darke and Jim Carey for Kneehigh.
Jim Causley
Young Devon folk singer Jim Causley became involved with traditional music from an early age via his family, the local folk scene and an historical wassailing tradition in his village of Whimple, East…
www.jimcausley.co.ukJim Causley Trio
West Country
A budding treasure of the traditional folk world. The ripe flavours of England’s West Country will fill the room when a budding treasure of the traditional folk world, Jim Causley, makes a return vis…