The Hoosiers

Bracknell / Woodley

The Hoosiers are an English pop rock band. Their first single “Worried About Ray” reached number 5 on the UK Singles Chart in July 2007. In October 2007, they released their debut album The Trick to L…

The Horse Loom

“Where to start to describe The Horse Loom? The best acoustic guitar player in the country? Maybe. The most unique marriage between British folk music, avant garde guitar playing and punk rock spirit?…

The Horsenecks

Portland

Hard hitting transcontinental Old Time and early Bluegrass stringband music. With roots in Portland, OR and Liverpool England, the Horsenecks play a varied and dynamic mix of American roots music t…

The Hosepipe Band with Blake Morrison

Colchester/Ipswich

Folk band plays music they have composed accompanying the poet Blake Morrison. Most poems from his collection: Shingle Street

The Hot Club Of Jupiter

The Hot Club of Jupiter was formed to provide the music for the 2013 Renault Clio online ad campaign, which was promptly judged too lewd for public consumption and withdrawn. The band, however, lives …

The Hot Seats

USA

A band that has appeared at just about every major festival in the UK, Virginian livewires The Hot Seats, return to these shores for their eighth tour here. Major crowd-pleasers, they have wowed even…

The Hot Snake Time Machine

Hot Snake Time Machine, as some of you will know, are mostly Simon Moor & Johnny O from The Snakes, playing a selection of obscure cover versions from yesteryear, days of yore and that, but this gig w…

The Hot Sprockets

Take some good-time revolutionary spirit, add a pinch of psychedelic flavour, simmer it down with some Indie Soul and you are somewhere close to the cosmic vibe of The Hot Sprockets, five blood brothe…

The Hotfoot Specials

Brighton/Greenwich, London

We play Cajun music from the state of Louisiana North America. A heady mix of French, Creole, Celtic and Spanish influences with a touch of Blues, the result is a unique good time music, highly emoti…

The Hungry Mothers

Feel-good Americana that resides in Brighton, UK. The Hungry Mothers immediately began winning fans since their birth last year, as a four piece comprised of warming harmonies, laid back roots and cou…

The Hut People

“The festival season is nearly upon us, and with The Hut People gracing many of this years bashes, their infectious ‘World Folk’ will surely be winning them many new fans” SONGLINES “This is a br…

The Idumea Quartet

London

Blending tradition, experimentation, and sheer nonsense in roughly equal measure, the Idumea Quartet deconstruct and reconstitute Appalachian folk music, drawing strong influences from minimalism and …

The Imaginary Hat

Behold the musical stylings of The Imaginary Hat; a blend of rock, punk and 1920s jazz, resulting in a band that’s as distorted as it is danceable. Through characteristically dark and absurd lyricism …

The Imagined Village

The most ambitious folk fusion band of the 21st century, The Imagined Village set out to match English traditional songs against the sounds of contemporary multi-cultural England, with influences from…

The Inexplicables

Bristol

This almost uncategorisable fusion of folk, soul, jazz, reggae and beatbox hip-hoppery should be filed under ‘fresh’, ‘catchy’ or just plain ‘groovy’. Sultry sax, gospel harmonies and full-speed lyric…

The International Lovers

The Invisible Orchestra

The Invisible Orchestra is an electrifying 24 piece orchestra combining dirty funk, soul, Jazz and big band with huge orchestral sweeps, Afro-beat, Arabic punk, Latin, reggae and more. Created in 2…

The Iron Boot Scrapers

The Iron Boot Scrapers are an Edwardian Rock band transported to the 21st Century, melding the Music Hall of the 1930s to the Rock of today. Using Edwardian period instruments, they foray out into the…

The Jake Leg Jug Band

The Jake Leg Jug Band bring you the authentic sounds of 1920’s and 30’s America – Jazz, Blues, Gospel, Ragtime – and put their own twist on it. Songs of murder, betrayal, gambling, liquor and redempti…

The Jambalaya Band

The Jambalaya Band have been making a name for themselves as the hottest honky tonk band in town. After setting up their own honky tonk at The Blues Kitchen in Camden they’ve got everyone shaking off …

The Jamboree Collective

London

Every Monday at Jamboree a tight-knit collective of musicians conduct the audience through the evening from attentive folk and blues appreciators to a joyous rabble dancing and cavorting to uplifting …

The James Brothers

The James Brother who is called James is Sydney-born James Fagan – best known as one half of Nancy Kerr & James Fagan (musically and maritally), but also spotted playing guitar and bouzouki in The Car…

The James Findlay Trio

James’s vocals are incredibly mature, precise and expressive for a man of his slender years – and a very fine fiddle player he is, too. Jon Dyer on double bass and flute and Alfie Gidley on guitar and…

The Jamestown Brothers

The Jamestown Brothers are a 9-piece band from Somerset, England. They play original songs influenced by folk, country and blues, with lyrics that mine the rich history and social tapestry of Great Br…

The Jar Family

Hartlepool based The Jar Family are five individual songwriters and musicians, who decided that, rather than strive for success in isolation, they would join forces to pool their talent and create the…

The Jazz Defenders

Led by one of the UK´s most formidable jazz pianists, George Cooper, The Jazz Defenders are a group born from a deep love of Blue Note jazz, drawing on a wealth of inspiration to craft their own raw a…

The Jellyman´s Daughter

Scottish duo The Jellyman’s Daughter lands squarely in the middle of a strange crossroads between bluegrass, post-rock, folk and soul. Mixing their unique vocal harmonies with wild and visceral cello,…

The Jeremiahs

Dublin

The Jeremiahs are an Irish folk band that comprises four musicians who have come together with the common goal of writing, composing and performing new folk songs and music. They have travelled exten…

The Jeremie Coullon Trio

The Jeremie Coullon trio plays a fresh take on gypsy jazz by blending the traditional approach initiated by Django Reinhardt with modern swing music. Featuring Harry Diplock on guitar, the trio has b…

The Jigantics

A roots band with their own unique style of music from home and around the world. UK.