Folk Bands and Artists
The Portraits
London
Anglo-Irish alt-folk duo The Portraits, aka husband and wife songwriters Jeremy and Lorraine Millington from Galway and Bristol respectively, reached the iTunes chart in January 2015 with their charit…
The Portsmouth Shantymen
Portsmouth
As featured on Gareth Malone´s Television show “The Choir: Gareth’s Best In Britain“ The Portsmouth Shanty Men were originally formed in 1978, at the request of the organisers of Christchurch Folk…
The Proclaimers
Strikingly individual, twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid have enjoyed huge success across the globe, entertaining fans with the emotional honesty, political fire, wit and singalong raucousness of t…
The Pushy Doctors
A great ‘anarchistic’ ride through standards of jazz pop and beyond by this hard swinging ‘out there’ classic organ trio. Formed to play in the in the deep club/pub environment this disrespectful groo…
The PVP
Combining a love of Suicide, Stereolab and Shoegaze, The PVP make a blur of psychadelia infused indie rock. Forming in 2021, the group (Brendan (Drums & Vocals), James (Keys), Chris (Guitar & Vocals…
The Quicksilver Kings
An acoustic trio from Hull, UK, who weave elements of country, folk, blues and pop over vintage rootsy songwriting. Their sixties-inspired, hook-laden songs will leave you wondering if you’ve heard…
The Quiggs
The Quiggs are the new husband and wife duo that has emerged on to the Scottish folk scene. Stephen Quigg is a long established folksinger and former member of the legendary band “The McCalmans” and P…
The Rabbitts
Norwich
Genre-blending folk band The Rabbitts are acoustic at heart but experimental in nature; they set out to avoid the well trodden path and instead define their own unique sound with creative harmonies, f…
The Rachel Hamer Band
Winners of our Graeme Miles bursary award in 2016, The Rachel Hamer Band are an exciting new four piece folk band based in Newcastle. Fronted by Rachel Hamer, a powerful and emotive singer from Whitle…
The Rad Trads
New York
Based in New York City, The Rad Trads have quickly gained a reputation as one of New York’s most entertaining live acts. Comprised of some of NYC’s top instrumentalists & vocalists who perform with to…
www.theradtrads.com/The Ragged Hearts
Norwich
The Ragged Hearts are an alt-folk band based in East Anglia (UK) originally from New York and North East UK, blending influences from soul, blues, world and folk traditions to write songs that are per…
www.theraggedhearts.comThe Ragged Out String Band
Take a swig of Moonshine and put on your dancing shoes for some good time mountain music. The Ragged Out String Band play hard-driving Old-Time, Early Bluegrass and Americana, underpinning traditional…
The Rail Abandon
Leeds
The Rail Abandon is the musical (dis)guise of Sonny Johns, Grammy, MOBO and Mercury nominated producer/ engineer/ musician. Grounded in the 1960s folk revival of John Martyn, Nick Drake and Fairport C…
The Rail Abandon & Isaac Birituro
“This is fantastic“ John Kennedy, Radio X “Beautiful” Shaun Keaveny, BBC 6 Music “A whole story in three minutes and a half” Cerys Matthews, BBC 6 Music The Rail Abandon is the musica…
The Rails
Horizon Award Winners – BBC Folk Awards 2015 The Rails are running. English singer-songwriter duo Kami Thompson and James Walbourne have reached deep into their rich musical histories to concoct th…
The Railsplitters
Although rooted in traditional bluegrass and old time music, The Railsplitters are pushing the boundaries of those genres in every sense. With their lush harmonies, instrumental virtuosity and non-con…
The Rambling All Star Revue
The Rambling All Star Revue Presents… Philip Rambow, Martin Belmont and Cheyne Pride Phil Rambow and Martin Belmont first crossed paths in the time remembered as Pub Rock in 1973/4. Martin was in Duc…
The Rambling Valentines
London
A London-based trio of Bronwyn Ormsby (vocals), Glyn Hawke (guitars, vocals) and Trevor Hyett (banjo, mandola, mandocello) - blended harmonies and warm-toned acoustic instruments.
www.ramblingvalentines.com
The Ramshackle Union band
London
The Ramshackle Union Band are a harmony driven folk & blues four piece. With sumptuous vocals, bracing guitar, banjo, bass and drums, the outfit have become well known for their rousing live perfor…
The Redhill Valleys
Four-piece Americana & Roots Rock group originally based out of Hamilton, Canada, where their grit and determination developed early on as an independent band. Their exciting sound is an amalgam of Ro…
The Reel Folks
London
The Reel Folks is an exciting take on traditional folk music with a brassy twist. Pounding out classic tunes from Scotland and Ireland to Finland and Norway by artists such as Flook, Beoga, Alasdair F…
The Reelers
The Reelers are 6 young Londoners from Brixton who met at dance clubs through the Roots revival scene, currently flourishing in London. The band was assembled by lead singer Cass Cook, with the missio…
The Relatives
THE RELATIVES Hosts of Resonance 104.4 FMs ´The Relatively Good Radio Show, where they ´Turn everyday London life into Folk Legend´ - Bring their relatively brilliant stage show to the hills, and …
The Remedy Club
The Remedy Club, the Irish husband-and-wife Americana/Roots duo comprising KJ McEvoy and Aileen Mythen. The duo are known for their tight vocal harmonies and intelligent songwriting while McEvoy has b…
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