Folk Bands and Artists with Gigs in Bristol and Bath
Around About Dusk
Around About Dusk are an adventurous musical conception playing original music with influences ranging from musette, New Orleans jazz, old time, and European folk traditions with eclectic instrumentat…
Charm 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 Fox
A genre-defying Folk troubadour Chris made rapid progress through the UK folk and roots scene with his song writing, utilising a variety of styles across the roots lexicon of traditional & contemporar…
Christina Alden & Alex Patterson
Norwich
Christina Alden and Alex Patterson are the main song writing force behind award winning folk trio Alden Patterson and Dashwood. They have been playing and singing together for the last seven years and…
Dan Whitehouse
Birmingham
Pure Glass - Dan Whitehouse 2024 Over the past two years, acclaimed Black Country singer-songwriter Dan Whitehouse has been in a transparently reflective mood with three albums all themed around th…
www.dan-whitehouse.comEliza Carthy
If there is one musician who embodies the dynamism and vitality of the current English folk revival, it’s Eliza Carthy. Beloved of staunch traditionalists and iconoclasts alike, Eliza’s music effortle…
Filkin´s Ensemble
There is folk, & then there is super-folk. The sheer joy, energy & sophisticated musicianship radiating from the stage mark Filkin’s Ensemble out as a new folk tour-de-force. A 14-piece supergoup, …
Frankie Archer
Frankie Archer composes and plays with heart and sensitive curiosity. She started out surrounded by Northumbrian folk music, and draws deeply on this in her own fiddle playing, singing and writing, de…
Hands of the Heron
Bristol
Hands of the Heron is a dreamfolk trio from Bristol, UK. Their instantly recognisable vocal harmonies are delivered by three frontwomen - Bec Garthwaite, Beth Roberts & Claire Vine - each of whom brin…
Hangover Square
Bristol
Soul stirring Americana and cinematic folk-blues. Hangover Square elegantly combine influences as varied as folk, blues, classical, world music and electronica. Expect, synths, slide guitar, layered v…
Heather Ferrier
Newcastle upon Tyne
With captivating musicianship and a sound that is unapologetically her own, Heather Ferrier is a force to be reckoned with. An “engaging talker and magnetic performer” (NARC magazine), the Stockport b…
Hedera
A new Bristol-based quintet of instrumentalists brought together by a desire to lean into the slower and more delicate side of European folk traditions. The group’s growing repertoire draws on Fren…
Kirsty Merryn
London
“Kirsty Merryn is a folk singer and composer of extraordinary skill.... destined to be a big star. ****” Sunday Express Kirsty Merryn is one of the most unique singer songwriters on the UK folk roo…
Lady Nade
Bristol
“Absolutely Lovely”- Dermot O’Leary BBC Radio 2 “Whatever the aliment Lady Nade is the cure” – Sam Bonham – BBC Introducing Bristol-based musician LADY NADE releases her debut album ‘ Hard To Forget…
Lon Dubh
Bristol
Lon Dubh are a three part harmony trio singing hypnotic original songs inspired by landscapes of Ireland and its ancient folklore. Expect carefully crafted songs for three voices that sound like they’…
Rachel Baiman
A fiddle/banjo player, singer, and songwriter based out of Nashville, TN. Specialising in Old Time, Bluegrass, Scottish, and Folk music, her interests are diverse and range from the oldest fiddle trad…
Rachel Newton
Singer and harpist Rachel Newton was named the 2017 BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician of the Year and the Scots Trad Music Award Instrumentalist of the Year 2016. Her third solo album Here´s My Heart Come Tak…
Ranagri
London
Ranagri (pronounced Ra-na-grye) produce an electrifying mix of virtuosic instrumentals, haunting melodies, vivid storytelling and their unique take on old and new folk songs. The London based band …
www.ranagri.comRob Wheeler
Cheshire
Cheshire meets Nashville … Rob Wheeler’s new studio album “Leave Tomorrow” (Out 2024) is a collaboration between one of the UK’s emerging Americana talents & some of the leading names in songwriting …
Samana
Samana are a nomadic duo who recently returned from a year long trip living and writing on the road. Having taken residence in a farmhouse in the Brecon Beacons, Samana have since built an analogue st…
Sarah Larkham
Bristol
Original folk princess, Sarah Larkham plays etheral, poetic folk in the style of the 60s troubadours
Sheelanagig
Sheelanagig have become something of a West Country institution for the past decade. A quintet with a well-stocked armoury of stringed instruments – guitar, fiddle, double bass – and a bagful of joint…
www.sheelanagig.co.uk
Sid Goldsmith
Folk singer and Multi-instrumentalist, involved with with several projects including: BBC folk awards nominated duo ´Aldridge & Goldsmith´ Contemporary English Folk trio ´Tarren´ Ceilidh and …
Spiers and Boden
Described by The Guardian as ‘the finest instrumental duo on the traditional scene’, John Spiers and Jon Boden rocketed onto the scene in 2001. As Spiers & Boden they won a clutch of BBC Radio 2 Folk…
www.spiersandboden.comThe Breath
The Breath is Stuart McCallum (former guitarist of The Cinematic Orchestra), Irish singer Ríoghnach (pron. REE uh nah) Connolly and Mcallum’s fellow Cinematic alumni, pianist John Ellis and drummer Lu…
The Ciderhouse Rebellion
London
“Two virtuoso musicians playing some of the most startling and original music you will ever encounter. Compelling, exciting and utterly original” Phil Beer The duo brings together master accordioni…
The Lost Trades
Wiltshire
The Lost Trades are a vocal harmony trio with a cool Laurel Canyon vibe. Three Wiltshire based singer songwriters (Jamie R Hawkins, Phil Cooper and Tamsin Quin) were brought together by a mutual love …
Tom Moore & Archie Churchill-Moss
London
Tom Moore (Viola) and Archie Churchill-Moss (Accordion) have become key performers on the instrumental folk music scene in the last few years, both appearing in a host of bands. In this newly reformed…
Wise Woman
London
Hailing from the East Anglian and Welsh wildlands, Wise Woman have roared onto the scene with their heady collision of lush vocal harmonies, tall tales and 90s girl power. Formed in the darkness of…
