Folk Bands and Artists
Madeleine Rose Witney
London
Madeleine Rose Witney is a masterful storyteller, moving from traditional standards to her own compositions. Taking you on a seamless journey though soulful blues, New Orleans rhythms. the swing of th…
www.madeleinerosewitney.comMadi Stimpson Trio
Madi Stimpson is an exciting and original guitarist and singer-songwriter. Leaving home at 16, he learned to play by busking and playing small pub gigs before taking off round Europe with his guitar i…
Madison Violet
Madison Violet are Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaacare and they are an award winning, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriting duo from Canada whose song-writing prowess and stunning harmonies ha…
www.madisonviolet.comMae & the Midnight Fairground
The wilful imagination behind the transglobal circus that is Mae & The Midnight Fairground pulls strains of haunted calliope music from a bright red keyboard. It makes for a compelling soundtrack as s…
Mae Kartäuser
Mae is a British songwriter with a rich, acrobatic voice and a distinctive circusesque piano style. Raised in a musical family and one of seven children, she began learning piano, violin and singing a…
Maeve MacKinnon
Maeve Mackinnon is tipped as one of Scotland´s leading young folk singers. An Honours graduate of the RSAMD´s Scottish Music degree, her singing really started to come into its own prior to finalising…
www.maevemackinnon.comMaggie Holland
A superb singer, guitarist and banjo player, Maggie is also the writer of some of the very finest contemporary songs, including ‘A Place Called England’ , for which she was honoured for ‘Best Original…
Magnus & The Balkanauts
Trumpeter Magnus – Inspired by a love of Serbian Truba, the Macedonian master trumpeters and bands such as Boban Markovic Orkestar and Kocani Orkestar brings a group of talented young brass musicians …
Magnus Loom
Magnus Loom wildly turns and tumbles through a cornucopia of brightly burning pitches and rhythms. Having had his filltooting merry vaudeville for change, Magnus can these days be found lovingly tangl…
Magpie Lane
Magpie Lane are a five piece band from Oxford and have 25 years of playing mainly English dance music and songs. Expect powerful vocals and vigorous dance tunes on concertina, fiddle, cello, guitar an…
Mahan Mirarab
Vienna
A virtuoso guitarist and composer from Vienna, he skillfully weaves together the rich tapestry of Eastern and Western music, creating a captivating and harmonious fusion all his own.
Mahoney & The Moment
London
The Mahoney & The Moment story begins way before their current fame and notoriety, and in the back room of an East Village, New York City bar named ´Sidewalk Cafe´. At the time London singer-songwr…
Maia
Leeds
MAIA are self-proclaimed sci-fi folk evangelists and have spent the last 3 years touring and playing festivals and as a result have morphed and matured into what has been described as “Harmonic psyche…
Maïa Barouh
Paris
Maïa Barouh is a unique singer and flautist. From a French-Japanese background, she has clearly found her way towards a boundless musical self-expression, rooted in solid classical training and a uniq…
Mair Thomas
Oswestry
An amazing, award-winning, singer. Mair can sing in both Welsh and English, her repertoire includes self-penned and traditional songs in a gentle acoustic style.
Máire Ní Chathasaigh & Chris Newman
Ilkley
The celebrated partnership of “one of the UK’s most staggering and influential acoustic guitarists” (fROOTS) with “the doyenne of Irish harpers” (SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY) and recipient of Irish music’s mos…
www.maireandchris.comMáiréad
Máiréad has been described as one of the brightest stars on the UK country scene. Born and raised in County Tyrone, country music has been in Máiréad’s blood since she was born. With an incredible and…
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Gradam Ceoil TG4 Traditional Musician of the Year (2017) and member of the internationally renowned group Altan, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh is known world-wide as one of the most important fiddlers playing …
Mairearad Green
Mairearad regularly performs alongside multi-instrumentalist Anna Massie, creating “music much more than the sum of just two parts” (The Scotsman) whilst she is also a member of The Poozies. She has p…
Mairearad Green and Anna Massie
Two of Scotland’s most revered multi-instrumentalists, Mairearad Green (accordion and bagpipes) and Anna Massie (guitar, banjo, fiddle) are a truly captivating duo, providing a highly energetic perfor…
Mairi Campbell
Following her Edinburgh Fringe success, award-winning musician Mairi Campbell presents Pulse, her one-woman theatre show. A homecoming in viola, voice, movement, animation and storytelling it is the s…
Mairtín O´Connor, Cathal Hayden and Séamie O´Dowd
Individually recognised as figureheads of the tradition, Máirtín O’Connor, Cathal Hayden and Seamie O’Dowd have built solid reputations as masters with astounding skill, diversity and virtuosity. Toge…
Maja Bugge
Maja Bugge is a Norwegian cellist, composer and cello teacher based in Lancaster, UK. Since 1998 she has created a large body of work both as a solo artist and in collaboration with others. Her wor…
Malcolm MacWatt
London
Scottish musician Malcolm MacWatt has already gained recognition for his powerful song-writing. As a solo performer, swapping out his telecaster for an acoustic guitar, his story-telling comes to the…
Malcom Thacker
Malcolm is a singer-songwriter from Surrey who has been writing and performing his own songs and occasional songs by other songwriters in clubs and sessions for many years. His songs are inspired by h…