Folk Bands and Artists with Gigs in London
Abel Selaocoe
South African cellist Abel Selaocoe is redefining the parameters of the cello. He moves seamlessly across a plethora of genres and styles, from collaborations with world musicians and beatboxers, to c…
Adam Beattie
Scottish singer songwriter ADAM BEATTIE released his fourth studio album ‘The Road Not Taken’ with a sell-out show at Hoxton Hall in London and a UK-wide tour. The album´s minor ballads and moody blue…
Admiral Fallow
Glasgow
Glasgow-based folk-indie group Admiral Fallow (Louis Abbott, Kevin Brolly, Phil Hague, Sarah Hayes and Joe Rattray) make their Kings Place debut as part of Scotland Unwrapped.
Aidan O´Rourke
Award-winning fiddler, composer, producer and curator, Aidan O´Rourke (one third of Lau) is a pioneer of new sound in folk music who has redefined traditional forms. With roots in Scottish and Irish f…
Alasdair Fraser
"Alasdair Fraser is recognized throughout the world as one of the finest fiddle players Scotland has ever produced. [His] name is synonymous with the vibrant cultural renaissance which is transforming…
Alex Hart
Plymouth
“Alex Hart is set to make a global impact” – The Guardian Described by BBC Radio 2 presenter Mark Radcliffe as “the Stevie Nicks of Folk”. The south-west based singer/songwriter Alex Hart is set fo…
Alice Phelps
London
Alice Phelps leads her band on harp and powerfully husky vocals, augmented by double bass, percussion, cello, violin and backing vocals. Influenced by folk from near and far, Celtic to Eastern, she ex…
Allan Taylor
Incredibly moving moments from a great collector of stories Allan is an observer, noting the individual stories of the people he encounters on his travels and capturing them in his music. And with …
Alvorada
Alvorada is a London-based group who play Brazilian Choro music of all styles, including lesser-known works and original compositions. Choro emerged in Rio in the late 19th century as a mixture of Eu…
Alya Isha
South-London soulstress, poet and multi-instrumentalist, Alya Isha pioneers ‘Nu World Soul’ music: a new sound for a new world. Born and raised in Japan, moving to Tooting, London and then Santiago de…
amateur theatre group
amateur theatre group was the name chosen by Andrew James Murphy to release the album "races 1990 - 2021", which comprised nine songs written across a decade previous but never completed. Continuing a…
Awalé
London
London-based band Awalé returns with a new sound, Senegalese soul. Biram Seck’s soaring voice evokes messages of love and peace, underpinned by heavenly poly-rhythm groove explorations. Intense and sp…
Balamuc
Balamuc are a unique collective of experienced musicians, with seven members from countries in Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific. Their music originates from Eastern Europe but stretches way …
Belinda Kempster & Fran Foote
Basildon
Belinda and Fran (vocalist with Stick In The Wheel) are a mother and daughter duo from Essex who sing folk songs from their family and home county without frills or fuss.
Bella Gaffney
York
2016 Celtic Connections Danny Kyle Award winner Bella Gaffney hails from Bradford. She writes folk inspired songs which she performs along with her own original arrangements of traditional pieces. In …
Ben Paley
London
London fiddle player of impeccable folk heritage. Ben Paley was surrounded by traditional music from the outset: his father (Tom Paley, one of the great figures of the American folk revival), moth…
Bird in the Belly
Bird in the Belly are a Brighton-based folk group consisting of folk-duo Hickory Signals (Laura Ward and Adam Ronchetti), alt-folk singer-songwriter Jinnwoo (Ben Webb, Green Ribbons), and multi-instru…
Bitter Blossoms
Netherlands
Bitter Blossoms is an exciting new vocal trio based out of The Netherlands. Phoebe Kirrage (UK), Julie Hasfjord (NO) and Viktoria Nikolova (BG) combine their skills and knowledge of traditional and cl…
Bob Fox
Bob’s big projects in recent years have been playing Songman in the outstandingly successful War Horse production, and his work with The Pitmen Poets collaboration that celebrates the music and cultur…
Borges Machado
Borges Machado is André Borges (saxophone, flute, handmade wind instruments, body) and Fernando Machado (guitar, cavaquinho, percussion, body), both Brazilian musicians based in Brighton, England. The…
bous
bous are brightly coloured birds that sing to find each other in the dense vegetation. bous is also a Spanish post-pop duo based in London. The fragile and honest voice of Blanca lays on the pri…
Brian Peters
Derbyshire
Brian Peters is, according to the UK’s Living Tradition magazine “a top-notch singer and player, also one of the best-researched performers currently doing the rounds, and master of several crafts” wh…
