Folk Bands and Artists with Gigs in Rest of the UK
Josienne Clarke
When Josienne Clarke signed to the illustrious independent music champions Rough Trade Records, its founder Geoff Travis told The Guardian that she writes, ‘songs that rearrange your internal emotiona…
Julie Matthews
Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. She has been a member of some of the most influential British folk duos (notably While and Matthews) and groups and is acknowledged inter…
Juniper
Birmingham
Genre-bending, energising, boundary-crossing. Juniper are a group of close friends who combine their collective musical influences on the stage to create a show full of bold, intriguing traditional…
Kate Rusby
Barnsley
English folk singer and songwriter from Penistone, Barnsley. Sometimes known as "The Barnsley Nightingale", she has headlined various British national folk festivals, and is one of the most noted cont…
www.katerusby.comKatherine Priddy
A young folk/acoustic songwriter from the heart of the British countryside. Ghostly harmonies, haunting melodies and words weaving strange tales... ´Katherine Priddy is a dream weaver, a hypnotic s…
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman
Two-time winners of the BBC Folk Award for Best Duo
kathrynrobertsandseanlakeman.comKathryn Tickell & The Darkening
Kathryn – Northumbrian pipes, fiddle, voice Amy Thatcher – accordion, voice, clog dancing Stef Connor – voice, lyres Kieran Szifris – octave mandolin Joe Truswell – drums, percussion Musicians …
Kathryn Williams
Mercury nominated and critically acclaimed folk artist Kathryn Williams has teamed up with revered jazz musician and vibraphone player Anthony Kerr, to create an album of complete re-imaginings of cla…
Katie Whitehouse
Devon
Katie Whitehouse is the founder of from the whitehouse music booking, management and promotion agency, based in Totnes, Devon. She is also a songwriter, poet and massage therapist
Kim Lowings
British Folk singer and songwriter Kim Lowings currently lives in Gloucestershire. Born and raised in the West Midlands, Kim has built up a national reputation with its roots at the centre of the coun…
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…
Leonard Barry Trio
Leonard, Andy Morrow and Seamie O’Dowd have known each other for over 20 years, meeting at various festivals in Ireland and striking up a friendship and musical bond that has seen them perform at nati…
Lindisfarne
Legendary 70s folk-rock pioneers LINDISFARNE return to form with a classic six-piece line up of long-time members fronted by original founder-member Rod Clements on vocals, mandolin, fiddle and slide …
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’…
Louis Campbell
Alternative-Folk Musician raised in the West-Country, based in Manchester, UK. Member of The Sam Sweeney Band and student of Martin Simpson.
Louise Rogan
Bury
Louise Rogan sings original and her own arrangements of traditional songs accompanied by her Dad, Chris Rogan. In Jan 2023 they won the audience vote at the Great British Folk Festival and in March 2…
Lucy Grubb
Norwich
Lucy Grubb is a singer/songwriter from Norwich blending modern Americana with Country undertones. Inspired by the likes of Johnny Cash, Lucy´s understated guitar rhythms and Country trilled vocal m…
Luke Jackson
Luke is a Singer-Songwriter from Canterbury, Kent. 2016 has been another busy year starting with Kansas Folk Alliance, followed by a double-header tour with Amy Wadge then with Greg Russell & Ciaran A…
Luzmira Zerpa
London
Luzmira Zerpa is a versatile Venezuelan singer/songwriter based in UK who has performed internationally and toured extensively throughout Europe as a solo artist and with her band Family Atlantica. At…
Maddie Morris
Maddie Morris is a contemporary folk musician who won the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2019 and has been described by Jim Moray as “leading the next generation of socially conscious songwriters.” …
Maddy Prior
Maddy Prior is an English folk singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Steeleye Span. A true legend of British music, Maddy Prior has built her career on exploring various musical avenues. Latest a…
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…
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.comMan The Lifeboats
London
Man The Lifeboats play raucous, upbeat folk music, for those who like a drink with their tunes. This London five-piece use an array of instruments to craft songs with big choruses that tell stories. …
Mark Radcliffe & David Boardman
Mark Radcliffe and David Boardman are singing, songwriting, strumming and swigging buddies from the badlands of the Cheshire Plain. Radcliffe has been on BBC national radio since the early nineties…
Márta Sebestyén
Budapest
Hungarian folk vocalist and founding member of Hungarian folk group Muzsikás. one of her songs featured in the film The English Patient. She is a UNESCO artist for peace
Martha Tilston
Martha´s interest in song started at an early age. Her father Steve Tilston, acclaimed songwriter and performer and stepmother Maggie Boyle, folk singer, had a great influence on her musically. She sp…