Folk Bands and Artists with Gigs in Rest of the UK
The Leisure Society
Brighton
We self-released our first single The Last of the Melting Snow in December 2008, swiftly followed by our debut album The Sleeper. It was named a Rough Trade Album of the Year, and iTunes Singer Songwr…
The Longest Johns
Bristol
The Longest Johns are a Bristol based, a capella folk music band, born out of a mutual love of traditional folk songs and shanties. They rock maritime songs alongside the more unusual and less traditi…
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 …
The Magpies
London (Islington)
They’re a breath of fresh air peddling engaging, bright and breezy transatlantic folk and making it seem as easy as breathing. All under 30, The Magpies are one of the most exciting acts on the roo…
The Manfreds
Key members of the 1960’s Manfred Mann line-up re-formed as The Manfreds in 1991 following what turned out to be a very successful and enjoyable reunion for Tom McGuinness’ 50th birthday celebration. …
The Norfolk Broads
The Norfolk Broads are a 4-piece female ensemble who enjoy singing low-pitched folk songs about love, despair and dastardly boyfriends. Born in Norfolk, formed in Cornwall, they live and sing in Londo…
The PHillbilly OMB
Suffolk
Cigar box guitar playing, foot stomping, dirty, lo-fi, hillbilly skiffle, from the depths of Suffolk UK via the marshes of the Essex dengie delta
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 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 Rheingans Sisters
Sheffield
Nominated for ´Best Band´ at the 2019 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, The Rheingans Sisters are one of the most visionary acts on the British folk scene today. Creating playful, muscular and richly connec…
The Shackleton Trio
Norfolk
The Shackleton Trio (formerly The Georgia Shackleton Trio) features fiddle player Georgia Shackleton alongside guitarist Aaren Bennett and mandolinist Nic Zuppardi. Together they play an exciting blen…
www.shackletontrio.co.ukTom Kitching
In a successful ten year career, Tom has worked with numerous singers and bands, including Pilgrims´ Way, Gavin Davenport, Jon Loomes, Gren Bartley, and Albireo. He has tutored at Folkworks Summer Sch…
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…
Tony McManus and Julia Toaspern
Tony McManus is the leading celtic guitarist worldwide and has just been listed as one of the 50 transcendental guitarists of all time by Guitar Player Magazine. While Tony is known as a soloist his f…
Track Dogs
Madrid
“Superior Americana…joyous stuff” Hot Press, Ireland The band takes its name from the maintenance teams working the subway tracks in New York City. These teams have to look out for each other and …
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer
Essex
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer effortlessly blend traditional material with contemporary sounds. Their performances showcase new interpretations of old songs alongside original self penned tunes and new cont…
Will Page
Well known as the fiddle playing front man of Americana band, Noble Jacks, Will Page is a folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Sussex. Inspired from a young age after seeing Fairport …
Willy Tea Taylor
Oakdale
“If you asked me point blank who I thought was the best songwriter of our generation regardless of genre, scene, commercial or critical success, I would tell you without hesitation that it is Willy “T…
www.willyteataylor.comWithered Hand
Over the past few years Withered Hand – aka Edinburgh DIY folk-rock troubadour Dan Willson – has released an outstanding debut album, Good News, seen several of his songs picked up on MTV and cult ser…