Folk Bands and Artists

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Orkestra Del Sol

The swagger of a Balkan wedding band – the riotous energy of Latin carnival... Orkestra del Sol’s explosive reinvention of global brass band music has captured imaginations, set pulses racing and l…

Orlaith (Orla) is a talented flute and whistle player from London who has won numerous All Ireland titles. In 2007 she won medals in the “Under 15” age category. In 2008 she moved up to “Under 18” and…

Orlando Seale and the Swell

ORLANDO SEALE AND THE SWELL started out as a collaboration between Orlando´s band and orchestral players from The Southbank Sinfonia. For the Sinfonians it was an opportunity to explore a very differe…

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Orleta

Polish folk dance troupe

www.orleta.co.uk

Orphean Sprig

4 piece folk group from Cambridge

Osp Eldjarn

Guildford

Ösp Eldjárn- Folk Album Of The Year 2018 Nominee, Icelandic Music Awards. Hailing from a valley in the North of Iceland, Ösp Eldjarn makes music that both reflects the folk songs of her native coun…

Other Roads

Other Roads are one of the finest contemporary folk bands to emerge in recent years. Based in the UK, they also tour regularly in the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Spain, and continue to gain popu…

Otis Gibbs

“Gibbs’ songwriting is deeply personal and profound. It’s plain to see Otis Gibbs is a man you should give a damn about.” – Rolling Stone Otis Gibbs is a songwriter, storyteller, painter, photographe…

Ottersgear

Brought to life in the summer of 2008 Ottersgear made it’s first steps in Quernmore, Lancaster, on the tip of the Trough of Bowland, as a recording project by One Chip Potato frontman Mikey Kenney.

Otto & The Mutapa Calling

London

Otto & The Mutapa Calling is a lively London based marimba band playing energetic, joyful music from Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe, including folk songs, original songs and popular southern Afri…

Oum

A Moroccan of Saharan origin, Oum immediately impresses with her remarkable combination of power and sensitivity. With her sensual voice she explores the diversity of Moroccan music that she blends wi…

GIG

Our Atlantic Roots

Our Atlantic Roots (Mac and Laura Johnston) bring an uplifting blend of American & British alt-folk, with harmonies that are rich, dynamic and unite beautifully. Their sound isn´t something you could …

Our Man In The Field

London/Saltburn

“Think Ray LaMontagne meets Foy Vance, mixed in with Joe Purdy. Honestly, we can’t recommend this guy enough.“ - Amazing Radio. “Love your Work“ - Tom Robinson BBC 6music. “Modern words to a vin…

www.ourmaninthefieldmusic.com

Our Mother The Mountain

A collective of musicians

Ourania Lampropoulou

Ourania Lampropoulou is an astonishing virtuoso of greek santur and one of the most many-sided musician of her generation. Being a leading figure of her instrument since she was very young, she contin…

Out-Take Ensemble

OUT-TAKE Ensemble was formed in 2016 at the University of Southampton. Taking its name from the work by experimental composer Christian Wolff, the group was formed from a collection of performers and …

Outlaw Country

Outlaw Country celebrate the songs of some of the most iconic singer-songwriters in Americana and American Folk/Roots Music. Expect to hear songs by Johnny Cash, John Prine, Patsy Cline, Willie…

Outlaw Sisters

GIG

Over the Moon

Acoustic Roots Duo featuring Suzanne Levesque and Craig Bignell, award winning vocal and multi instrumentalists.

Over The Rhine

For more than twenty years husband and wife duo Over The Rhine have been crafting evocative, earthy songs and delivering them to their intensely loyal fans with a torchy, devil-may-care beauty. Wit…

Owen Duff

Owen Duff is an independent singer-songwriter and videomaker, adrift in east-east-London. He has been making music since the age of five and now writes, performs and produces his own songs. He plays p…

Owen Paul

Glasgow

The One and Only Owen Paul is best known as the Scottish singer and co-writer of the 1986 number 3 hit My Favourite Waste of Time. Since then he has run a successful West End theatre in Leicester Squa…

Owen Ralph

London

A classically trained composer but a folk fiddle player at heart, Owen has never been content with doing one thing at a time. Aside from being one half of flute/guitar duo Abi & Owen, Owen also hea…

Owen Spafford

Owen Spafford- Equally at home in a traditional session as he is in a free improvisation workshop, Spafford´s understanding of the oral tradition and love for vernacular music from around the world en…

Owen Spafford & Louis Campbell

Owen Spafford (Cosmo Sheldrake, Don’t Feed the Peacocks) and Louis Campbell (Sam Sweeney, Solo) met as teenagers, as part of the first cohort of the National Youth Folk Ensemble. Since forming the…

Owl Light Trio

Oxford

Instrumental trio: Jane Griffiths - Fiddle Colin Fletcher - Guitar Jim Penny - Concertina

Owl Parliament Choir

London

Owl Parliament is a young acapella choir based in South London. The group’s repertoire spans widely across musical genres, bringing both intricacy and purity to songs from seventies disco, thirties sw…

Oysterband

Oysterband make a modern, folk-based British music, acoustic at heart, sometimes intense, sometimes rocking. Since 1978 they´ve toured in 35 countries - festivals, concerts, bars, rallies, jails, br…

Oysters 3

Oysterband from a different angle… By popular demand, Oysters 3 take to the road again. John Jones, Alan Prosser and Ian Telfer, the three founder members and creative heart of folk-rock legends O…