The Mountain Goats

The Mountain Goats are an American indie folk band formed in Claremont, California by singer-songwriter John Darnielle. The band is currently based in Durham, North Carolina.

The Mulcahy Family

Referred to by many as the ‘First Family of Irish Music’. Musical families are often the backbone of multi-generational continuity within that global community, and no musical family today is more …

The Multitude

The Murphy Beds

This acoustic duo of Eamon O’Leary and Jefferson Hamer, present traditional and original folk songs with close harmonies and deft instrumental arrangements on bouzouki, guitar, and mandolin. Folk fans…

The Murphy Sisters

The Murphy Sisters are three sisters from Mayo, Ireland. Their style of music is steeped in traditional folk, country and pop. They are well known for their sweet harmonies, original compositions, and…

The Natterjacks

Chesterfield

The Natterjacks are an indie folk trio hailing from Derbyshire, UK. Armed with a banjo, kick drum, harmonious melodies and ambient guitars they create an energetic atmosphere with sing-along choruses …

The Nest Collective

London

The Nest Collective (offspring of The Magpie’s Nest – BBC Folk Club of 2010) – has grown to become London’s place to go for discovering the amazing resurgence in music being made under the banner of ‘…

The Neverist

The New Leaves

Warrenpoint

The New Leaves, like so many contemporary music projects, emerged from the post pandemic wilderness. The band consists of four childhood friends from County Down, Northern Ireland – who blend lush, t…

The NewGrass Cutters Band

Four of the UK´s most progressive musicians come together under the banner of The NewGrass Cutters. This four-piece collaborate on bluegrass arrangements of some of the greatest songs from the past…

The Night Watch

“… a galaxy of string and wind instruments … Dexterity, subtlety, precise timing and a display of flying fingers” ~ Folk West ​ The Night Watch have been delighting audiences since 1252 with t…

The Nightjar

The Nightjar perform lo-fi post-folk, playing songs for the end of time. Originally conceived as a close-harmony vocal trio, a collaboration with South London producer Kams brought them to the atte…

The Nile Project

San Francisco

The Nile Project brings together musicians from east and north Africa to celebrate the richly diverse cultures that have flourished for centuries along the Nile River. Resonant lyres and seductive …

The No Frills Band

London

They play folk music - Veltic, Appalachian, European Usually there´s: Owen Llewellyn - mandolin, tenor banjo & spoons, Jess Cahill - melodeon, hurdy gurdy, tin whistle & singing, Han Fisher - fi…

The Nominees

London

The Nominees are a brand new righteously funky soul-fuelled four piece. Theirs is a rough edged, infectiously joyous garage (in the 60s sense), soul and rhythm & blues soaked sound, taking inspiration…

The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc is a fiddle trio from Norway, Sweden and the Shetland Islands who swiftly gained a reputation for their gripping and unique blend of fiddle music since their inception in earl…

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 Ocelots

The Ocelots are brothers Ashley and Brandon Watson from Wexford, Ireland. Building on the folk-rock essence of their debut, the duo are excited to announce the release of their second album, Everythin…

The Odd Beats

Queen of hearts Dila V puts her radiant smile to Turkish folk with a psychedelic twist. Armed with her gang of musical heavyweights, Dila has rocked parties across Europe, including the notorious He…

The Odd Folk

The band started life as The Sam Brookes Quartet, a folksy quartet with only 3 members! This aparentally allowed for the impromtu invitation of an audience member to complete the lineup much to the en…

The Often Herd

The Often Herd reach beyond what is expected of a bluegrass band, marrying the wistful sunshine harmonies of Southern California with the striking industrial allure of their North Eastern (UK) home. A…

The Old Crow Road

Driffield

Folk trio playing a mixture of English folk, Americana and the occasional surprise cover,

The Old Dance School

The Old Dance School formed in 2006 and rehearsed in the garden of the old Betty Fox School of Ballet in Birmingham, where lies the origins of their name. Three years, 30,000 miles and several trips t…

The Old Dream of Symmetry

Will Gresson loops electric guitars and field recordings, masking bird sounds under clouds of fuzz. “like an alien transmission to an abandoned world” according to Bandcloud.org

The Old Jelly Rollers

The Old Jelly Rollers are a group of seven musicians and musical educators from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, playing low-down New Oreans Jazz.

The Old Time Rags

The Old Time Rags Travelling show is an interactive show with a vaudevillian flair. Performing good time, blues, folk, roots and jazz from the turn of the century. One Man band Laurence Marshall and p…

The Oldham Tinkers

In the summer of 1965 a chance meeting between John Howarth and the brothers Larry and Gerry Kearns in the Highfield and Park pub in Waterloo Street, Oldham, saw the beginning of years of fun and musi…

the olllam

The olllam were formed in 2012 as a collaboration between legendary Belfast piper John McSherry (Lunasa, At First Light, Ulaid), fellow piper/whistler and Grammy-nominated producer Tyler Duncan (Carly…

The Once

Indie-folk trio The Once bring together their Newfoundland roots with something altogether modern. Pure, understated but never lacking in heart, the band have scooped a trio of Canadian Folk Awards, t…

The Open Secrets

The Open Secrets combine the best of modern country and old-time mountain music. Their brand of Americana will put you in mind of Ryan Adams, the Band and Gillian Welch. They write and play with an e…