Folk Bands and Artists
Alligator Gumbo
Based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, since forming in 2011, Alligator Gumbo have played extensively around the country to rave review, from rowdy bars to some of the UK’s most prestigious jazz festivals. T…
Allison de Groot
Allison de Groot combines love for traditional music, technical skill and a creative approach to the banjo forming her own sound – unique and full of personality. Her collaborations with Bruce Molsky…
Allison Sleator
London
Allison Sleator is a contemporary and folk singer. She has performed and collaborated with legendary figures such as Ireland’s well-known producer, composer and renowned bouzouki player, Donal Lunny, …
Alluri
Born and raised in Hyderabad, London based Alluri’s latest cut Evari Kosam (For Who’s Sake) is a flawless demonstration of how the music world is a universal sphere, existing only in the cultural blen…
Ally Forsyth
Glasgow
Originally from a classical background, Ally Forsyth has now blurred the lines to create an unusual folk, blues and rock style, with find songs and tunes rooted in folk music; some could almost pass a…
Alma Fiddles
London
Alma brings together award winning fiddlers John Dipper (English Acoustic Collective) and Emily Askew (Askew Sisters) with guitarist and tambura player Adrian Lever (Arhai). Inspired by fiddle trad…
Alma Gitana
Alma Gitana are ablaze on the Flamenco and World Music scene, playing their beloved music with speed, power and grace, raw and captivating flamenco guitar, soulful vocals and dancing setting London al…
Alostmen
Accra
The amazing Alostmen will travel all the way from Ghana especially for this event! Their music is based around the Frafra traditions of the kologo, a stringed lute, using traditional instrumentation i…
Alright Gandhi
Berlin
Alright Gandhi formed in Berlin 2014, a place where people come to from all over the world to do whatever they feel like and nobody minds. Kalle Enkelmann (DE), Pietro Fornara (IT) and Rosa Gerhards…
Altan
No Irish traditional band in the last dozen years has had a wider impact on audiences and music lovers throughout the world than Altan. With their exquisitely produced award-winning recordings, rangi…
Alton Wahlberg
An acoustic singer songwriter with over a decade of experience of performing to audiences around the country. Alton Wahlberg has a unique indie/folk style with raw brutally honest lyrics that regularl…
Alvin Youngblood Hart
Oakland, California
Alvin Youngblood Hart’s Muscle Theory is a live explosion of roots rock that is a test of time in the world of music. He creates a blurred line of Blues, Roots, Country and Rock music that has been en…
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…
Alx Green
Alx Green is a singer-songwriter from Chester in the North West of England. Seamlessly fusing modern folk music with dynamic vocals, invigorating melodies and percussive finger-tapping his songs have …
Alxndr London
The enigmatic and intriguing artist Alxndr London returns with new EP 2023. Effortlessly blending soul, r&b and electronic music whilst subverting it into something completely his own. This marks his …
Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham
Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham have toured together since 1988 to packed concert halls all over the world. They recorded their first album The Pearl in 1994 and followed it with many more highly acclaim…
philandaly.comAlya 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…
Ama Bazar
Ama Bazar is a collective of highly diverse musicians based primarily in London. Their repertoire focuses in particular on folk dance, from many corners of the world, from klezmer to flamenco, tango …
Amadis and The Ambassadors
"Amadis and The Ambassadors" are a musical group who came together in London, by coercion through front man Amadis Ferreira; cooking up blend of music with flavours of Afro, Funk, Reggae and Soul on t…
Amadou & Mariam
Hailing from Mali, Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia first met as children at Mali’s Institute for the Young Blind—both lost their vision at an early age. It was here that they began performing in th…
Amadou Diagne
Amadou Diagne is a musician who has the traditions of West Africa at his fingertips, not least from his years as a key member of the legendary Youssou N´Dour´s band. Amadou comes from a Griot family …
Amadou Diagne & Group Yakar
Senegalese multi instrumentalist, singer and songwriter Amadou Diagne and his UK based band Group Yakar have been developing a style that is uniquely their own. It is music that is hard to define, fro…
Amalgama
Amalgama was founded in 2015 and consists of three diverse Greek musicians, George Tsolakis (vocals and guitar), Georgios Angelopoulos (bouzouki, guitar, Cretan lute, baglama, vocals), and Konstanti…
Amanda Agnew
Bangor
AMANDA AGNEW A member of NSAI and Irish songwriters Guild, now signed to Resonance music licensing.... Amanda Agnew has been writing and performing her original material since 2011. She has performe…
Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters
Their music has been described as Appalachian honky tonk, and being from the mountains of North Carolina, that’s maybe as close as it gets. But, The Honeycutters have a richer depth of character than …
Amanda MacLean
Amanda´s songs range across: haunting traditional ballads, wry Glaswegian humour, and self-penned material rooted in tradition. Expect rousing choruses...
Amanda Rheaume
AMANDA RHEAUME posseses a powerful, slightly gritty voice and an ear for catchy melodies and instantly-accessible roots-pop arrangements. She won a 2014 Canadian Folk Music Award for Aboriginal Songwr…
