Folk Bands and Artists
Kirsty Bromley
Kirsty Bromley is a singer of songs of social justice, traditional songs and songs from the heart. Her voice is effortless yet stirring, at times ethereal but always earthy and with strong roots. Musi…
Kirsty Law
Edinburgh
Kirsty Law is an innovative young vocalist and song-maker based in Edinburgh. The mainstay of Law’s musical education came from learning traditional ballads and Scots folk songs. Today she draws on…
Kirsty McGee
Kirsty McGee has created a unique songbook, drawing on old vinyl blues, gospel, ’30s jazz, Brechtian ballads and Brill Building sensibilities…. An innate curiousity, a DIY ethic and an abiding love of…
www.kirstymcgee.comKirsty 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…
Kirsty Money
Coming from Canada, Kirsty is a violinist in Symphony Nova Scotia. Since taking up the nyckelharpa Kirsty has studied intensely and through grants from the Canada Council and Arts Nova Scotia she has …
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
London
Lilac Sheer’s female ensemble presents modern acoustic renditions of loved 60´s American folk classics from: Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, The Byrds, The Weavers, Pet…
Kit Downes
Kit Downes is a BBC Jazz Award and British Jazz Award winning, Mercury Music Award nominated, solo recording artist for ECM Records. He has toured the world with artists such as Squarepusher, Thomas S…
Kit Hillbillies
Old-timey, good-timey bluegrass. With rousing vocal harmonies that smuggle in some darkly humorous local references. Instrumental tasting notes: Banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, double bass. Vigorous…
Kit Trigg
Kit and Nic began their band in a garage in Farnham, South West England. Their main influences musically and artistically stem from the Blues, 1970´s LA punk music, The Palm Desert stoner scene and He…
Kitchen Drinkers
Formed after a completely random (as the kids say) meeting in pub between Mike & Sally and slightly tipsy discussion on harmony singing, The Kitchen Drinkers combine beautiful close harmony with class…
Kitchman / Schmidt
London
James Kitchman (UK) and Sylvia Schmidt (DE) are a guitar-vocal duo whose original sound embraces the dynamic tension between forces of preservation and transformation. Two compelling musicians drawn t…
Kitewing
Soaring harmonies and roaring strings. A Norfolk folk supergroup, a coming together of The Shackleton Trio and Christina Alden & Alex Patterson.
Kitty Finer
London
Kitty Finer has a sometime shadowy ghost car of a sound, speeding down desolate valleys of your mind in the dead of night with all the wires loose and a simmering Gothic touch. And that’s just one bow…
Kitty Macfarlane
Kitty Macfarlane has a singing voice that stops you in your tracks and draws you in right from the start. Her flawless voice is accompanied by her beautifully fingerpicked guitar. She was one of those…
www.kittymacfarlane.comKitty O´Neal
Kitty O’Neal is a singer-songwriter from the U.K. In 2018 Kitty released debut album “Giving in to You”, receiving critical acclaim from BBC Introducing and attracting venues in the South of England w…
Klak Tik
On 14 June 2010 Klak Tik releases their debut album on Safety First Records via Cadiz/ Universal Music. Creating genre-dodging alternative/orchestral/experimental folk, Klak Tik is the brainchild of 6…
Klezmer Klub
London
The Klezmer Klub have been playing freylekhs, bulgars, horas, hongas, sers and other eastern European dance tunes since 1989. Although the dances and songs came out of poverty and oppression, they con…
Klezmer-ish
Liverpool
Meet Klezmer-ish, four incredibly outward-looking classically trained musicians who met whilst playing with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. From rip-roaring klezmer and dynamic tango to th…
Klezmozarts
The Klezmozarts present an entertaining Klezmer show, full of musical and verbal humour- authentic Klezmer and lots of popular music adapted to Klezmer. With virtuoso Clarinet player Oleg Lapidus and …
Kneytsh
London
Brixton based instrumental quartet Kneytsh have evolved a singular, unpretentious and gleefully non purist approach to playing music from all over the place since their formation a few years back. A K…
Knight & Spiers
In the summer of 2016, the organisers of FolkEast Festival had the grand idea of pairing Peter and melodeon player extraordinaire, John Spiers (ex-Bellowhead) for a special ´one off´ concert at that…
Knud Stuwe
Bristol
Knud Stűwe is a composer guitarist and oud player who lives in Bristol. He draws inspiration from a wide range of influences such as Jazz, Middle Eastern music, Tango and the Classical repertoire. H…
Kodjovi & The Afrospot Session
Kodjovi Kush is all about the joyous sounds of Highlife, the indigenous, authentic dance music of West Africa, African music ambassador extraordinaire. His unique style of Agbajazz, is a creation f…
