Folk Bands and Artists
Old Hat Jazz
Old Hat Jazz play swinging favourites and rarities from the 1920s and ’30s. The 7 strong line-up is a return to the quintessential sound of early jazz from New Orleans. With a youthful vitality and pl…
www.oldhatjazz.co.uk
Old Man Boom
Ely
Old Man Boom is a banjo wielding singer-songwriter based in Cambridgeshire, delivering an array of songs about the darker side of life, murderers, monsters, and the Devil. His brand of alt country/mur…
Old Man Luedecke
Old Man Luedecke, is one of Canada’s best loved and most intriguing roots singer-songwriters. “An original, he is a musical singularity to be savoured and shared”, says the Vancouver Folk Festival. Hi…
www.oldmanluedecke.ca
Old Salt
Ghent
Old Salt are an award-wining international Americana band based out of Ghent, Belgium, performing original and traditional music since 2013. The band´s international lineup give it a rich heritage of …
www.oldsalt.us
Old Sea Legs
Crawling with vivid imagery and colourful characters, a timeless tangle of tongue-twisting, brain-burrowing lyrics that can swing from a breathless barrage to a lilting lament – at times without a mom…
Old Spot
Sheffield
Joe Danks & Rowan Piggott were introduced in 2021 and bonded over a shared passion for Old-Time Appalachian music. An initial campsite session turned into living room jams, sharing lifts to sessions a…
OldBoy of the Fens
Lincolnshire
OldBoy Of The Fens have an affinity with the dark. Conjuring comparisons with Cash, Cave, Cohen and Waits. Ascribed to no particular genre; dark roots, gothic country, folk noir and acoustic sadcore h…
Ole Kirkeng
If you were lucky enough to see Courntey Marie Andrews on tour in the UK last year, you may well have caught Ole Kirkeng´s stunning support sets. Norwegian New Yorker Ole writes exactly the sort of br…
Olga Glazova
Pskov
Winner of over 30 international and national folk music competitions, twice nominated for S. Kuryokhin award in the field of contemporary art – “Ethnomechanica – the best world music project“ - Olga G…
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Drawing together contemporary urban culture, deep folk memory and Soviet experiences, Oligarkh´s music erases the borders between high and popular culture, ancient and modern. Oligarkh´s live gigs are…
Olive Haigh
Bristol
Olive Haigh is a Bristol-based singer-songwriter and auto-harpist. Her hauntingly powerful music is beguiling, arresting and completely unique.
Oliver Darling
The Dirty Robbers front man Oliver Darling! Oliver has been playing guitar for around 20 years, and performing and touring for 15 years. Preferring the more subtle than obvious styles/artists in music…
Oliver Darling and Rollo Markee
London
Oliver Darling and Rollo Markee play Country/Folk Blues and Americana expect covers and originals influenced by artists such as Big Bill Broonzy and Sam Chatmon. Oliver Darling has built a care…
Oliver Hoare
“Oliver’s songs are delicious expressionist anthems simultaneously lamenting and delighting in this mortal coil…never pretentious but always engaging. His blistering torch singer’s voice and vibing ar…
Oliver Knight & Marry Waterson
MARRY WATERSON & OLIVER KNIGHT The children of the luminous singing talent, Lal Waterson and George Knight, Maria and Oliver were born in Yorkshire and both have long since made their respective homes…
Olivia Awbrey
Since self-releasing her debut studio EP, Fight or Fight (2017), Olivia Awbrey has has made a home for herself in the folk-punk and psych-rock communities in the Pacific Northwest and England. Unafrai…
Olivia Chaney
Olivia’s voice is subtle and virtuosic, carrying listeners delicately into powerful emotions. Accompanying herself on guitar, Indian harmonium, and piano, Olivia reaches back to British folk songs, an…
Olivia Fern
Olivia possesses a rare voice that can ‘summon tears of beauty’ (Ayla Nereo). With a quality of the liminal to them, her melodies and lyrics evoke a sense of the unseen yet tangible depth and beauty w…
Olivia Graham
York
York-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Olivia Graham offers a contemporary take on the time-honoured role of the traditional Celtic Bard. With one foot firmly in traditional music and …
Olivia Ter-Berg
Olivia Ter-Berg is a singer and harpist from East London. In 2016, Olivia was discovered by BBC Introducing presenter Jericho Keys whlist busking in York’s City Centre and since then has frequently pe…
Ollie Dixon
Exeter
From regularly performing live across the South, South West including headlining for Sofar Sounds and playing a number of the U.K. festivals (inc. Boardmasters, Between The Trees & Oceanfest), Ollie D…
Ollie King
Described by Andy Cutting as “one of the finest… up and coming young melodeon players in England”, Ollie King pushes the boundaries and expectations of the humble squeezebox. Firmly rooted in the Engl…
Ollie West & The Wildflowers
The music of Manchester based pianist Ollie West has shifted dramatically over the years. Ollie’s passion for writing has seen his music explore jazz, folk, pop, rock, prog and even classical music to…
Olly Chalk Trio
Birmingham based Olly Chalk is one the most forward-thinking and engaging young improvisers in jazz today. His trio (ft. Sam Ingvorsen on bass and Gwilym Jones on drums) are focused on intertwining Ol…
Olov Johansson
Many regard Olov Johannson as Sweden´s greatest craftsman on the nyckelharpa. With his brilliant solo playing and as a member of the group Väsen, he has been largely responsible for the explosion of n…
Ol´ Savannah
Ol´ Savannah are a Montreal-based folk/roots band founded by Speedy Johnson and Bartleby J. Budde. The two began writing songs together in 2009, influenced by blues artists, such as Mississippi Fred M…
Omam Dawn
Singer-songwriter (OMAM) Amy Dawn has performed shows in the UK, Egypt and the Netherlands. In June 2023, she was listed as one of the five best acts to see live by London music venue Morocco Bound Bo…
