Folk Bands and Artists

Velvet Engine
Northampton
Velvet Engine, the brainchild of Latina Northamptonian San-D Godoy, “Yearning Pop Folk, with a sprightly but reflective soul”. Counting Laura Marling, Neil Young, & Daughter amongst her many influe…

Venika Hartlyn
Coming all the way from a small village in Czechia, the songwriter Venika Hartlyn brings stories that map all the beauties she met on her many journeys. Uplifting messages of love and gentleness, her …
Vera van Heeringen
Vera is originally from Holland, but now settled in the hills of northern Powys, Wales. She is well known for her big guitar sound and has worked on the acoustic music scene in Europe for the las…
www.veravanheeringen.com
Verdisa
Receiving plaudits from the likes of BBC Radio 2, Verdisa (formerly known as Sam Evans Band) were just simply born to play music. Mixing meaningful, thought-provoking and positive lyrics with a reggae…

Vervain
Vervain are a Celtic Folk band from the UK mixing traditional tunes and original songs. They create a diverse mix of the old and the new in an exciting and modern way.This West Country sextet bring to…
Vesevo
Naples
Vesevo is the old name for Mount Vesuvius, the still-active volcano that dominates the Naples skyline. It is also the name of a trio who have come together to re-interpret southern Italian musical tra…

Vesterveg
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
A product of student exchanges between Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and Norway, Vesterveg were brought together into an unlikely musical partnership across the North Sea. Their music seamlessly blends original…

Vetiver
Vetiver was formed in San Francisco in 2002. The band released their self-titled debut album in 2004 on the small indie folk label DiCristina.

Vic Allen
Entering the top 5 in the iTunes UK Country Chart with her two most recent singles “Keeping Me Up” and “Talk”, Vic Allen blends an acoustic-driven sound with strong influences from modern country musi…
Vic Lennard
Vic Lennard managed to make a career from the odd combination of music, maths and journalism. Music Handling most styles from folk to funk and heavy rock, he´s spent the past 40 years playi…

VICE Quintet
VICE is a new band based in South London. Ben Vize, Saxophone /// Dylan Jones, Trumpet Daniele Diodato, Guitar /// Benjamin Crane, Bass Charlie Hutchinson, Drums VICE met at Trinity Laban …

Vicki Burke
Vicki began her career as a saxophonist and music teacher. After 20 years she began to expand her ideas about music and began working with sound healing. In 2001 she began writing songs and in 2003 sh…
Vicki Swan
Vicki Swan graduated from the Royal College of Music on double bass, specialising in performance. Well known on the British folk scene she is a full time folk musician performing on nyckelharpa, bagpi…

Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer
Essex
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer effortlessly blend traditional material with contemporary sounds. Their performances showcase new interpretations of old songs alongside original self penned tunes and new cont…

Vicky Sometani
London
Vicky Sometani is a London based American singer songwriter. Possessed of a stunning soul vice, her roots songs blend soul, jazz, blues and folk to startling effect.
Victor Menace
Sporting an undeniable all-star cast, led by Fiddle and Soprano Sax, and backed by Guitars, Bass, and Drums - it´s chair smashing, pint glass throwing, tipsy gyspy mayhem of the highest order!

Victor Vox
Victor Vox is a London based performer and songwriter playing a sophisticated mix of blues, rock and folk music, soulfully blending his background in world music with his passion for storytelling. …
Victor Wainwright & The Wildroots
Memphis
Power-house blues, Memphis soul, and roots rock’n’roll. Featuring the high-octane boogie piano and big soul sounds of vocalist and blues man Victor Wainwright, backed by one of the tightest smokin’ ba…
Victoria Hume
Victoria Hume was born in Brighton, raised in Dorset, studied in Oxford and spent several years living and working in London before relocating to Johannesburg in 2014. She self-released her debut albu…

Victòria Vilalta
London
Victòria Vilalta is a Catalan singer-songwriter and producer who creates self-written and self-produced tracks spanning the indie, folk and experimental genres. Her music has a raw and natural charact…
www.victoriavilaltamusic.com/music
Vieux Farka Touré
Often referred to as ´The Hendrix of the Sahara´, Vieux Farka Touré is one of the greatest living exponents of guitar Desert Blues Hailing from Niafunké, Mali, he is the son the late Malian guitar …
Vik
Herts based duo Jess Distill and Nick Losse play folkgaze sounds with guitar, dulcimer and pedals.

Vikki Clayton
Vikki Clayton has had a long career in folk music, having collaborated with Fairport Convention and many others. With a beautiful voice that has been likened to Sandy Denny and a great skill as a song…

Villagers
Dublin
Award-winning Dublin band Villagers, led by Conor O’Brien, have captivated audiences with poetic lyrics and lush arrangements since their Mercury-nominated debut Becoming a Jackal (2010). Their third …
Vimala Rowe
Vimala sings soulful songs from the 30’s and 40’s – Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, with a modern vibe of appreciation and a couple of originals too… “A wonderful singer with a passionate delivery …

Vince Freeman
Cheltenham
Singer songwriter and a multi award winning musician, Vince Freeman effortlessly bridges a multitude of genres. Debut album ‘ Scars, Ghosts & Glory’ out now.
www.vincefreeman.com

