The Shillings

Somerset based folk & country group with a reputation for telling stories in song and building an instant rapport with audiences. The fusion of guitar, mandolin, banjo & fiddle accompanying wonderful …

The Shires

Hertfordshire/Bedfordshire

The Shires have risen to prominence over the last two years with TV appearances on the Graham Norton Show, the BBC Music Awards, Festival appearances including Glastonbury 2015 and performances worldw…

The Silken Same

“If we’re talking about being firmly rooted between the traditional and the modern, then no-one embodies that more perfectly …. sparkles with vigour” – Nialler9 The Silken Same are Galway duo Mossy…

The Silver Ghosts

The Silver Ghosts are a London based 7 piece swing ensemble (trumpet, trombone, clarinet, banjo´, double bass, drums, vocals) performing numbers that evoke the hot, breathless and high spirited dance …

The Silver Keys

Clarinet Quartet (Eb clarinet, 2 Bb clarinets, and a Bass Clarinet). Multi-genre work fromclassical to contemporary.

The Singing Loins

The Sisterhood

The Sisterhood are an organic bled of the open melodies of classic West Coast folk and the magnetic swagger of timeless rock n’ roll, powered by Alyssa and Ruby’s soaring richly textured harmonies and…

The Skeltons

The Skeptics

The Skunk-Boy Project

Cardiff

A Solo Project, ‘The Skunk-Boy’ is Nathaniel Swettenham. In classical songwriter form, Nate is a master of his craft. A musical alchemist, he weaves words and music together with maturity beyond his…

The Skylarks

The Slimline Shufflers

The Slimline Shufflers play a New Orleans style of rhythm´n´blues pioneered by such luminaries as Professor Longhair, James Booker & Dr. John. Eric Arthur, Bristol´s finest exponent of this piano sty…

The Slocan Ramblers

The Slocan Ramblers have become widely regarded as one of the premier bluegrass bands touring in North America. Although Toronto-based, they long ago gate-crashed the US circuit with barnstorming show…

The Small Glories

Folk powerhouse pair The Small Glories are Cara Luft and JD Edwards, a dynamic new duo planted on the Canadian Prairies. These two veteran singer-songwriters have teamed up and are already building a …

The Smokin´ Pilchards

The Smokin’ Pilchards are an alternative folk-stomping shanty machine based in the UK playing sea-shanty inspired folk and blues about murder, mischief and mis-adventure. ​ The Band is made up of …

The Sneaky Fourth

The Sneaky Fourth play singing poems put to fingerpicking guitar, cello and double bass. Jimmy Lyons plays guitar and sings, and has been writing and gigging for years in bands and as a solo artist. F…

The Society of Strange & Ancient Instruments

The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments champions rare and exotic instruments from past centuries. ‘The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments has forged a reputation for being one of ou…

The Sopranistas

London

The Sopranistas is a South London based Alt-Country band led by singer-songwriter Gregory S. Rees, lead guitarist Paul A. Gilbert and backing singer and percussionist, Anne Catherine Rees. Nick Briggs…

The Sorries

Edinburgh

For nearly two decades, The Sorries have been a feature of the Scottish folk scene, breathing new life into centuries-old songs with their signature harmonies, fresh arrangements and engaging storytel…

The Southern Companion

Lymington, Dorset

The Southern Companion are a Country and Americana band from the South Coast of England. Their sound is a fusion of all the music they love,“ a sonic whirlpool where the UK and US currents meet“. They…

The Spangles Gang

The Sparrow Down

The Sparrow Down are a London based folk duet, drawing influences from old time Americana and contemporary folk musicians such as Richard Thompson, Pharis and Jason Romero, and Lau. Through the interp…

The Sparrows of Paris

Headed by Parisian jazz singer Carolyn Saint-Pé with Pete Watson on accordion, Yûr Yesli on guitar and Julia Doyle on double bass, The Sparrows of Paris transport you in time and space to Paris of the…

The Special Consensus Bluegrass Band

Formed in the Chicago area in 1975, The Special Consensus is a four-person acoustic bluegrass band with a repertoire that features traditional bluegrass standards, original compositions by band member…

The Spiers Family

Tom, Maggie and Emma Spiers sing a variety of folk songs, mainly from the north east of Scotland.

The Spiral Kings

Newcastle

The Spooky Men´s Chorale

The Spooky Men’s Chorale is a vast, rumbling, steam powered and black clad vocal behemoth, seemingly accidentally capable of rendering audiences moist eyed with mute appreciation or haplessly gurgling…

The Sporadics

The Spring Heeled Jacks

London

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