BrainCan - folk music

buffy sainte marie my music is much more diverse...

The folk singer and activist on touring with Morrissey,her CIA files and her unique appeal after 50...

buffy sainte marie: my music is much more diverse...

The folk singer and activist on touring with Morrissey,her CIA files and her unique appeal after 50...

Buffy Sainte Marie: ‘My music is much more...

The folk singer and activist on touring with Morrissey,her CIA files and her unique appeal after 50...

Cambridge folk festival review – Rhiannon...

Cherry Hinton corridor,Cambridge[br]Giddens was the revelation at an entertaining but curious event...

beth orton review - husky murmurs and scuffed...

Attenborough Centre,BrightonOrton may seem as reticent as ever, but her songs about motherhood note...

martin carthy and john kirkpatrick review - folk...

Cecil Sharp House,LondonThe squeezebox star and veteran guitar hero showed their ease with each...

the best albums of 2017, no 10: richard dawson -...

The Newcastle singer-songwriter’s avant-folk stories of a troubled medieval age occupy striking...

cambridge folk festival review rhiannon giddens...

Cherry Hinton corridor,CambridgeGiddens was the revelation at an entertaining but curious event that...

james robertsons pilgrimer: joni mitchell offered...

The poet and novelist talks about his painstaking reimagining of Mitchell’s 1976 album Hejira in...

imagining ireland review - remembering in song the...

Royal Festival corridor,LondonPowerful performances from singers including Kevin Rowland and Cáit...

lynched review - most convincing folk band to come...

House concert,EdinburghWith zero frills and raw intensity, the folk miscreants delivered a...

kris drever review - striking solo turn from...

Green Note,LondonThe Lau guitarist goes it alone on an engaging and intimate acoustic tour of his...

michael chapman: the man who connects elton,...

This cult guitar great’s career stretches from smoking joints with Drake to inspiring Thurston...

cult heroes: neutral milk hotel - alt rock enigmas...

Their 1998 album In the Aeroplane Over the Sea,informed everyone from Arcade Fire to Beirut. So why...

loudon wainwright iii: i wrote a song about donald...

The veteran troubadour is still on the road and using his songwriting to discuss the issues of the...

josienne clarke and ben walker review - elegant...

St Pancras Old Church,LondonThe funny and impressive Clarke did her heroine Sandy Denny full justice...

van morrison, protest and pipes: belfast embraces...

The tentatively political ceremony saw artists avoiding Brexit and borders,instead making subtle...

the shee review - folk six piece deliver a classy...

Kings Place,LondonPowerhouse band of female instrumentalists celebrated their 10th birthday with...

stick in the wheel: from here review - folk...

(Stick in the Wheel) much folk songs survive because they inform strong stories that are relevant to...

jim causley review - spearheading the west country...

Cecil Sharp House,LondonWhether on traditional songs or his own sturdy local-history compositions,...

roy harris obituary

Folk singer who founded popular clubs in Cardiff and NottinghamIn the 1960s and 70s,the guitar was...

gurrumul the gospel album review an exquisite...

(Skinnyfish Music) The first new studio album in nearly four years from the massively...

this is the kit: moonshine freeze review - sweet,...

(Rough Trade)Rough Trade’s indie-folk moment continues to eddy languorously in 2017. After signing...

folkeast review - unpretentious fun in the suffolk...

Little Glemham,SuffolkBlowzabella and Sam Kelly contributed energetic headline sets to a low-key...

offa rex: queen of hearts review - folk rock thats...

(Nonesuch) As band-building chat-up lines go,“We’ll be your Albion Dance Band” is certainly...

roy harper review - folk singer swallows his anger...

Royal Festival corridor,LondonThe veteran musician’s fingerpicking guitar work and acrobatic...

rachel newton: here s my heart come take it review...

(Shadowside)Rachel Newton specialises in creating atmospheric new settings for songs that are for...

ron pope and the nighthawks review - vast and...

O2 ABC,GlasgowThe biblically long-haired and bearded bandleader dishes out pristine group harmonies...

cult heroes: jake thackray was the great...

He was a staple of light entertainment TV shows in the late 60s,but there was a clever and...

steve tilston truth to tell review classy...

(Hubris/Proper) Related: How a letter from John Lennon to folk singer Steve Tilston inspired the...

bush gothic: the natural selection australian...

(Fydle)Jenny M Thomas describes her band’s music as “darker,stranger Australian folk”. She...

ryley walker review - a troubadour who plays the...

Zephyr Lounge,Leamington SpaChicagos feted singer-songwriter combines shiver-inducing musical...

john jones: never stop moving review - energetic...

(Westpark) Best known as the singer with folk-rockers Oysterband,John Jones also has a solo career,...

josienne clarke and ben walker: overnight review -...

(Rough Trade)Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker specialise in melancholy,and the move to a recent record...

faun fables: born of the sun review - rustic folk...

(Drag City)Faun Fables is the long-running project of Dawn McCarthy; since 1999 it has been a...

eliza carthy, karine polwart and others: songs of...

(Navigator)The Scottish Independence referendum inspired the folk scene’s latest concept...

the duhks review - summer festival bookers take...

Cecil Sharp House,LondonLed by Canadian banjo maestro Leonard Podolak, the folk fusion band are...

kate rusby: the frost is all over review -...

(Pure) Kate Rusby remains Britain’s most celebrated female folk singer in part because she has...

wildwood kin: turning tides review - ear pleasing...

Silvertone“Anglo/Americana” they call it,this punch of diluted flavours: a teeny bit folky, a...

flit review - brown paper, bonhomie and musical...

Barbican,London Martin Greens innovative project approximately human migration mixes folk music with...

ruth theodore: cactacus review - skills and...

(Aveline)Granted the ragtime and folk-blues influences in Ruth Theodore’s quirky,highly original...

luke daniels: revolve rotate review - modern...

(Gael)Luke Daniels is a composer and multi-instrumentalist who has appeared on film soundtracks and...

9bach review - charm and fragile beauty from the...

Komedia,BrightonThe ambitious and versatile folk band win the audience over after a difficult startA...

phillip henry hannah martin review - classy...

Kings Place,LondonThe folk duo unveiled a fresh band for an entertaining album showcase that...

the spooky men s chorale - silly, thoughtful and...

Islington Assembly Hall,LondonThe 16-man Australian choir mix deadpan comedy with sophisticated a...

marry waterson and david a jaycock review -...

Kings spot,London The singer and guitarist showcase their award-nominated unique album and find time...

carrie rodriguez and the sacred hearts: lola...

(Luz Records/Thirty Tigers)Carrie Rodriguez is a Texan singer-songwriter and violinist whose...

jim moray tom moore review - elegance, tradition...

Cecil Sharp House,LondonSampling material from his modern album, Jim Moray was on confident and...

phillip henry hannah martin: watershed review -...

(Dragonfly Roots) Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin started out as buskers and went on to win best duo...

carter kerr joseph o connor: sweet liberties...

(Quercus)final year was the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta,and the House of Commons joined...

mendrugo: more amor review - an engaging mix of...

(Fire)Victor Herrero is a Spanish singer,classical guitarist and pianist whose interests have ranged...

the supergroup defying folk wisdom

What do you rep if you cross a guitar,a Swedish harp and a 43-stringed sarangi? Lamb’s Jon Thorne,...

lynched: the irish folk stars who are more punk...

Not long ago they were touring squats for stew and beer. Now Burt Bacharach and the Sleaford Mods...

moddi: unsongs review - banned songs from around...

(Propellor Recordings)Moddi is a Norwegian singer-songwriter who had an excellent idea for a concept...

harp and a monkey: war stories review - another...

(MoonrakerUK)Here’s another British folk concept album dealing with the first world war,this one...

steeleye span review - class and adventure from...

Cadogan Hall,LondonFrom glorious a cappella harmonies to stomping folk-rock, Steeleye combined the...

vesevo: vesevo review - traditional neapolitan...

(Agualoca/Proper)There’s already a rousing folk scene in southern Italy,thanks to bands such as...

sarah hayes: woven review - fresh songs of lost...

(unique Voices)Sarah Hayes was commissioned to write this inventive concept work for Celtic...

katy carr: polonia review - grand, upbeat melodies...

(Deluce Recording)Katy Carr’s final album,Paszport, wasone of the most original albums of 2012,...

the spooky men s chorale warm review harmony song...

(Spooky/Roots)Currently on a tour of UK festivals and concert halls,the Spooky Men’s Chorale are...

kristi stassinopoulou stathis kalyviotis: nyn...

(Riverboat)Four years ago,with the Greekadelia album, Kristi Stassinopoulou and Stathis Kalyviotis...

maarja nuut: une meeles review - startling,...

(maarjanuut.com)Maarja Nuut is a fiddle player and singer from Estonia who uses technology to rework...

rhiannon giddens and unthanks take top honours in...

Event showcases dynamic fresh wave of folk musicians,while honouring lifetime achievements of Norma...

speaking the same language - with song

From Curragh of Kildare to Last Boat Leaving … Irish singer and actor Camille O’Sullivan on a...

niteworks review - willing to take chances

Comann Music would be in danger of sounding too like other Skye albums,but vocals and electronic...

yorkston thorne khan review - freewheeling cross...

Tron theatre,GlasgowJokes and intriguing sonic mashups occur from the teaming of Scots folk musician...

judy dyble: anthology part one review - fine...

(Earth)Judy Dyble could hardly be described as a major success,but she has had a colourful career....

lady maisery: cycle review - ease, sophistication...

(RootBeat Records)Lady Maisery (above) create some of the most exquisite,thrilling vocal harmony...

billie marten: writing of blues and yellows review...

(Chess Club)The low-key,beautifully arranged indie-folk of Yorkshire 17-year-old Isabella...

semer ensemble: rescued treasure review - a...

(Piranha)The Semer label,run by a fearless Lithuanian bookstore owner called Hirsch Lewin,...

the east pointers: secret victory review - smart,...

(East Pointers)The East Pointers are a trio from Prince Edward Island,on Canada’s east coast, who...

rab noakes: i m walkin here review - effortlessly...

(Neon) Rab Noakes is unique. He’s a Scottish singer-songwriter,guitarist and music historian who...

ghazalaw: ghazalaw review - easygoing settings for...

(Marvels of the Universe) Two years on from a remarkable collaboration between Welsh harpist Catrin...

hannah james: jigdoll review - folk and foot...

(Rootbeat) Hannah James is best known on the British folk scene as a member of Lady Maisery and for...

trail west: rescattermastered review - intriguing...

(Tyree)Trail West are an intriguing young band from the Hebrides. They may sound like Americana...

brigid mae power: brigid mae power review - so...

(Tompkins Square)We don’t know what multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Brigid Mae Power has...

songs of separation review - joyous and stirring

Mitchell theatre,Glasgow[br]Ten of folk’s finest female performers sing songs ‘not really...

maxine peake: real voices, real lives the...

He thought albums were a self-indulgence and said his favourite songwriter was ‘Anon’. Actor...

grup yorum: the jailed band turkey cant silence

Pop’s never been short of groups claiming to be rebels,but Grup Yorum are the genuine thing....

will stratton: rosewood almanac review - lost...

(Bella Union)This is the sound of lost summers,dangling one foot in the waters where Midlake and...

chaim tannenbaum: chaim tannenbaum review - at 68,...

(StorySound Records/Proper)Chaim Tannenbaum is a US academic who spent nearly 35 years teaching...

marry waterson david a jaycock: two wolves...

(One Little Indian)Marry Waterson is part of a remarkable musical dynasty. Her mum was the inventive...

keston cobblers club review - stomping anthems...

Scala,LondonThe Kent five-piece bring their cheerful folk-pop fusion and slick vocals to a...

rachel sermanni tied to the moon review richer...

(Middle of Nowhere Recordings)Rachel Sermanni,at the age of just 23, is quietly proving herself to...

the shee: continuum review - folk greats team up...

(Shee)This all-female British folk group celebrate their 10th anniversary in impressive style. Each...

le vent du nord review - jokes and joie de vivre...

Cecil Sharp House,LondonThe celebrated Québécois quartet mixed politics, French-Canadian history...

fanfare ciocărlia: onwards to mars! review -...

(Asphalt Tango)Fanfare Ciocărlia started out playing at weddings in a small village in...

reg meuross: december review - a very english kind...

(Proper) Reg Meuross is one of the more versatile,under-sung survivors of the English acoustic...

breabach: astar review - a journey in scottish...

(Breabach/Proper)After picking up a batch of folk awards,this Scottish five-piece have been touring...

joan baez: the places i feel most at home are the...

Activist and pioneering folk singer is celebrating her 75th birthday the only way she knows how: by...

stick in the wheel review - folk punk tales with a...

Kings Place,LondonMixing traditional songs with their own, the critically lauded newcomers blended...

damien o kane: areas of high traffic review -...

(Pure) Damien O’Kane is best known to folk audiences for his excellent guitar and banjo...

joy of living: a tribute to ewan maccoll review -...

(Cooking Vinyl) That controversial pioneer of the British folk revival,the late Ewan MacColl, was...

stick in the wheel: from here review - urgent,...

(Stick in the Wheel)For one breed of folknik the preservation of a song’s air of antiquity is a...

beverley martyn: i am still here and i know who i...

The long-lost British roots singer is back,aged 67, with a current album – and a current lust for...

m craft: blood moon review - ghostly and perfectly...

(Heavenly)Like Bon Iver’s For Emma,Forever Ago, singer-songwriter M Craft’s third album was made...

flats and sharps review - cornish style bluegrass...

wealthy Mix,LondonThe West Country five-piece started out as buskers and with their mix of classic...

katy carr: polonia review - a singular creation

(Deluce) Related: Katy Carr: 'I fell in care for with old‑school glamour' The...

various artists: the ballads of child migration...

(Delphonic Music) [br]Released to tie in with a major exhibition at the V&A Museum of Childhood,this...

tom has gone and well go too: one last song for...

At Sharp’s folk club,one seat was poignantly empty: that of Tom Paley, who once played with Woody...

shirley collins: lodestar review - a late...

(Domino)Before illness stole her voice in the early 1970s,Shirley Collins was the queen of the...

conor oberst: ruminations review - bracingly...

(Nonesuch)Recorded in snow-bound Nebraska final winter,Conor Oberst’s latest solo album finds him...

letter: dave swarbrick obituary

Dave Swarbrick regularly appeared at Fairport Convention’s Cropredy festival in Oxfordshire long...

pixi morgan obituary

My friend Pixi Morgan,who has died aged 49 of a haemorrhage, was a punk, and a new age traveller,a...

various artists: joy of living: a tribute to ewan...

(Cooking Vinyl)Ewan MacColl’s legacy as godfather of British folk remains compromised by his...

an emerging british folk music scene: archive, 15...

The modest boom is showing every sign of turning into a super colossal folkburger,with plenty of...

kirsty bromley time ashore review a confident...

(Kizzy)British folk is currently awash with fine young voices,but few present themselves...

kaia kater: nine pin review - where bluegrass...

(Proper)The banjo’s recent return to favour has seen the likes of Otis Taylor and Rhiannon Giddens...

nadia reid: listen to formation, look for the...

(Spunk)Call the Days,the track that heralded this brand new folk-inclined singer-songwriter’s...

steve tilston truth to tell review danny collins s...

(Proper)The veteran English folkie has taken an unexpected twirl in the spotlight recently as the...

robin d folk world playlist

This month’s choice includes the ‘Hendrix of the kora’,award-winning miserablists and bluesy...

the gloaming: 2 review - exquisite, powerful...

(genuine World)Two years on from their debut,this five-piece Irish-American supergroup have become a...

bert inspired: a concert for bert jansch review -...

outmoded Fruitmarket,GlasgowGraham Coxon, Bernard Butler and Robert Plant join a diverse, and...

john renbourn: the attic tapes review - a warm...

(Riverboat)The music of the young British folk scene in the early 1960s owed more to contemporary...

josienne clarke and ben walker - the duo who annoy...

Meet the darlings of the folk world who found themselves criticised for wanting to do something...

blood and roses: the songs of ewan maccoll review...

Barbican,LondonThe Unthanks and Seth Lakeman join a stellar lineup to imprint the centenary of one...

rant: reverie review - exuberant mix of ancient...

(develop Believe Records/Proper) Rant are four young female fiddle players who move between ancient...

ewan mclennan and george monbiot: breaking the...

(Fellside) “An epidemic is sweeping the world: the epidemic of loneliness.” So says George...

the playlist: best folk and world music of 2015 -...

From English travelling songs to as thunderous Congolese-European collaboration,we continue our...

samantha crain under branch and thorn and tree...

(Full Time Hobby)Samantha Crain has been championed and invited on tour by folk sisters First Aid...

john mccusker: hello, goodbye review - rare and...

(Under One Sky) John McCusker celebrates his 25th anniversary as a professional musician with a...

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buffy sainte marie my music is much more diverse...

buffy sainte marie: my music is much more diverse...

Buffy Sainte Marie: ‘My music is much more...

Cambridge folk festival review – Rhiannon...

beth orton review - husky murmurs and scuffed...

martin carthy and john kirkpatrick review - folk...

the best albums of 2017, no 10: richard dawson -...

cambridge folk festival review rhiannon giddens...

james robertsons pilgrimer: joni mitchell offered...

imagining ireland review - remembering in song the...

lynched review - most convincing folk band to come...

kris drever review - striking solo turn from...

michael chapman: the man who connects elton,...

cult heroes: neutral milk hotel - alt rock enigmas...

loudon wainwright iii: i wrote a song about donald...

josienne clarke and ben walker review - elegant...

van morrison, protest and pipes: belfast embraces...

the shee review - folk six piece deliver a classy...

stick in the wheel: from here review - folk...

jim causley review - spearheading the west country...

roy harris obituary

gurrumul the gospel album review an exquisite...

this is the kit: moonshine freeze review - sweet,...

folkeast review - unpretentious fun in the suffolk...

offa rex: queen of hearts review - folk rock thats...

roy harper review - folk singer swallows his anger...

rachel newton: here s my heart come take it review...

ron pope and the nighthawks review - vast and...

cult heroes: jake thackray was the great...

steve tilston truth to tell review classy...

bush gothic: the natural selection australian...

ryley walker review - a troubadour who plays the...

john jones: never stop moving review - energetic...

josienne clarke and ben walker: overnight review -...

faun fables: born of the sun review - rustic folk...

eliza carthy, karine polwart and others: songs of...

the duhks review - summer festival bookers take...

kate rusby: the frost is all over review -...

wildwood kin: turning tides review - ear pleasing...

flit review - brown paper, bonhomie and musical...

ruth theodore: cactacus review - skills and...

luke daniels: revolve rotate review - modern...

9bach review - charm and fragile beauty from the...

phillip henry hannah martin review - classy...

the spooky men s chorale - silly, thoughtful and...

marry waterson and david a jaycock review -...

carrie rodriguez and the sacred hearts: lola...

jim moray tom moore review - elegance, tradition...

phillip henry hannah martin: watershed review -...

carter kerr joseph o connor: sweet liberties...

mendrugo: more amor review - an engaging mix of...

the supergroup defying folk wisdom

lynched: the irish folk stars who are more punk...

moddi: unsongs review - banned songs from around...

harp and a monkey: war stories review - another...

steeleye span review - class and adventure from...

vesevo: vesevo review - traditional neapolitan...

sarah hayes: woven review - fresh songs of lost...

katy carr: polonia review - grand, upbeat melodies...

the spooky men s chorale warm review harmony song...

kristi stassinopoulou stathis kalyviotis: nyn...

maarja nuut: une meeles review - startling,...

rhiannon giddens and unthanks take top honours in...

speaking the same language - with song

niteworks review - willing to take chances

yorkston thorne khan review - freewheeling cross...

judy dyble: anthology part one review - fine...

lady maisery: cycle review - ease, sophistication...

billie marten: writing of blues and yellows review...

semer ensemble: rescued treasure review - a...

the east pointers: secret victory review - smart,...

rab noakes: i m walkin here review - effortlessly...

ghazalaw: ghazalaw review - easygoing settings for...

hannah james: jigdoll review - folk and foot...

trail west: rescattermastered review - intriguing...

brigid mae power: brigid mae power review - so...

songs of separation review - joyous and stirring

maxine peake: real voices, real lives the...