bright young folk

Folk artist's links

Apple Of My Eye -- Official site | MySpace page

Arlet -- Official site | MySpace page

Damien Barber & Mike Wilson -- Official site | MySpace page

Bellowhead -- Official site | MySpace page

Belshazzar’s Feast -- Official site | MySpace page

Jon Boden -- Official site | MySpace page

Maggie Boyle -- Official site | MySpace page

Eliza Carthy -- Official site | MySpace page

Jim Causley -- Official site | MySpace page

Cecil Sharp Project -- Official site | MySpace page

Cole & Van Dijk -- Official site | MySpace page

Maclaine Colston & Saul Rose -- Official site | MySpace page

Dansaul -- Official site | MySpace page

Darwin Song Project -- Official site | MySpace page

The Demon Barbers -- Official site | MySpace page

Dervish -- Official site | MySpace page

Cara Dillon -- Official site | MySpace page

Mary Dillon -- Official site | MySpace page

Kris Drever -- Official site | MySpace page

Ducie -- Official site | MySpace page

Equation -- Official site | MySpace page

Farmyard Animals Trio -- Official site | MySpace page

Faustus -- Official site | MySpace page

Pete Flood -- Official site | MySpace page

Folklaw -- Official site | MySpace page

Martin Green -- Official site | MySpace page

Haiku Salut -- Official site | MySpace page

Jefferson Hamer -- Official site | MySpace page

Bella Hardy -- Official site | MySpace page

Heg & The Wolf Chorus -- Official site | MySpace page

Rosie Hodgson -- Official site | MySpace page

The Imagined Village -- Official site | MySpace page

Hannah James & Sam Sweeney -- Official site | MySpace page

Gideon Juckes -- Official site | MySpace page

Nuala Kennedy -- Official site | MySpace page

Kerfuffle -- Official site | MySpace page

Benji Kirkpatrick -- Official site | MySpace page

Lisa Knapp -- Official site | MySpace page

Seth Lakeman -- Official site | MySpace page

Sean Lakeman -- Official site | MySpace page

Lau -- Official site | MySpace page

Lumiere -- Official site | MySpace page

Mairearad & Anna -- Official site | MySpace page

Sam Martyn -- Official site | MySpace page

Mawkin -- Official site | MySpace page

Mawkin:Causley -- Official site | MySpace page

Lorraine Mccauley & The Borderlands -- Official site | MySpace page

Rachael McShane -- Official site | MySpace page

Megson -- Official site | MySpace page

Andy Mellon -- Official site | MySpace page

Miranda Sykes And Rex Preston -- Official site | MySpace page

Anaïs Mitchell -- Official site | MySpace page

Jim Moray -- Official site | MySpace page

Mr Gubbins’ Bicycle -- Official site | MySpace page

Rachel Newton -- Official site | MySpace page

Ruth Notman -- Official site | MySpace page

Lizzie Nunnery & Vidar Norheim -- Official site | MySpace page

Aidan O’Rourke -- Official site | MySpace page

Jackie Oates -- Official site | MySpace page

Karine Polwart -- Official site | MySpace page

Maddy Prior -- Official site | MySpace page

Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman -- Official site | MySpace page

Saul Rose -- Official site | MySpace page

Katie Rose -- Official site | MySpace page

Patrick Rose -- Official site | MySpace page

The Roving Crows -- Official site | MySpace page

Kate Rusby -- Official site | MySpace page

Hannah Sanders -- Official site | MySpace page

Paul Sartin -- Official site | MySpace page

Seas Of Mirth -- Official site | MySpace page

Setsubun Bean Unit -- Official site | MySpace page

Jamie Smith’s Mabon -- Official site | MySpace page

John Spiers -- Official site | MySpace page

Spiers & Boden -- Official site | MySpace page

Stark -- Official site | MySpace page

Sam Sweeney -- Official site | MySpace page

Miranda Sykes -- Official site | MySpace page

The Chair -- Official site | MySpace page

The John Langan Band -- Official site | MySpace page

The Keelers -- Official site | MySpace page

The Loft Singers -- Official site | MySpace page

The Melrose Quartet -- Official site | MySpace page

Threepenny Bit -- Official site | MySpace page

Justin Thurgur -- Official site | MySpace page

The Treecreepers -- Official site | MySpace page

Trembling Bells & Bonnie ’Prince’ Billy -- Official site | MySpace page

Tyde -- Official site | MySpace page

Until The Bird... -- Official site | MySpace page

Tim Van Eyken -- Official site | MySpace page

Mike Vass -- Official site | MySpace page

Whapweasel -- Official site | MySpace page

Wheeler Street -- Official site | MySpace page

Eve Williams -- Official site | MySpace page

Alice Wylde -- Official site | MySpace page

4square Young folk fusion band, based in Manchester

A Folk Song a Day Jon Boden’s A Folk Song a Day project.

All Things Considered Roots band from Berkshire/London - mixing traditional instrumentation with contemporary song

Away With The Faeries Away With The Faeries are an acoustic folk band from London, with traditional and original songs.

Away With The Faeries

Beggar’s Bridge Hull-based group creating original folk songs, using an array of traditional acoustic instruments.

Chris Sarjeant Emerging young singer and guitarist specialising in traditional British Isles folk.

Colin Clyne Stylistically diverse and poetically inclined, Clyne is reminiscent of James Taylor.

Cruel Folk

David Shevelew

Dyer:Cumming’s Dyer:Cumming’s are a young Concert &Ceilidh Band.They play trad English folk with an exciting Twist.

Fabian Holland Fabian is a young folk singer/songwriter and guitarist, who has recently returned to UK from Italy.

Feldspar Original folk-inspired acoustic 4piece with unique line-up of guitar, pno, ’cello, sop sax & voices.

hatful of rain Hatful of Rain are a bluegrass influenced British folk/roots band based in Sussex. Their album ’Way up on the hill’ has seen radio2 airplay from Mike Harding & Bob Harris

Ian Stephenson Guitarist known from KAN (Finnegan/O’Rourke) / 422 / Chris Stout Theory / Baltic Crossing etc.

Inlay Drawing on elements of each members background, Inlay play a mix of traditional & original material.

Jamie Smith’s MABON A Celtic festival disguised as a band!

Jaywalkers Jaywalkers - BBC Young Folk Award Finalists 2009- are a young folk duo based in Cheshire.

Jessie Jones website Singer songwriter from Shropshire

Laura Victoria Website of Folk/ Pop Cello Singer Laura Victoria

MARK T. HOME PAGE English & Celtic Folk, Roots & World Music on Bouzouki, Steel Guitar & Harmonica - Dates, CD’s etc.

Mat Williams

Maurice Condie Folksinger, freted instrument player and teacher.

Michael J Tinker

Nathan Ball London-based singer-songwriter combining poetic lyrics with extraordinary guitar skills

Official site Showcasing Gaelic music and song in a contemporary style that remains true to its roots.

padraig lalor singer/songwriter Irish singer/songwriter

Rattlebag An all female four piece acapella group who sing traditional & contemporary folk songs.

Relig Oran Tradition with a twist. Music from England, Ireland, Brittany and beyond.

Richard Trethewey Singer and Fiddle player with a fierce pride for the music and traditions of Cornwall.

Richard Trethewey Singer and Fiddle player with a fierce pride for the music and traditions of Cornwall.

Ricketts and Willshire Young up and coming folk duo.

Rosie Eade - Folk Pixie Rosie Eade "Folk-Pixie": Solo folk musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

Steven Finn A one-man folk and blues train! Harps, guitars, footbeats, vocals, bottleneck and hollers.

StrangeWorldmusic.com Dynamic innovative bright progressive folk band, StrangeWorld has been described as mesmerizing.

The Askew Sisters

The Baltik Ceilidh Band "Tradition with a Twist" a unique fresh take on the traditional music of Scotland.

The Paul Mckenna Band

The Raven London based English folk duo

The Roving Crows

The Woods

Threepnny bit we are a busking/ceilidh band from Southampton who play our own arrangements of trad folk music

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