bright young folk

Keeping a beady eye on the traditional folk music scene of the British Isles.

Recently posted

Saul Bailey & Mitch Keely - Atthomis
Review
Saul Bailey & Mitch Keely Atthomis
Richard Trethewey - Sons of Cornwall
Review
Richard Trethewey Sons of Cornwall EP
A.D.A.M. - Everybody Wants To Be Like Mary
Review
A.D.A.M. Everybody Wants To Be Like Mary
Bonfire Radicals - Flywheel
Review
Bonfire Radicals Flywheel EP
Grendelcynn - Wæloeæ
Review
Grendelcynn Wæloeæ
Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne - Play Up The Music!
Review
Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne Play Up The Music!
From The Ground - From The Ground
Review
From The Ground From The Ground
Jon Boden - Parlour Ballads
Review
Jon Boden Parlour Ballads
Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage - In The Dark We Grow
Review
Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage In The Dark We Grow
Thorpe & Morrison - Grass & Granite
Review
Thorpe & Morrison Grass & Granite
Searching For Brass in Britain’s Waterways with Tom Kitching
Text Interview
Searching For Brass in Britain’s Waterways with Tom Kitching
Malin Lewis - Halocline
Review
Malin Lewis Halocline

From the archives

Jigfoot - Nothing At All
Review
Jigfoot Nothing At All
Ian King - Panic Grass & Fever Few
Review
Ian King Panic Grass & Fever Few
Gadarene - Butchers of Bristol
Review
Gadarene Butchers of Bristol
Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer - Child Ballads
Review
Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer Child Ballads
The Chair - Orkney Monster
Review
The Chair Orkney Monster
Daria Kulesh - Long Lost Home
Review
Daria Kulesh Long Lost Home
Lady Maisery sing The Coventry Carol
December Sessions Video
Lady Maisery sing The Coventry Carol
The Imagined Village discuss the accusation that English folk music is “arthritically white”
Video Interview
The Imagined Village discuss the accusation that English folk music is “arthritically white”
Ian King plays By George
Video Session & Interview
Ian King plays By George