bright young folk

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

Recently posted

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
Charlie Grey & Joseph Peach - A Breaking Sky
Review
Charlie Grey & Joseph Peach A Breaking Sky
Tarren - Outside Time
Review
Tarren Outside Time
Tom Kitching - Where There’s Brass
Review
Tom Kitching Where There’s Brass
Leonard Barry on the Art of Uillean Piping
Text Interview
Leonard Barry on the Art of Uillean Piping

From the archives

The Shee - Murmurations
Review
The Shee Murmurations
Spell Songs - Spell Songs II : Let the Light In
Review
Spell Songs Spell Songs II : Let the Light In
Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll - The Songs of Edward Capern
Review
Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll The Songs of Edward Capern
Ross Ainslie - Remembering
Review
Ross Ainslie Remembering
False Lights - False Lights
Review
False Lights False Lights EP
Dervish - The Thrush in the Storm
Review
Dervish The Thrush in the Storm
Martin Carthy & Jim Moray discuss English folk guitar
In the Footsteps Video Interview
Martin Carthy & Jim Moray discuss English folk guitar
Long Lankin sing I Saw Three Ships
December Sessions Video
Long Lankin sing I Saw Three Ships
David Gibb & Elly Lucas play Good King Wenceslas
December Sessions Video
David Gibb & Elly Lucas play Good King Wenceslas