bright young folk

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

Recently posted

Richard Trethewey - Richard Gendall’s Cornish Protest Songs
Review
Richard Trethewey Richard Gendall’s Cornish Protest Songs EP
Sam Sweeney & Grace Smith - Morning of May
Review
Sam Sweeney & Grace Smith Morning of May
Boira Fusca - Baravantan
Review
Boira Fusca Baravantan
Ninebarrow - The Hour of the Blackbird
Review
Ninebarrow The Hour of the Blackbird
Moya Sweeney & Archie Churchill-Moss - From the Aa
Review
Moya Sweeney & Archie Churchill-Moss From the Aa EP
Clementine Lovell - Permutations
Review
Clementine Lovell Permutations
Caroline Keane - Rise
Review
Caroline Keane Rise
Paul Hutchinson: on Tradition, Sound, and Onstage Humour
Text Interview
Paul Hutchinson: on Tradition, Sound, and Onstage Humour
Adam Clark - Folk & Fold
Review
Adam Clark Folk & Fold
Pagoda Project - Eddies
Review
Pagoda Project Eddies
Jim Moray - Gallants
Review
Jim Moray Gallants
Counters Creek - My Treasured Land
Review
Counters Creek My Treasured Land

From the archives

Ingrid Henderson - Message In A Bottle
Review
Ingrid Henderson Message In A Bottle
Hickory Signals - Hickory Signals
Review
Hickory Signals Hickory Signals EP
Ashley Hutchings - From Psychedelia to Sonnets
Review
Ashley Hutchings From Psychedelia to Sonnets Live
Kim Lowings & The Greenwood - Historia
Review
Kim Lowings & The Greenwood Historia
Julie Fowlis - Uam
Review
Julie Fowlis Uam
Helen Gentile & Lewis Wood - Violet Sky
Review
Helen Gentile & Lewis Wood Violet Sky
Maclaine Colston & Saul Rose play the Wobbly Cat tune set
Video Session & Interview
Maclaine Colston & Saul Rose play the Wobbly Cat tune set
Jon Boden sings Sea Coal
Video Session & Interview
Jon Boden sings Sea Coal
The Young’uns singing Hartlepool is Blooming
Video Session & Interview
The Young’uns singing Hartlepool is Blooming