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Read our tribute to Garry Walker of the HogEye Men, the ‘quiet gentleman of folk’, in the new edition of Folk London – back from the printers and going out to readers today
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November 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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We’re delighted to announce this year’s Dance Mini Grant winners!
Crank Dance
The National Youth Folk Troupe of England (NYFTE)
Magnetic Northeast
Poppy Bastin’s Maypole Dancers
Folk Factory Dance – Sheffield
Find out more: bit.ly/3Mqf9eJ
Crank Dance
The National Youth Folk Troupe of England (NYFTE)
Magnetic Northeast
Poppy Bastin’s Maypole Dancers
Folk Factory Dance – Sheffield
Find out more: bit.ly/3Mqf9eJ
November 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
We’re delighted to announce this year’s Dance Mini Grant winners!
Crank Dance
The National Youth Folk Troupe of England (NYFTE)
Magnetic Northeast
Poppy Bastin’s Maypole Dancers
Folk Factory Dance – Sheffield
Find out more: bit.ly/3Mqf9eJ
Crank Dance
The National Youth Folk Troupe of England (NYFTE)
Magnetic Northeast
Poppy Bastin’s Maypole Dancers
Folk Factory Dance – Sheffield
Find out more: bit.ly/3Mqf9eJ
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Record label Basin Rock are selling a lot of their vinyl for a tenner so if you’re into folk, wyrd folk and out there singer songwriters give them a go.
Andrew Tuttle and Bridget Hayden are both great.
basinrock.bandcamp.com
Andrew Tuttle and Bridget Hayden are both great.
basinrock.bandcamp.com
Basin Rock
basinrock.bandcamp.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Record label Basin Rock are selling a lot of their vinyl for a tenner so if you’re into folk, wyrd folk and out there singer songwriters give them a go.
Andrew Tuttle and Bridget Hayden are both great.
basinrock.bandcamp.com
Andrew Tuttle and Bridget Hayden are both great.
basinrock.bandcamp.com
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Hankies at the ready as we dance, talk and walk with Boss Morris on Rodborough Common near Stroud in our new episode, out now. Featuring music from Rob Harbron, Miranda Rutter and @samsweeney.bsky.social, and plenty of fun along the way!
🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/35274f
🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/35274f
November 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Hankies at the ready as we dance, talk and walk with Boss Morris on Rodborough Common near Stroud in our new episode, out now. Featuring music from Rob Harbron, Miranda Rutter and @samsweeney.bsky.social, and plenty of fun along the way!
🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/35274f
🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/35274f
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On this day 22nd November 1859 Cecil Sharp, founder of the English folk-song revival was born. (Here he’s pictured overhearing a gardener singing)
Artist: Martin Aitchison
Artist: Martin Aitchison
November 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
On this day 22nd November 1859 Cecil Sharp, founder of the English folk-song revival was born. (Here he’s pictured overhearing a gardener singing)
Artist: Martin Aitchison
Artist: Martin Aitchison
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One of the best ways of supporting independent artists, is signing up to their mailing lists.
My once-a-month mailing list, 'Johnny Rambles', is an algorithm, AI and rage bait free space with all the info you need. Tours, news, offers sneak peeks and more.
Sighn up here!
www.johnnycampbell.co.uk
My once-a-month mailing list, 'Johnny Rambles', is an algorithm, AI and rage bait free space with all the info you need. Tours, news, offers sneak peeks and more.
Sighn up here!
www.johnnycampbell.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
One of the best ways of supporting independent artists, is signing up to their mailing lists.
My once-a-month mailing list, 'Johnny Rambles', is an algorithm, AI and rage bait free space with all the info you need. Tours, news, offers sneak peeks and more.
Sighn up here!
www.johnnycampbell.co.uk
My once-a-month mailing list, 'Johnny Rambles', is an algorithm, AI and rage bait free space with all the info you need. Tours, news, offers sneak peeks and more.
Sighn up here!
www.johnnycampbell.co.uk
Read our tribute to Garry Walker of the HogEye Men, the ‘quiet gentleman of folk’, in the new edition of Folk London – back from the printers and going out to readers today
Buy here: folklondon.co.uk/product/dece...
Buy here: folklondon.co.uk/product/dece...
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Read our tribute to Garry Walker of the HogEye Men, the ‘quiet gentleman of folk’, in the new edition of Folk London – back from the printers and going out to readers today
Buy here: folklondon.co.uk/product/dece...
Buy here: folklondon.co.uk/product/dece...
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Morris Folk Club for November is on Tuesday 25th, 7.30pm-10.30pm(ish), at The Betsey Trotwood, Farringdon Road, Clerkenwell. Free entry.
What it's like: www.morrisfolkchoir.org/p/folk-club.....
What we did last time: www.morrisfolkchoir.org/p/club-setli....
Come, sing, play, listen, enjoy!
What it's like: www.morrisfolkchoir.org/p/folk-club.....
What we did last time: www.morrisfolkchoir.org/p/club-setli....
Come, sing, play, listen, enjoy!
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Morris Folk Club for November is on Tuesday 25th, 7.30pm-10.30pm(ish), at The Betsey Trotwood, Farringdon Road, Clerkenwell. Free entry.
What it's like: www.morrisfolkchoir.org/p/folk-club.....
What we did last time: www.morrisfolkchoir.org/p/club-setli....
Come, sing, play, listen, enjoy!
What it's like: www.morrisfolkchoir.org/p/folk-club.....
What we did last time: www.morrisfolkchoir.org/p/club-setli....
Come, sing, play, listen, enjoy!
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The December-January edition of Folk London is at the printers and will go out to readers later this week. With:
• Our tribute to Garry Walker of the HogEye Men, the ‘quiet gentleman of folk’
• Best albums of 2025
• Reviews, listings and more
Preorder here: folklondon.co.uk/product/dece...
• Our tribute to Garry Walker of the HogEye Men, the ‘quiet gentleman of folk’
• Best albums of 2025
• Reviews, listings and more
Preorder here: folklondon.co.uk/product/dece...
November 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The December-January edition of Folk London is at the printers and will go out to readers later this week. With:
• Our tribute to Garry Walker of the HogEye Men, the ‘quiet gentleman of folk’
• Best albums of 2025
• Reviews, listings and more
Preorder here: folklondon.co.uk/product/dece...
• Our tribute to Garry Walker of the HogEye Men, the ‘quiet gentleman of folk’
• Best albums of 2025
• Reviews, listings and more
Preorder here: folklondon.co.uk/product/dece...
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Please read, listen, and share widely. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music
A skilled interpreter and social justice champion, Gaughan is a hero to the likes of Richard Hawley and Billy Bragg. Yet much of his work has been stuck in limbo for decades – until a determined fan s...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Please read, listen, and share widely. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music – top work by @juderogers.bsky.social here
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music
A skilled interpreter and social justice champion, Gaughan is a hero to the likes of Richard Hawley and Billy Bragg. Yet much of his work has been stuck in limbo for decades – until a determined fan s...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music – top work by @juderogers.bsky.social here
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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Check out this live review of Granny's Attic ahead of their gig here tomorrow! Book for the gig now: bit.ly/3TQEdw8
Granny's Attic - Bristol Folk House: Live Review : At The Barrier
Energetic trad trio Granny's Attic set off on second leg of album launch tour. We're in Bristol to take a peek.
atthebarrier.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Check out this live review of Granny's Attic ahead of their gig here tomorrow! Book for the gig now: bit.ly/3TQEdw8
The December-January edition of Folk London is at the printers and will go out to readers later this week. With:
• Our tribute to Garry Walker of the HogEye Men, the ‘quiet gentleman of folk’
• Best albums of 2025
• Reviews, listings and more
Preorder here: folklondon.co.uk/product/dece...
• Our tribute to Garry Walker of the HogEye Men, the ‘quiet gentleman of folk’
• Best albums of 2025
• Reviews, listings and more
Preorder here: folklondon.co.uk/product/dece...
November 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The December-January edition of Folk London is at the printers and will go out to readers later this week. With:
• Our tribute to Garry Walker of the HogEye Men, the ‘quiet gentleman of folk’
• Best albums of 2025
• Reviews, listings and more
Preorder here: folklondon.co.uk/product/dece...
• Our tribute to Garry Walker of the HogEye Men, the ‘quiet gentleman of folk’
• Best albums of 2025
• Reviews, listings and more
Preorder here: folklondon.co.uk/product/dece...
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We were blown away on Saturday. Thanks for coming to our Big Boro Bash
November 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
We were blown away on Saturday. Thanks for coming to our Big Boro Bash
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Sat 29th Nov, 7pm start (doors 6.30pm): Drive The Cold Winter Away - album launch concert and ceilidh.
Singing songs from our new album, and more, then a ceilidh with music by The Horace Mouse Band.
Venue: St Paul's West Hackney, N16.
Tickets £12/£8/£7: www.tickettailor.com/events/morri...
Singing songs from our new album, and more, then a ceilidh with music by The Horace Mouse Band.
Venue: St Paul's West Hackney, N16.
Tickets £12/£8/£7: www.tickettailor.com/events/morri...
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Sat 29th Nov, 7pm start (doors 6.30pm): Drive The Cold Winter Away - album launch concert and ceilidh.
Singing songs from our new album, and more, then a ceilidh with music by The Horace Mouse Band.
Venue: St Paul's West Hackney, N16.
Tickets £12/£8/£7: www.tickettailor.com/events/morri...
Singing songs from our new album, and more, then a ceilidh with music by The Horace Mouse Band.
Venue: St Paul's West Hackney, N16.
Tickets £12/£8/£7: www.tickettailor.com/events/morri...
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One of my favourite regulars on @thequietus.com is deputy ed @paddyclarke.bsky.social's folk column, this month opening with fine reflections on a recent event devoted to Martin Carthy. Looking forward to digging into the ten contemporary selections that follow too:
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
Radical Traditional: Folk Music for Autumn, by Patrick Clarke | The Quietus
The room that is now Dalston’s EartH Theatre first opened as a cinema in 1936, five years before the birth of Martin Carthy. In the decades since both man and room have endured swings in fortune. One ...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
One of my favourite regulars on @thequietus.com is deputy ed @paddyclarke.bsky.social's folk column, this month opening with fine reflections on a recent event devoted to Martin Carthy. Looking forward to digging into the ten contemporary selections that follow too:
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
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3 days to go til our 20th anniversary Big Boro Bash and my Dad has unearthed this hirsute beaut
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
3 days to go til our 20th anniversary Big Boro Bash and my Dad has unearthed this hirsute beaut
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Here’s a glorious rendition of Hamish Henderson’s “Freedom Come-All-Ye”, sung by Karine Polwart in the Italian Chapel, Orkney. The chapel was built & decorated by Italian POWs during WW2 using scraps & reclaimed materials, & is still in use today
#song #folksong
9/10
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Phu...
#song #folksong
9/10
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Phu...
“Freedom Come All Ye” performed by Karine Polwart in The Italian Chapel, Orkney, August 2013.
YouTube video by Alan Ferrier
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November 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Here’s a glorious rendition of Hamish Henderson’s “Freedom Come-All-Ye”, sung by Karine Polwart in the Italian Chapel, Orkney. The chapel was built & decorated by Italian POWs during WW2 using scraps & reclaimed materials, & is still in use today
#song #folksong
9/10
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Phu...
#song #folksong
9/10
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Phu...
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New episode out now!!
S5/E4 – Roud 44: FAIR JANET
Historical Guest: Steve Roud
Singer guest: Peggy Seeger
Available from wherever you get your podcasts.
S5/E4 – Roud 44: FAIR JANET
Historical Guest: Steve Roud
Singer guest: Peggy Seeger
Available from wherever you get your podcasts.
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
New episode out now!!
S5/E4 – Roud 44: FAIR JANET
Historical Guest: Steve Roud
Singer guest: Peggy Seeger
Available from wherever you get your podcasts.
S5/E4 – Roud 44: FAIR JANET
Historical Guest: Steve Roud
Singer guest: Peggy Seeger
Available from wherever you get your podcasts.
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Huge congratulations to Steve Roud on being awarded a honorary degree by The Open University in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the study of folk song and culture!
November 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Huge congratulations to Steve Roud on being awarded a honorary degree by The Open University in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the study of folk song and culture!
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Next Wed (12th Nov) join Isobel Jane Kimberley at The Harrison #kingscross #London for her EP launch - folkandroots.co.uk/isobel-jane-kimberley
Songwriter, guitarist, and the compelling frontwoman of alt folk rock band Bruise, She has long been a distinctive voice on the UK music scene.
Songwriter, guitarist, and the compelling frontwoman of alt folk rock band Bruise, She has long been a distinctive voice on the UK music scene.
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Next Wed (12th Nov) join Isobel Jane Kimberley at The Harrison #kingscross #London for her EP launch - folkandroots.co.uk/isobel-jane-kimberley
Songwriter, guitarist, and the compelling frontwoman of alt folk rock band Bruise, She has long been a distinctive voice on the UK music scene.
Songwriter, guitarist, and the compelling frontwoman of alt folk rock band Bruise, She has long been a distinctive voice on the UK music scene.
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Remember, Remember the 5th of November, with these photographs by Brian Shuel of 1980s bonfire activities.
Squibbing, Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival, Bridgwater, November 1984, by Brian Shuel.
Tar Barrel Rolling, Ottery St Mary, 5th November 1986, by Brian Shuel.
Squibbing, Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival, Bridgwater, November 1984, by Brian Shuel.
Tar Barrel Rolling, Ottery St Mary, 5th November 1986, by Brian Shuel.
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Remember, Remember the 5th of November, with these photographs by Brian Shuel of 1980s bonfire activities.
Squibbing, Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival, Bridgwater, November 1984, by Brian Shuel.
Tar Barrel Rolling, Ottery St Mary, 5th November 1986, by Brian Shuel.
Squibbing, Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival, Bridgwater, November 1984, by Brian Shuel.
Tar Barrel Rolling, Ottery St Mary, 5th November 1986, by Brian Shuel.
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Very sad news that Archie Fisher, who contributed so much to the Scottish folk music scene, has died … www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Folk musician and BBC presenter Archie Fisher dies aged 86
The singer, songwriter and guitarist had presented BBC Radio Scotland's Travelling Folk from 1983 to 2010.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Very sad news that Archie Fisher, who contributed so much to the Scottish folk music scene, has died … www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Hey there London people, next week the mighty Doc Rowe will be talking (and boy can he talk) about what he's been documenting in a life well spent. Any opportunity to hear Doc is highly recommended
Buy tickets – OffBeat Presents: An Evening with Doc Rowe – Walthamstow Trades Hall
OffBeat Presents: An Evening with Doc Rowe – Walthamstow Trades Hall, Mon 10 Nov 2025 - OffBeat is back at the Walthamstow Trades Hall for a very special event. On the 10th of November, we will be wel...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Hey there London people, next week the mighty Doc Rowe will be talking (and boy can he talk) about what he's been documenting in a life well spent. Any opportunity to hear Doc is highly recommended
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Sat 29th Nov, 7pm start (doors 6.30pm): Drive The Cold Winter Away - album launch concert & ceilidh.
At St Paul's West Hackney (182 Stoke Newington Rd, N16 7UE). Bar.
Tickets £12/£8/£7 available from buytickets.at/morrisfolkch....
Pre-order CDs at folklondon.co.uk/product/morr... or buy at gig.
At St Paul's West Hackney (182 Stoke Newington Rd, N16 7UE). Bar.
Tickets £12/£8/£7 available from buytickets.at/morrisfolkch....
Pre-order CDs at folklondon.co.uk/product/morr... or buy at gig.
October 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Sat 29th Nov, 7pm start (doors 6.30pm): Drive The Cold Winter Away - album launch concert & ceilidh.
At St Paul's West Hackney (182 Stoke Newington Rd, N16 7UE). Bar.
Tickets £12/£8/£7 available from buytickets.at/morrisfolkch....
Pre-order CDs at folklondon.co.uk/product/morr... or buy at gig.
At St Paul's West Hackney (182 Stoke Newington Rd, N16 7UE). Bar.
Tickets £12/£8/£7 available from buytickets.at/morrisfolkch....
Pre-order CDs at folklondon.co.uk/product/morr... or buy at gig.