Juliet Brien
Viola player, violin/viola teacher, inveterate folk festival and gig-goer…loves the Archers, tea, g&t, Venice…and cross-carrying pilgrimages
@elyfolkfestival.bsky.social
An eclectic mix of music on a beautiful site just outside Ely. "As good a small festival as you can find anywhere in the country" - Rock'n'Reel
@arianetodes.bsky.social
Classical music writer and editor. Violin geek/bore and happy amateur. Radicalised McCartneyist. Sign up to my free Elbow Music Substack for random classical music nerdery
@theguardian.com
The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com 🇺🇸 Guardian US https://bsky.app/profile/us.theguardian.com 🇦🇺 Guardian Australia https://bsky.app/profile/australia.theguardian.com
@kestoncobblersclub.bsky.social
"Rambunctious, Joyous Folk and Elemental Pop" - The Guardian. 🎵 Head to our website for news, live dates & please join our mailing list > kestoncobblers.club
@merryhellband.bsky.social
Multi-award winning Merry Hell offer joyful, uplifting folk-rock, with a message of hope for troubled times. New album 'Rising Of The Bold' coming soon. Come to a gig - we would love to see you! merryhell.co.uk for more!
@ciderhousereb.bsky.social
Adam Summerhayes 🎻Murray Grainger 🪗« Compelling exciting & utterly original » Bookings @fromthewhitehouse theciderhouserebellion.com
@stevetilston.bsky.social
Award winning, Humdinger Woke singer-songwriter, string twanger, archer, loves Yurp. www.stevetilston.com
@willharmonicas.bsky.social
Professional Musician. Plays in duos with Jenn Butterworth and Stevens & Pound doing harmonica and accordion things.
@caradillonsings.bsky.social
Irish singer - “Coming Home” Album & debut Book out now ★★★★★ (RnR Magazine) ★★★★★(Songlines)
@spellsongs.bsky.social
A musical evolution of The Lost Words & The Lost Spells by Robert Macfarlane & Jackie Morris; featuring Karine Polwart, Julie Fowlis, Seckou Keita, Kris Drever, Rachel Newton, Beth Porter & Jim Molyneux www.thelostwords.org/spell-songs
@manthelifeboats.bsky.social
Full throttle alternative folk music www.manthelifeboats.com Band: [email protected] Bookings: [email protected]
@jofreya.bsky.social
UK based musician and music educationalist. I’m the current artistic director of the National Youth Folk Ensemble. I play with Blowzabella, Narthen, Token Women and the Old Swan Band etc. I run workshops for instrument ensembles, vocal harmonies, bal dance
@fateamagazine.bsky.social
Magazine Editor, Radio Show Host, Supporter Of Music, Social Commentator, Photographer
@hobgoblin.com
The UK's first choice for folk and acoustic musical instruments since 1976. Visit our nine UK music shops or find us online at hobgoblin.com
@mattquinnmusic.bsky.social
Folk singer, multi-instrumentalist. Host of In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast, 1/2 of George Sansome & Matt Quinn, 1/3 of Culverake.
@ionafyfe.bsky.social
Rector of University of Aberdeen 🎓 Scottish singer | MG ALBA Musician of the Year | @rcstweets alumna | Join my Patreon for exclusive content: http://www.patreon.com/ionafyfe
@laumusic.bsky.social
@gweniferraymond.bsky.social
Guitar convincer. Banjo thumber. Primitive Welsh composer. EU/UK bookings: [email protected] US bookings: [email protected]
@cecilsharphouse.bsky.social
Award-winning arts centre at the heart of folk, home to efdss.bsky.social since 1930. linktr.ee/cecilsharphouse
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen' Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth' Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
@themerl.bsky.social
(social media manager on leave until 29/5) We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Posting hog on main. Chaotic Good. https://merl.reading.ac.uk/
@jenniferballads.bsky.social
19thC Lancashire dialect, broadside ballads, weaving & community arts. Disrupting the folk scene since 2015. Barb in #TheGallowsPole. 📸 insta: jenniferballadss
@livetoyourlr.bsky.social
Our unique virtual gigs bring artists and audiences together live and in real time; music, chat, applause, and a surprisingly intimate feel.
@angelcakepie2.bsky.social
Feral folk singer, lover of stone circles, ancestral voices, folk tales, the wyrd and the eerie. “Imagine if Broadcast’s Trish Keenan had been kidnapped at birth by The Copper Family and raised on a diet of Angela Carter’s folk tales” (KLOFmag)
@tom-kitching.bsky.social
Fiddle player, author, tarboater. Salford rugby league fan, very average chess player, grower of vegetables. Gigs, shop, more info at, http://www.tomkitching.co.uk
@thefolkclub.bsky.social
Stuart Green is Presenter of ‘The Folk Club’ on Folk Music Notebook, Burwell Radio and West Norfolk Radio - playing the best in Folk, Roots and Acoustic Music.
@folkunderground.bsky.social
Folk music tradition, evolution, interpretation, sights, sounds, passions, venues, collaborations, gatherings, festivals. And more... Posts gathered and assembled with love by @petelawrence.bsky.social
@kathrynandsean.bsky.social
𝓞𝓷𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓫𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓭𝓾𝓸𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓑𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝓯𝓸𝓵𝓴 𝓶𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓬 kathrynrobertsandseanlakeman.com 30th Anniversary Tour in 2025 🎉💞 🏞️𝗗𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗞🏞️
@jezlowe.bsky.social
Musician, singer, songwriter and occasional novelist from the County of Durham in North East England.
@theyounguns.bsky.social
@topette.bsky.social
We're an acoustic five-piece band from England and France. We play traditional tunes, and our own compositions, with driving grooves that make you want to dance. "Equal proportions of cerebral and visceral pleasure. Seriously recommended." David Kidman
@anjibennett.bsky.social
Mum, GP&medical educator, cellist/singer (classical, early music, folk), gardener. Loves nature and humans. Cat and chicken carer. Learning Irish, Welsh, and B/C accordion. Runs slowly, wild swims, cycles. Politics - look after the vulnerable.
@tinmanicon.bsky.social
@thedavideagle.bsky.social
Multi award winning comedian and musician. So there! Member of @theyounguns
@sheffieldfolkguide.bsky.social
A guide to folk music and dance events in and near Sheffield by @KathyBarnes. Please see www.sheffieldfolkguide.org.uk. A non-commercial information sharing service.
@jamesfagan.bsky.social
Aussie, now Yorkshire. Folk musician (Nancy Kerr/Melrose Quartet), Music Teacher, Photographer, Presenter of Thank Goodness it’s Folk (Sheffield Live Radio). I love singing, and playing strummy things. Mainly here for art.
@marrywaterson.bsky.social
Singer / writer / animator / serial collaborator on @olirecords All things: http://linktr.ee/marrywaterson
@lewiswoodmusic.bsky.social
Musician and composer. Folk/Trad plus occasional weird stuff. Plays in Granny’s Attic, Helen Gentile & Lewis Wood, solo, and other projects. Neurodivergent, queer, he/they, 30.
@thenestcollective.bsky.social
Bringing people together to celebrate global traditions through extraordinary music. Join us at our events in London & Brighton! https://linktr.ee/nestfolk
@blackbeardstp.bsky.social
Making sea-shanties cool since 2009. Anarchic, fun-loving folk rock. It’s Stuart posting (he/him). [email protected]