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

Lewis Wood - Footwork
Review
Lewis Wood Footwork
The Longest Johns - Written in Salt
Review
The Longest Johns Written in Salt
Lonan - Oddy Locks
Review
Lonan Oddy Locks
Martyn Bennett - Aye
Review
Martyn Bennett Aye
The Twisted Twenty - The Twisted Twenty
Review
The Twisted Twenty The Twisted Twenty
Wilde Roses - Woven
Review
Wilde Roses Woven
Shirley Collins & Jackie Oates
In the Footsteps Video Interview
Shirley Collins & Jackie Oates
In conversation with Jim Moray part 6 - Recording In Modern History part 2
Video Interview
In conversation with Jim Moray part 6 - Recording In Modern History part 2
Stick in the Wheel play The Boar’s Head Carol
December Sessions Video
Stick in the Wheel play The Boar’s Head Carol