bright young folk

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

Recently posted

Rebecca Hill and Charlie Stewart - Glas
Review
Rebecca Hill and Charlie Stewart Glas
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

From the archives

The Siskin Quartet - Flight Paths
Review
The Siskin Quartet Flight Paths
Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne - Play Up The Music!
Review
Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne Play Up The Music!
Poitín - Simple Pleasures
Review
Poitín Simple Pleasures
Jack Rutter - This Is Something Constant
Review
Jack Rutter This Is Something Constant
Various Artists - The Mark Radcliffe Folk Sessions 2014
Review
Various Artists The Mark Radcliffe Folk Sessions 2014
Phil Maclennan Smillie - Sound of Taransay
Review
Phil Maclennan Smillie Sound of Taransay
Crumbling Ghost play Gower Wassail
December Sessions Video
Crumbling Ghost play Gower Wassail
Breabach play Once in Royal David’s City
December Sessions Video
Breabach play Once in Royal David’s City
Jim Causley plays Royal Comrade
Video Session & Interview
Jim Causley plays Royal Comrade