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

Lindsay Straw - The Fairest Flower of Womankind
Review
Lindsay Straw The Fairest Flower of Womankind
Project SMOK - The Outset
Review
Project SMOK The Outset
Fraser Fifield - One Great Circle
Review
Fraser Fifield One Great Circle
Ange Hardy - When Christmas Day is Near
Review
Ange Hardy When Christmas Day is Near Single
Dervish - The Thrush in the Storm
Review
Dervish The Thrush in the Storm
Flook - Ancora
Review
Flook Ancora
In conversation with Jim Moray part 4 - Twitter & production work
Video Interview
In conversation with Jim Moray part 4 - Twitter & production work
Lewis Garland and the Kett Rebellion on their Klezmer influence and state of the music industry
Video Interview
Lewis Garland and the Kett Rebellion on their Klezmer influence and state of the music industry
Breabach play Once in Royal David’s City
December Sessions Video
Breabach play Once in Royal David’s City