bright young folk

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

Recently posted

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
Owen Spafford, Will Allen & Ben Filmer-Sankey - Sun in the Sands
Review
Owen Spafford, Will Allen & Ben Filmer-Sankey Sun in the Sands
Ali Levack - Ali Levack
Review
Ali Levack Ali Levack

From the archives

Thom Ashworth - Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture
Review
Thom Ashworth Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture EP
Bonfire Radicals - The Albino Peacock
Review
Bonfire Radicals The Albino Peacock
Katie Rose - Empty Cup
Review
Katie Rose Empty Cup
Wildings - Wildings
Review
Wildings Wildings
Kaela Rowan - The Fruited Thorn
Review
Kaela Rowan The Fruited Thorn
John Tams - The Song Of Steel - The Radio Ballads 2006
Review
John Tams The Song Of Steel - The Radio Ballads 2006
June Tabor & Lucy Ward discuss the songs that must be sung
In the Footsteps Video Interview
June Tabor & Lucy Ward discuss the songs that must be sung
Jon Boden sings The Trees They Do Grow High
Video Session & Interview
Jon Boden sings The Trees They Do Grow High
John Spiers at the Oxford Folk Festival 2009
Video Interview
John Spiers at the Oxford Folk Festival 2009