All the info you need to make your folk festival choices ahead of the summer.
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This Easter weekend (29th-31st March) will see Sheffield’s pubs filled with the sounds of traditional folk tunes and songs as Sheffield Sessions Festival returns to the city. It’s the first festival since 2019 (for obvious reasons), so what can you expect from a festival where the acts are also the attendees?
Rachel Wilkinson digs into the latest Melrose exploration, finding an album of traditional songs, tunes, originals and sacred cows.
A selection of highlights from the FolkEast Schedule for 2023, picked by the team at Tradfolk. Scroll through when you're at the festival and keep yourself updated.
As Martin Simpson celebrates his 70th birthday (not to mention 58 years as a guitarist), we asked his admirers to pitch questions on a musical life very well lived.
A cohort of Martin Simpson fans pick the songs they think you ought to hear.
Celebrated melodeon player, John Spiers, joins Jon Wilks on the Old Songs Podcast to discuss the Morris tune, The Princess Royal.
A new year dawns and we wipe the folkie slate clean. We asked around to find out what 2023 holds for folk events and album releases. Here's what the Tradfolk team are looking forward to.
'Daring Highwayman', the new single from Hack Poets Guild, is nothing short of a glam romp. We take a listen to the song and investigate its history.
Everything you ever wanted to know about the traditional ballad, 'The Trees They Do Grow High', sometimes known as 'Long A-Growing' [Roud 31].
Leeds-based duo, Wychbury, talk us through their new single, 'Cut the Coal', and explain how it was inspired by the tradition.
Are you heading to Folk Weekend Oxford this year? If not, we intend to make you very jealous and think about your choices carefully.
