• 29 May 2023

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    A Morris toddler in Bampton

    Folk Music, books and screen time for babies and toddlers (or how to tradinate your child)

    Libby Bove, folk artist, in a field of corn.

    So turns the wheel of the M.O.T. – an interview with artist, Libby Bove

    The Nettle Dress promo poster, featuring Oonagh Brown walking through Limekiln Wood wearing her nettle dress.

    The Nettle Dress – a review and director’s Q&A

  • Customs
    Customs

    Discover traditional folk customs, rituals and traditions on the Tradfolk.co website. From wassailing to Yule, and the arc of the year in-between.

    Customs Uncovered: The Stick and Bucket Dance

    The end of the torchlit procession on St John’s Eve. The Golowan Band play the final tune of the night.

    Golowan – Penzance’s midsummer celebration

    White Rose Morris dancing at dawn on May Day, 2011, at Castle Hill in Almondbury - Photo credit Bryony Griffith

    May Day Morris: Where to find Morris dancing near me

  • Music
  • Performance
    Performance

    Customs Uncovered: The Stick and Bucket Dance

    A member of Boss Morris, decked in greenery, smiles for the camera. She is standing in a woodland glade on Rodborough Common, Stroud.

    Dancing up the Sun – May Day, 2023

    White Rose Morris dancing at dawn on May Day, 2011, at Castle Hill in Almondbury - Photo credit Bryony Griffith

    May Day Morris: Where to find Morris dancing near me

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    John Spiers, or Squeezy as he is known, playing the melodeon in a black and white photograph advertising his appearance on the Old Songs Podcast discussing The Princess Royal.

    The Old Songs Podcast: Se2Ep8 – ‘Princess Royal’, ft. John Spiers

    Jon Wilks plays guitar at Dorking Folk Club, 2018

    The Old Songs Podcast: Se2Ep7 – ‘The Gloucestershire Wassail / The Wassailing Song’, ft. Jon Wilks

    Burd Ellen, Debbie Armour and Gail Brogen, with flowers in their mouths. The image is black and white.

    The Old Songs Podcast: Se2Ep6 – ‘When I was on Horseback/ The Unfortunate Rake’, ft. Debbie Armour (Burd Ellen)

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    Handbags and Broomsticks: Molly Dancing for the uninitiated

    A woggle hopping obstacle in the wild. The picture is actually of a red postbox in Wiltshire on a pretty summer's day, but woggle hopping often involved postboxes

    Customs uncovered: Woggle Hopping

    The source singer Cecilia Costello - photo by Bob Etheridge

    Women in folk: celebrating the source singers

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    Martin Simpson in concert at Whitchurch Folk Club, Hampshire. He is in the spotlight, holding his guitar and smiling. There is a prominent swallow tattoo on his right forearm.

    Simpson at 70: A new interview with the legendary folk guitarist

    Customs Uncovered: The Stick and Bucket Dance

    Martin Simpson playing a Fylde acoustic guitar.

    Discovering Martin Simpson: 18 songs to get you started

    White Rose Morris dancing at dawn on May Day, 2011, at Castle Hill in Almondbury - Photo credit Bryony Griffith

    May Day Morris: Where to find Morris dancing near me

    Men chase a cheese down the extremely steep Cooper's Hill in the 2015 Gloucester Cheese Rolling contest

    Customs uncovered: the Cooper’s Hill cheese rolling contest

Jon Wilks
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Jon Wilks is the editor of Tradfolk.co. He has previously worked as the editorial director of Time Out Tokyo, and editor of Time Out Abu Dhabi. Over the years he has written for the Guardian, Dazed & Confused, the Japan Times and many more publications. When he is not writing about traditional folk music on this website, he's performing and recording traditional music over on jonwilks.online. His original blog, Grizzly Folk (2017-2018), forms the basis of the early posts on this website.
Songs

P Stands For Paddy – The Weaving (Live at The People’s Museum of Limerick)

Cáit Ní Riain of The Weaving talks us through her relationship with the traditional Irish song, 'P is for Paddy' [Roud 419].
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Martin Simpson in concert at Whitchurch Folk Club, Hampshire. He is in the spotlight, holding his guitar and smiling. There is a prominent swallow tattoo on his right forearm.
Interviews

Simpson at 70: A new interview with the legendary folk guitarist

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.
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Northgate Folk Festival

The Choir of Outsiders presents the Northgate Folk Festival, an experimental and contemporary folk all-dayer set in the heart of...
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A member of Boss Morris, decked in greenery, smiles for the camera. She is standing in a woodland glade on Rodborough Common, Stroud.
Morris DancingNews

Dancing up the Sun – May Day, 2023

Our round-up of photos and videos of morris dancers dancing up the sun on May Day, 2023. The summer is icumen in and winter's gone away.
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White Rose Morris dancing at dawn on May Day, 2011, at Castle Hill in Almondbury - Photo credit Bryony Griffith
Morris DancingThe Merry Month of May

May Day Morris: Where to find Morris dancing near me

The Tradfolk Morris Dancing guide is here to help you find your nearest side come rain or shine. Send us your info, share this guide around, and let the Morris commence.
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Louis Campbell and Sam Sweeney in shadows.
Reviews

Sam Sweeney & Louis Campbell, Shapes – a review

Locked away in a church in Derbyshire, Sam Sweeney continues to conjure up nourishment for the soul.
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A Bampton side dancing in a local garden on Whit Monday
CustomsThe Merry Month of May

Traditional May events to add to your calendar

Why is the month of May so important to the folk world? Here's our list of what to do, where to go, what to see, and what it all means.
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Glastonbury Abbey Abbots Kitchen Field

Two Glastonbury Dragons, one in red, one in white, with gold markings in their decorations.
Rituals and customs

Glastonbury Dragons May Fayre and Procession

The legendary Glastonbury Dragons are set to emerge from their secret lair beneath the iconic Glastonbury Tor once again, and...
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Evercreech Jack in the Green
CustomsThe Merry Month of May

Customs uncovered: Jack in the Green

Walking bush, Jack in the Green, has a history dating back to the early 1800s. Here's how the character came into being.
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A traditional maypole dance at Whitchurch, Hampshire, Silk Mill
CustomsThe Merry Month of May

Customs Uncovered: The Maypole

Everything you ever wanted to know about the maypole tradition, but were too uncomfortable to ask.
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The night before May Day, and the moon is shining bright above a clearing in a forest. The sky is a mixture of dark blue and black.
CustomsThe Merry Month of May

Customs Uncovered: Bringing in the May

A brief look at the custom known as Bringing in the May, the night before May Day, when nature ran riot.
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