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    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

    Lally Macbeth of Stone Club, performing Fishsticks & Fiddlesticks as part of the Mock Morris at Lanyon Quoit, Cornwall.

    The first rule of Stone Club is…

    An Abbots Bromley Horn Dancer clutches the antlers of an old reindeer skeleton. He is wearing his traditional dancing costume. The photo is by Henry Bourne and was taken in 2009.

    Making Mischief: Folk Costume in Britain – an exhibition

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    Abbots Bromley Horn Dancers, 1998

    This is England [Folk Roots, 1997]

    Lally Macbeth of Stone Club, performing Fishsticks & Fiddlesticks as part of the Mock Morris at Lanyon Quoit, Cornwall.

    The first rule of Stone Club is…

    A painting of the ritual portrayed in the Eve of St Agnes, by John Keats. The painting is of two young women in their bed chamber, observing a wraith-like character slumped on their bed. The painting is held at the Tate.

    Customs uncovered: St Agnes Eve, dumb cakes, and the prediction of the future

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    DERT: The Results

    Laurel Swift morris dancing in Bristol, 2011, wearing a red t-shirt and faded blue jeans.

    Laurel Swift and the roots of the new morris revival

    A black and white photo of the early Esperance dancers who sparked an interest in English Folk Dancing.

    Remembering Mary Neal: Suffragette and folk dance powerhouse

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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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    The folk singer Lisa Knapp stands in front of green trees, staring straight into the camera. Her hair is dyed blonde and she has a serious look on her face.

    Lisa Knapp and the LIVING soundtrack

    Boss Morris dancing in Whitchurch, Hampshire, with Hooty. Photo credit - Jon Wilks

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Jennie Higgins, folk singer, stands in a railway station, staring straight into the camera. She is leaning against a white pillar.
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Jennie Higgins – Where Are All the Women? A review

Where Are All The Women? by Jennie Higgins is an entirely unaccompanied first-attempt from an emerging folk singer.
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Fay Hield stares into the camera. She is holding the neck of a five-string banjo.
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Fay Hield on Access Folk and the Folk Singing Symposium

Professor Fay Hield chats about her multifaceted career, the Access Folk project, and the upcoming Folk Singing Symposium in Sheffield.
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Allen Water – Kalos

US folk trio, Kalos, introduce their new video - a recording of a 300-year-old traditional Scottish tune celebrating the landscape.
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The Best Folk Albums of the Year, 2022
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The Best Folk Albums of the Year, 2022

The deliberations have been made and the tally totted up. Here, then, is this year's BIG list.
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Early Pearly cover art from Bryony Griffith and Alice Roberts, featuring a sailor desperately trying to get home to a glowing house in a snow storm.
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Early Pearly – Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones

Released as a charity single, 'Early Pearly' is a traditional song from Ripon, Yorkshire. Bryony Griffith gives us the lowdown.
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Nathaniel Mann, Marry Waterson and Lisa Knapp - the three members of Hack Poets Guild - stand in a row, with their visages sliced as if in a collage.
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Daring Highwayman – Hack-Poets Guild

'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.
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Will Pound plays harmonica alongside Jenn Butterworth, who strums an acoustic guitar. They are sitting in front of an old piano, advertising their new album, Volume 1.
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Jenn Butterworth & Will Pound, Volume 1 – a review

Jenn Butterworth & Will Pound release Volume 1, a collection of traditional and original tunes that swerve into gloriously bluesy territory whenever the mood takes them.
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Archie Churchill-Moss sits with his melodeon, preparing to record in the pleasant surrounds of Slow Worm Studios, Norfolk.
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Archie Churchill-Moss, PH(R)ASE – a review

PH(R)ASE is a gorgeous new solo album of instrumental tunes by melodeon player extraordinaire, Archie Churchill-Moss. Abbey Thomas kicks off 2023 listening to some of the most beautiful music she has heard in a long time.
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Julian Gaskell playing the accordion while wearing a bowler hat and mid 20th century clothing.
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Burial Club – Julian Gaskell & his Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

Julian Gaskell digs into a broadside ballad about burial clubs, and tells us where he went with it and what attracted him in the first place.
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The Furrow Collective stand on an inner-city street corner in the fading light.
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The Furrow Collective, The Longest Night – a review

Short but very sweet, the Longest Night by The Furrow Collective gets you in a Christmas mood with a tidy collection of classics, new and old. Fire up the hearth and reach for the mulled wine.
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Stick in the Wheel performing Endurance Soundly Caged on stage during the accompanying tour.
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Endurance Soundly Caged – Stick in the Wheel, a review

Stick in the Wheel capture their live sound in a bottle. Six tracks recorded as a four-piece, live at live at Eastcote Studios, demonstrate what they're capable of.
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Elspeth Anne sits in her kitchen, gazing into the camera
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Elspeth Anne, Mercy Me – a review

Weaving timeless themes with atmospheric originals, Elspeth Anne's latest album finds its own corner of folk. Review by Alex Hurr.
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