Katy Spicer chats with Jon Wilks about her 10 years as the Chief Exec and Artistic Director at EFDSS (English Folk Dance and Song Society).
Performance
Storyteller, Matthew Crampton, discusses the making of The Transports and his secret history as a masseur.
Nell Leyshon talks about her new play, FOLK, her fascination with source singers, Louie Hooper and Lucy White, and the difficulties inherent in bringing Cecil Sharp to life on stage.
The Inter-Varsity Folk Dance Festival returns to Sheffield for the 10th time this weekend (Feb 25th-27th), for what the organisers says is the UK's longest-running folk festival.
Is it possible to learn how to Morris dance in one month flat? Rachel Wilkinson is about to find out in the first ever Tradfolk Rachallenge.
Tradfolk Rachel updates us on the progress of her Tradfolk Rachallenge: learning to dance a Morris jig in a single month, to perform at Ely Cathedral on May Morning.
Will Pound discusses his new album and explains all the newbie needs to know about Morris dancing.
What better place to observe the age-old tradition of Boxing Day Morris dances than Instagram?
Boss Morris are one of the most prominent Morris dance sides of today. Jon Wilks caught up with Alex Merry and Lily Cheetham to find out how they took the folk scene by storm.
Help us create a directory of May Day Morris dances so that people can find their way to dancing the sun up somewhere locally.
A Sheffield folk dance group have found themselves at the centre of the latest alleged 10 Downing Street Covid-19 lockdown contraventions, this time relating to an illegal Morris dance or ‘team building work event’.
Newcomers to the world of traditional customs and rituals very quickly come face to face with beasts and hobby horses. In this article, we attempt to offer some explanation for the inexplicable.
