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A close-up shot of Alasdair Roberts sitting, arms crossed.

Alasdair Roberts At Bluestone Brewery, Newport

Bluestone Brewery Cilgwyn, Newport

Alasdair Roberts is a Glasgow-based musician – primarily a singer and guitarist – born in Germany and raised in central Scotland. Acclaimed by Folk Radio UK as ‘one of our most talented, important and relevant songwriters and song-adapters’, he has released several critically-acclaimed albums via Drag City Records over the past two decades. Alasdair draws upon the traditional song and music culture of Scotland and further afield to create both his own idiosyncratic and evocative compositions, as well as fresh […]

£15
Dougie MacLean

Dougie MacLean At Cleckheaton Town Hall

Cleckheaton Town Hall Bradford Rd, Cleckheaton

As part of Kirklees Year of Music, Cleckheaton Folk Festival presents an evening with the brilliant Dougie Maclean.

£23
Martin Simpson stands dimly lit, backed by a dark burgandy wall and guitar slung to the midriff.

Martin Simpson At St Michael and All Angels Church, Abingdon

St Michael and All Angels Church Church Ln, Abingdon

The remarkable intimate solo performances Martin gives go from strength to strength – every gig is a masterclass. He travels the length and breadth of the UK and beyond, giving rapt audiences passion, sorrow, love, beauty, tragedy and majesty through his playing. 40 years after he recorded his first album, Golden Vanity, in 1976, Martin is known as a guitarist of formidable talent. Equally at home playing English traditional folk, American folk and blues and his own compositions, he is […]

£17.50
Leveret standing underneath a bridge.

Leveret At Stamford Arts Centre

Stamford Arts Centre Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford

Leveret is a unique collaboration between three of England's finest folk musicians. Andy Cutting, Sam Sweeney and Rob Harbron are each regarded as exceptional performers and masters of their instruments. Together their performances combine consummate musicianship, compelling delivery and captivating spontaneity. Leveret’s music is not arranged in the conventional sense and instead they rely on mutual trust, listening and responding. Their playing is relaxed and natural, drawing audiences in and inviting them to share in music making that is truly spontaneous […]

£18 – £20
Lisa O'Neill official press photo.

Lisa O’Neill At Sage Gateshead

Sage Gateshead St Mary's Square, Gateshead

“Vertiginous, violet-they scroll across the sky, words with wings VVV, whether wrens or angels one cannot determine, perhaps an alternate universe fusion of both, up down, high, low-dizzy, still; at peace, at war: redemption dreams arise from the clay: soul's peace, as the bird in the bough its little eye closes slowly: all is chance, they say, indeed-save this, indisputably, O' Neill's Art's gentle triumph.” -  Pat McCabe

£18.20
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.

Hack Poets Guild At Bristol Folk House

Bristol Folk House 40a Park St, Bristol

Hack Poets Guild are a groundbreaking trio made up of Lisa Knapp, Marry Waterson and Nathaniel Mann. Their debut album was produced by movie composer and renowned producer, Jerry Diver, and features reinterpretations of broadside ballads found in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. The disposable song sheets (that would’ve once sold for pence, and were the forerunners of modern news media) gave a rare insight into the past whilst striking a chord with themes still relevant today. Celebrated film composer and […]

£17.49
A black and white still of Chris Wood sitting and playing guitar.

Chris Wood At Bishop’s House, Sheffield

Bishops' House Norton Lees Ln, Sheffield

Chris Wood is an uncompromising writer whose music reveals his love for the un-official history of the English speaking people. With gentle intelligence he weaves the tradition with his own contemporary parables. A self-taught musician, composer and song writer, Chris is a lifelong autodidact whose independent streak shines through everything he does. Always direct and unafraid to speak his mind, his song writing has been praised for its surgical clarity. He cites his major influence as “Anon”. His most recent […]

£16.50

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