The current centre of London's happening folk scene, based around MOTH Club in Hackney, launches a Patreon page that mixes the bright young things with the truly legendary.
'Weird folk' seems to exist at the crossroads between traditional folk music, experimentalism, and psychogeography. James Hadfield explores.
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.
Meet Jacken Elswyth - experimental/trad banjo player, label owner, Shove Dance Collective member and denizen of London's new folk clubs.
Six Static Scenes, the new album from Jacken Elswyth, is all about attention to the details most of us choose to skip over.
Gavin McNamara takes a listen to two missives from the world of Shovel Dance Collective: Offcuts and Oddities Volume 2, and the Jacken Elswyth-curated Betwixt And Between 10.
Jacken Elswyth, Mataio Austin Dean and Nick Granata sit down to discuss a brief history of Shovel Dance Collective, as well as the album looming in their immediate future.
Shovel Dance Collective are a group of nine musicians brought together by a communal passion for the folk music of...
Shovel Dance Collective are a group of nine musicians brought together by a communal passion for the folk music of...
Shovel Dance Collective are a group of nine musicians brought together by a communal passion for the folk music of...
Shovel Dance Collective are a group of nine musicians brought together by a communal passion for the folk music of...
Shovel Dance Collective are a group of nine musicians brought together by a communal passion for the folk music of...