The best record you’ve never heard: Goblin Band recommend a slice of arcane English folk

Catching up with London's Goblin Band, vocalist and hurdy-gurdy player Rowan Gatherer tell us the one record we must hear ...
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3 Essential Bands That Led the Late 1960s and Early 1970s British Folk Revival

In 2019, Grapefruit Records released a collection of artists who shaped British folk music in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The compilation album Strangers in the Room: A Journey Through the British ...
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PHOTOS: Community comes together for festival celebrating traditional music and dance

A FESTIVAL celebrating traditional English music and dance has been held in Whitchurch. Whitchurch Folk Festival took place on Saturday, May 10, marking the second festival since its revival in 2024.
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Norma Waterson, a Key Figure in Britain’s Folk Revival, Dies at 82

With her familial singing group, the Watersons, and later as a solo performer, she helped revitalize traditional music from the north of England. By Jim Farber Norma Waterson, a vaunted fixture in ...