Recorded at various locations in England between 1937 and 1951 by Alan Lomax, Peter Kennedy and others. Table of contents Haul on the bowlin' ; A' roving (Stanley Slade with male chorus) --Earsdon ...

Ian Anderson may have been looking to rely on traditional instruments in Jethro Tull, but he thought that these folk legends were a cut above the rest.

The Passim Folk Music and Cultural Center is a nonprofit arts organization dedicated to the cultivation and preservation of folk music. Through its diverse programming (Club Passim, the Passim School ...

Folk musician and former BBC Scotland presenter Archie Fisher has died at the age of 86. The singer, songwriter and guitarist ...

Perhaps fittingly for a radio host with a legendary self-effacing delivery, Dick Pleasants began his on-air career on a small scale at the age of 10 by reaching out through the airwaves to his ...

When Paul Simon first arrived in Britain in the mid-1960s, he was still an emerging American songwriter searching for inspiration. What he found was Martin Carthy, one of England’s most respected folk ...

ONE of folk music's most revered figures, Steve Knightley, is due to perform at Settle Parish Church, Holy Ascension, on Friday, 14.

Finn Collinson, a renowned recorder player and composer will perform at the Heron Theatre, Milnthorpe on November 22, as part of an eight-date tour. Based in Suffolk, Finn is regarded as one of the ...