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Clive Carroll: Life in Colour | CD review
Ever since the 1960s, and the glory days of Davy Graham and the early Bert Jansch, the folk scene has provided the starting point for experimental acoustic guitarists who mixed traditional styles with jazz, classical, or global influences.
Liverpool Arts: The Unthanks and Martin Simpson headline...
MERCURY Prize nominees The Unthanks will open Liverpool's inaugural folk and roots festival on Saturday.
Why I welcome the new world music chart
The introduction of the Official World Music Album Chart brings more attention to musicians who often need the publicity a ' but why does it exclude British folk? Martin Simpson ... there is no sign of the British folk artist in the new charts.
Chumbawamba to kick-start folk, roots and acoustic season
CHUMBAWAMBA are gearing up to get Hull Truck's folk, roots and acoustic season off to a tubthumping start.
Chumbawamba to kick-start folk, roots and acoustic season
CHUMBAWAMBA are gearing up to get Hull Truck's folk, roots and acoustic season off to a tubthumping start.
Folk duo Arborea finds home in rural Maine
The folk duo Arborea makes music that belongs in a forest somewhere, among streams, toadstools and songbirds.
Lots to look forward to in new season
THEY announced their arrival on the mainstream pop scene with a catchy song and then captured the headlines in 1998 by pouring a bucket of ice water over the head of former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.
EUROPE'S biggest guitar festival is returning to Bath for a fortnight of music events.
International Guitar Festival Gala Night
This will be a truly amazing night at Komedia on Wednesday for anyone who enjoys folk, classical or jazz guitar because it features three of the leading guitarists in each of these different forms of guitar - Martin Simpson, Martin Taylor and Tom Kerstens with his G Plus Ensemble.
Shropshire date for award-winning folkie
An award-winning British folk musician is planning a one-off concert in Ludlow to promote his newly-released cd.
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