Bellowhead – or around half the acclaimed, award-winning 11-strong folk band – are huddled under a little marquee by the Thames in front of London's Southbank Centre, where they have recently been ...

Folk Music Journal is a peer-reviewed journal of research into all aspects of traditional song, music, dance, and drama. It is the journal of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, England's national ...

Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society 1932 - 1964 The Journal of the English Folk Dance Society 1927 - 1931 Journal of the Folk-Song Society 1899 - 1931 ...

Matthew Byrne says being a traditional folksong singer and a member of the millennial generation makes perfect sense in the 21st-century digital age. "It's access to everything," said Byrne, who ...

The legendary blues song “The House of the Rising Sun” is one of those tunes with a murky origin story. Who wrote it? Was there a single person to do so? It’s unclear. The traditional folk song is ...

Tom is joined by British folk singer Lisa Knapp, whose blend of traditional songs combined with modern methods has attracted much acclaim. Knapp was hailed as one of Brit folk's brightest new stars on ...

A letter from the Prince of Wales was among the tributes at an emotional funeral service for the doyen of traditional English folk music. There was standing room only at the service for Bob Copper, ...