Music / folk and roots
Bristol’s month in Folk and Roots – June 2025
Bristol is bursting with quality folk music of all descriptions this month
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Music / Reviews
Review: Holly Clarke, Downend Folk and Roots – ‘A vital force’
Bristol's premier folk club plays host to two trad-folk newcomers
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Music / Reviews
Review: Amelia Coburn, the Louisiana – ‘Shapeshifts and enchants’
It's a Bristol debut for this literate folk-goth singer songwriter from Middlesborough
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Review: Bristol Folk Festival – ‘Music to stir the blood’
The Park Street folk party's smorgasboard of musical delights did not disappoint
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Music / folk
Bristol’s month in Folk and Roots – May 2025
May is the best month of the year for Folk & Roots in Bristol
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Music / Reviews
Review: Hannah Scott, Downend Folk & Roots – ‘It is everything that makes life worth contemplating’
Music and entertainment runs in the family for Hannah
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Music / Reviews
REVIEW: NATI, The Exchange – ‘The folky NATI was nowhere to be seen’
Gavin McNamara reviews the soon-to-be superstar NATI
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Review: Heartwood Chorus, the Mount Without – ‘The finest of celebrations’
A celebratory evening of song and dance headed up by Bristol's premier folk choir
