alt folk

• News / bristol musicians

  ‘Hidden music festival’ promises intimate shows and warm connection

  The 500-person weekender is designed to feel communal

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• Music / Bristol gigs

  Gig fundraising to send Gaza sisters to university

  The programme of six top alt-folk acts and a photo exhibition takes place at a stunning venue

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Bristol Folk Festival – ‘Community, inclusion and an overwhelming feeling that everything is OK’

  An inclusive weekend proved folk is a broad church with something to offer everyone

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• Music / improvised music

  Review: Vava Maudit/Tim Hill, The Cube – things proceeded according to their own random logic

  It was all a part of making nonsense intensely musical

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• Music / Get To Know

  Get to Know: the Flag Fen Project

  The duo explain their mysterious origins, their obsession with place and why they've ditched Spotify

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• Music / Folk & Roots

  Bristol’s month in folk and roots – January 2026

  This month presents a few select musical events to help blow the winter blues away

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• Music / new releases

  New release: Louis Alberry’s album is ‘cryptic and confessional’

  The album was released by Cuculi Records on December 5

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• Music / In the Know

  In the Know: Beth Roberts, Cuculi Records – ‘An alternative to hedonism’

  The DIY alt-folk label is carving out a new space for reflective communal listening

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