folk

• Music / Reviews

  Review: Belinda O’Hooley, Downend Folk & Roots – ‘Clarity, honesty and heart-stopping freedom’

  Could O'Hooley be the anti-Farage asks our reviewer

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: BIIRD, Thekla – ‘A breath of fresh Éire’

  The boat hosted a a supergroup who’ve sold out countless venues without releasing a record

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Nora Brown & Steph Coleman, St George’s – ‘To begin with, the crowd is patient’

  A Scottish piper steals the show from the American duo

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Jon Doran & the Northern Assembly, the Folk House – ‘Joyous, delicate, glorious’

  Shade-loving folkies chose to spend the sunniest weekend of the year in a dark-wood room

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Charlotte Carrivick, Downend Folk & Roots – ‘Electricity crackles from her fingertips’

  The flatpicking guitarist extraordinaire comes to Christchurch

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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 / Reviews

  Review: Shovel Dance Collective, Arnolfini – ‘Fine fluidity and freedom’

  Politically charged nine-piece ensemble open Bristol Folk Festival 2026

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• News / jack in the green

  ‘Kooky dancing bush’ Jack in the Green welcomes in summer

  Jack parades through the city every year, accompanied by dancers and musicians

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