Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage met twelve years ago, at a Folk Club, and have been making gorgeous Country-tinged Folk music ever since. On their frequent visits to Bristol, they have always performed as a duo. Until now. To celebrate the release of their fourth album, In the Dark We Grow, they are joined by Jacob Stoney, on keys,Continue reading “Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage – Folk House – November”
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Bella Hardy – Folk House – November
“I promised my friend that you’d get a set of feminist bangers”. Bella Hardy chuckles, having just told everyone that You Don’t Owe the World Pretty. It’s a song that she wrote for her niece, when she was very little, and perfectly combines everything that is glorious about Edale’s favourite fiddle playing daughter. It’s folk-y enough for traditionalists, popContinue reading “Bella Hardy – Folk House – November”
Kris Drever – Folk House – November
What with all of the Balkan, Klezmer, folk-punk stuff around it’s easy to forget the utter joy that a great singer-songwriter can bring. Kris Drever is, undoubtedly, a really great singer-songwriter. From the Orkney Islands, a member of Lau, contributor to the gorgeous Spell Songs project, winner of countless folk awards, he is one of those hiddenContinue reading “Kris Drever – Folk House – November”
India Electric Co. – Folk House – September
Watching a band change and grow is a fascinating thing. Over the course of ten years and three albums, India Electric Co have gone from a quirky, off-beat folk duo to a band capable of writing some of the finest alt-pop you’ll ever hear. They’ve gone from acoustic tunes flecked with European influences to multi-layered, complex, clever, soulful,Continue reading “India Electric Co. – Folk House – September”
Kathryn Williams & Withered Hand – Folk House – June
There’s something lovely about watching friends singing, swapping stories, and having fun. At one stage this evening, prolific singer-songwriter Kathryn Williams dissolves into a fit of giggles and Dan Willson (aka Withered Hand) looks on with mock bemusement. They’ve just been telling a story about their friendship, just been singing harmonies that are so jigsaw-puzzle perfect, justContinue reading “Kathryn Williams & Withered Hand – Folk House – June”
Jim Moray – Folk House – May 2023
It’s probably about time that some dues were paid. Way back at the end of the 1990s English Folk music was in a dreadful state. The Fast Show lampooned it, the image was of tankards of ale and fingers in ears, the only people interested were earnest, bearded, old men. Almost no one cared. ThoseContinue reading “Jim Moray – Folk House – May 2023”
Laura Cortese – Folk House – May 2023
“This is a lovely idea”, says Nick Hart, about three songs into Laura Cortese & Friends at the Folk House. The idea, as all the best ones are, is a simple one – choose a musician from the town in which you’re touring and collaborate with them throughout the evening. Laura Cortese is a fiddleContinue reading “Laura Cortese – Folk House – May 2023”
Hack Poets Guild – Folk House – March 2023
During the short film that, sort of, supports Hack Poets Guild, Lisa Knapp says that she loves Broadside Ballads because you can “hear the humanity coming through”. Broadsides were single sheets of news, sometimes in the form of songs (the ballads in question), sold cheaply on the streets between the 15th and 19th century. ByContinue reading “Hack Poets Guild – Folk House – March 2023”
Frankie Archer – Folk House – February
Have you ever been there at the start of something new? Something exciting? Something that crackles with possibilities? Have you ever been given a little glimpse of what might be? Frankie Archer crackles with possibilities; on this, her first tour, she is entirely solo. Just her, a violin, a box of clever samples and aContinue reading “Frankie Archer – Folk House – February”
A Winter Union – Folk House – December 2022
Ok. It can all begin now. The halls can be decked, the Holly boughs bought in, the fa-la-las can be sung. The Trees can be trimmed, the lights can be turned on, stockings can be hung. A Winter Union are touring so the world can be made festive. This is the seventh Christmas that BenContinue reading “A Winter Union – Folk House – December 2022”
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