Folk musician who recorded a succession of celebrated albums and shared the stage with Dylan and Baez at the 1963 Newport festival

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Colin Randall writes: news of the death of the great Geordie singer Bob Davenport reached me during a punishing 1,400km trek from the shores of the

Classic Folk with Mike Norris Classic Folk is unique. It mines a rich seam of wonderful folk and roots music and song from around 75 years of recordings. From the great source singers to the legends o...

Legendary calypsonian Slinger Francisco, better known as the Mighty Sparrow, has died at the age of 91.

Letters: Readers have advice for a cross-party committee of MPs looking into the UK’s poor record at the song contest

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After 20 years of independent cultural journalism and with a very heavy heart, September’s edition of The Skinny is our final issue.

Classic Folk with Mike Norris Classic Folk is unique. It mines a rich seam of wonderful folk and roots music and song from around 75 years of recordings. From the great source singers to the legends o...

Steve Turner The song that shaped me: Cane on the Brazos Book for Trad Night: Steve Turner "When I first became interested in folk music, and learnt to play the guitar (inspired by Bob Dylan) in ...

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Masterful concertina accompaniments, banjo tunes and one of the finest voices on the folk scene.

(Real World)Leaning on their Hebridean heritage, the duo meld 10th-century Celtic cantos with distortion, dream-pop and post-rock, with shades of Twin Peaks and Boards of Canada

Macdara Yeates announces “Mudlark Ballads,” his second album produced by Gilla Band’s Daniel Fox — centuries-old Irish folk songs in a bold new setting.

Music historians and artists discuss Dick Gaughan’s fight to reclaim his music, and the protest at the heart of folk music’s continued legacy.

Classic Folk with Mike Norris Classic Folk is unique. It mines a rich seam of wonderful folk and roots music and song from around 75 years of recordings. From the great source singers to the legends o...