BONES - 06.01.2026

BONES is a collection of unreleased songs, outtakes, demos and live recordings from recent years — fingerpicked, stripped back, and left largely as they were found. It captures songs between albums, collaborations along the way, and performances that refused to disappear. Excavated bones, left intact.

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BONES

Bones is a new, download-only release gathering together unreleased songs, outtakes, demos and live recordings from the last few years — things that slipped between albums or didn’t quite belong anywhere else. Seventeen tracks, left more or less as they were.

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FAQs

  • Jon Wilks is a singer, songwriter and fingerpicking guitarist, rooted in English folk traditions. His work combines storytelling with traditional and original songs.

  • Yes. Jon was an editor at Time Out and has contributed to The Guardian and The Japan Times, amongst other publications. He also helped run the fRoots website in its final years, and later co-founded Tradfolk.co. Alongside journalism, he is working on a book about the legendary Les Cousins folk club.

  • His fifth solo album, Needless Alley, was released on 19 September 2025. It’s a patchwork of autobiographical songs and memories.

  • Jon’s music is available on Bandcamp, Qobuz, Tidal and other major platforms. He has chosen to leave Spotify, which you can read about here.

  • Official vinyl, CDs, T-shirts and enamel pins are available on the Merch page.

  • Yes — see the Tour page for current and upcoming UK concerts, including solo shows and performances with The Grizzly Folk.

  • Sign up to the mailing list on this site to hear about new music, tours, and projects such as the Martin Carthy tribute concert.

  • Possibly! Have a chat with his agent, Claire Patterson, at Midnight Mango.