Today is release day for my new single, “Greek Street”, backed by the guitar instrumental, “Scatterbrain”. I recorded this with my friends Lukas Drinkwater and…
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‘John Riley’ is a common title, and an even more common character, in the canon of traditional English songs. He’s so ubiquitous, in fact, one…
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I first heard Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne when I was working at Sidmouth Folk Week, back in 2018. In his early twenties at that point, Cohen was…
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I’m currently planning live shows for the latter part of 2021 and into 2022. If you’re a booking agent or work with a folk club…
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NOW AVAILABLE ON CD VIA BANDCAMP. CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE “Jon Wilks’s Up the Cut explores the fascinating history of Birmingham street balladry, a thriving…
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Folk music in 2020 may have been battered by the devastating effects of the COVID pandemic, but there were great things to be heard, and…
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“The merry time of Christmas is drawing on a-pace…”, and so I’m delighted to share with you this Birmingham-related recording of “God Rest Ye Merry…
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Here’s a fun little secret thing for you. Shortly after lockdown ended, Jackie Oates asked me to record some traditional nursery rhymes with her for…
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I was expecting to be able to announce the release of my new album, Up The Cut, by this point… but it has not turned…
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The brutal murder of Mary Ashford scandalised the nation in the early 1800s. By the 1840s/50s, the incident had found its way into song –…
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