Hello there! Some gigs news for you. I’ll be touring parts of the UK in February, 2022… Feb 12th, Whitchurch Folk Club, Hampshire: Tickets hereFeb…
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Listen to the new track on… Spotify: https://bit.ly/SlowFlySP Apple: https://bit.ly/SlowFlyApp Deezer: https://bit.ly/SlowFlyDe Amazon: https://bit.ly/SlowFlyAm In early lockdown, 2021, four of us got together and started…
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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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