Category: Jon Wilks Albums & EPs

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 19th-century industry, through simple, deeply affecting voice-and-guitar settings. The Lover’s Ghost and Stowaway are especially beautiful, delicate with love and loss.” – Jude Rogers, The Guardian review “Up The Cut is…

“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 Gentlemen” [Roud 394]. You can listen to (and download) the track via my Bandcamp page now, and via various streaming platforms from December 1st. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by…

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 a company called Yoto. Over the course of a day we recorded 15. They’re now a “best seller” on the Yoto website. By the way, a Yoto box makes a…

Here’s a cover of “Northern Sky” by Nick Drake, featuring Katherine Priddy on vocals, Jon Wilks (me!) on guitar, Lukas Drinkwater on double bass, Jon Nice of The Grizzly Folk on keyboards, and Knees Thompson on percussion. We hope it brings you some quiet peace and joy. The recording came about because Katherine and Jon…

I first heard “From a Lullaby Kiss” less than two weeks ago. That’s how quickly these things can happen. I was sitting on the floor at the back of the Knight & Spiers gig I was organising at Whitchurch Folk Club, when Peter Knight started playing it. It was the only piece in the gig…

Before we get started, you can read more about The Trial of Bill Burn Under Martin’s Act (the song itself) by clicking here. The Trial of Bill Burn Under Martin’s Act includes four tracks, one of which features the wonderful talents of my good friends Nick Hart (melodeon) and Mikey Kenney (fiddle). It was released as a digital-only recording on July 2nd,…

PREFER CDS? ORDER THE CD FROM BANDCAMP TODAY ‘Midlife’ is a collection of traditional and music hall songs and tunes from around Birmingham and the wider Midlands. As someone who came of age in Birmingham in the mid-90s and only came to traditional folk music later on, I wanted to filter these songs through my…