Bridget St John emerged as a prominent figure in the British folk scene of the ... The legendary female singers of the 60s folk music scene left an indelible mark on music history.
Highly acclaimed folk singer Eliza Carthy presents this four-part series charting the rise of British folk music from the revival of the 1960s to the thriving folk music scene of today.
Renowned singer Norma Waterson - matriarch of the "royal family of British folk music" - has died. Norma, brother Mike, sister Lal formed The Watersons in the 1960s, achieving critical acclaim for ...
The British group formed in 2007 with singer/guitarist/drummer Marcus Mumford ... It was around then that the London folk scene saw the rise of other traditional artists such as Laura Marling ...
In spite of apparent differences, folk and folk-inspired music from the roots to the avant-garde is characterised by certain common features – simple, square rhythms, extended repetition, simple ...
Sam Amidon mines the ‘intensity & strangeness’ of tradition to make music ... singer-songwriter on the fiddle, banjo, and guitar, but he’s mostly known for recasting traditional American ...
But what else do you call a 20-year-old folk singer in ... are my three favorite singers. Then there are also some other women who have inspired me that aren't in music like Gilda Radner and ...