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. With music ...

LONDON (Reuters) - It was hardly Bob Dylan goes electric, but 45 years ago this week saw a major milestone in British folk-rock, a genre whose influence has stretched across the world and is to be ...

London’s burgeoning folk scene seems to have sprung up out of nowhere, but if the success of key artists such as Laura Marling, Mumford & Sons and Johnny Flynn is anything to go on, then this ...

In the return of his quarterly column exploring bold new takes on traditional music and sounds, Patrick Clarke speaks to the figures behind the new Black British Folk Collective about their story so ...

The band contains some of British folk music’s most famous musicians, says spokesman Martin Emm. “Formed by long-time Steeleye Span fiddle player Peter Knight, initially as a trio, Gigspanner Big Band ...