> English Folk Music

You can't trust folk songs. They always sneak up on you.
Granny Weatherwax in Terry Pratchett: Witches Abroad

My favourite albums

Groups

I have collected information about some of my favourite singers and groups:

Harvey Andrews Frankie Armstrong Steve Ashley Les Barker & The Mrs Ackroyd Band Anne Briggs Cara, Deitsch & More Maids Eliza Carthy Martin Carthy

Shirley Collins Sandy Denny Fairport Convention Ashley Hutchings Nic Jones The Kipper Family A.L. Lloyd Trevor Lucas Shelagh McDonald

Linde Nijland Tony Rose Leon Rosselson Steeleye Span Dave Swarbrick June Tabor Joseph Taylor The Watersons

I inherited some of the websites now hosted here: Sandy Denny and Trevor Lucas's sites from Willem Doornkamp; the Waterson / Carthy, Ashley Hutchings, Joseph Taylor and the Kipper Family sites from Garry Gillard. Thank you very much for your great work and for asking me to take over!

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External Links

Musicians Harvey Andrews Steve Ashley Tony Barrand and John Roberts Les Barker & The Mrs Ackroyd Band Peter Bellamy Maggie Boyle & Grace Notes Cara and Deitsch Eliza Carthy Chumbawamba Shirley Collins Coope Boyes & Simpson Copper Family Sandy Denny Fairport Convention / Expletive Delighted Flook! John Kirkpatrick Peter Knight Iain Matthews Dave Mattacks Ralph McTell Ougenweide Maddy Prior Poozies Stan Rogers Kate Rusby Dave Swarbrick Swåp June Tabor Richard Thompson / Richard Thompson Triakel Waterson:Carthy Roger Wilson Gay Woods

Record Labels Fellside Recordings Fledg'ling Records Free Reed Records & Music Musical Tradition Records No Masters Co-operative Park Records Talking Elephant Records Topic Records Westpark Music Woodworm Records Folk Music Mail Order Abicat (UK Mail Order - from the musicians themselves) Millstream (Danish Mail Order) Musikfolk Limited (UK Mail Order) Old Songs New Songs (German Mail Order) More Information English Folk and Traditional Music on the Internet by Martin Nail Folk Icons FolkWorld - The Online Music Magazine (english/deutsch) Fol-de-rol Folk On Line Directory of Events and Recording Order Listings fRoots magazine - Worldwide Roots Music Guide The Living TraditonMagazine: British folk music magazine The Mudcat Café: Tradition Folk Song Database Musical Tradition - The Magazine for Traditional Music Throughout the World Music That Means Something by Les Kneeling Selected English Folk Singers Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Folk Schleswig-Holstein (LAG Folk)