Rolling Stone has named Richard Thompson a top 100 guitarists and called him “one of rock’s most dazzling stylists.” ...

It's about time English music was given some decent airplay! Mat Wilson, Newcastle After playing guitar for 20 years I had almost no knowledge of folk music. Hearing Richard Thompson's 'Roll Over ...

We’re about to get a new album from the beloved and gravitas-rich folk singer-songwriter Richard Dawson. End Of The Middle, which will be out on Valentine’s Day, is billed as a soft, stripped-back ...

Rambling facial hair, open-toed sandals and an acoustic guitar all help create the image of the lovable folk fan ... and its traditional music. Many write in both English and Welsh creating ...

The word “folk” in the term “folk music” used to connote a rural homogeneous ... I got expelled from English class for using four-letter words in a paper describing the English teacher.

Petrie, however, became more enfranchised in the British folk scene when she started playing in a collective with five other female musicians. Petrie has a superb version of Thompson’s “Beeswing” on ...

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The English actor starred in over 60 films and 30 plays ... Before hitting it big on the show, Soul was a folk singer through ...

November is shaping up to be a strong month for singer-songwriters—Michael Kiwanuka, Haley Heynderickx, and Shawn Mendes are all releasing new albums. Kim Deal’s first (!) solo album is another ...

Jon Boden, best known as the lead singer of the band Bellowhead, has described Sam as “the finest English-style ... sharing ...

Coming up next is “Raisins and Almonds, Pomegranates and Roses: Jewish Folk Songs,” which features Kinneret Ely with ...

A hymn to mercy and love, “Love Calls Us to the Things of This World” springs to my lips when my heart is quiet. I teach it ...