>English Folk Music

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

Groups

I have collected information about some of my favourite singers and groups, particularly illustrated discographies and cross references of song titles:

• Harvey Andrews
• Frankie Armstrong
• Steve Ashley
• Les Barker &
  The Mrs Ackroyd Band
• Peter Bellamy &
  The Young Tradition
• Bellowhead
• Anne Briggs
• Cara, Deitsch & More Maids
• Eliza Carthy
• Martin Carthy
• Shirley Collins
• Sandy Denny
• Fairport Convention
• Chris Foster
• Ashley Hutchings
• Nic Jones
• Kerfuffle
• Louis Killen
• The Kipper Family
• John Kirkpatrick
• A.L. Lloyd
• Trevor Lucas
• Shelagh McDonald
• Jim Moray
• Linde Nijland
• Ruth Notman
• Jackie Oates
• Tony Rose
• Leon Rosselson
• Steeleye Span
• Dave Swarbrick
• June Tabor
• Joseph Taylor
• Steve Turner
• The Watersons
• Martyn Wyndham-Read

Note: I inherited the websites of some artists now hosted here: Sandy Denny and Trevor Lucas in 1998 from Willem Doornkamp; Waterson / Carthy, Ashley Hutchings, Joseph Taylor and the Kipper Family in 2002 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 Maggie Boyle & Grace Notes Cara, Deitsch and the 2Duos Eliza Carthy Chumbawamba Shirley Collins Coope Boyes & Simpson Copper Family Sandy Denny Fairport Convention / Expletive Delighted Flook! Kerfuffle John Kirkpatrick Peter Knight Ewan MacColl 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 Wild Goose Records Woodworm Records Folk Music Mail Order Abicat (UK Mail Order - from the musicians themselves) Camsco Music (US Mail Order) Millstream (Danish Mail Order) Musikfolk Limited (UK Mail Order) Old Songs New Songs (German Mail Order) More Links 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 Traditon Magazine: 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)