Folk Music

4 February 2010

Electric Ballroom NW1 8QP[map]

American singer-songwriter from New York.

3 December 2009

HMV Forum NW5 1JY[map]

Joyous Afro-beat music from a blind songwriting pair in Mali.

31 December 2009

Monto Water Rats Theatre WC1X 8BZ[map]

Amsterdam was formed by poet/songwriter/guitarist/humanist Ian Prowse and the band is well known for their single 'Does this train stop on Merseyside?' which reduced the great John Peel to tears on air each time he played it.

3 December 2009

Queen of Hoxton EC2A 3JX[map]

A performance by singer-songwriter Andreya Triana.

20 March 2010

Union Chapel N1 2XD[map]

Andy McKee is hailed by many fellow performers in the acoustic world as the most promising fingerstyle guitarist to arrive on the scene in some time. Over the last thirteen years, Andy has cited numerous influences from Michael Hedges to Metallica, Bjork to Don Ross, to Tchaikovsky, and has created a unique voice on the acoustic guitar as a result.

2 February 2010

The Borderline W1D 4JR[map]

A night of live music with The Bittersweets, Sarah Slean, and Royal Wood.

10 February 2010

93 Feet East E1 6RU[map]

With the unabated drive of the white stripes The Brute Chorus are conduits of pure folk energy. Singer James produces vocals as intimate as a whisper, set against the tick of the cymbal the pulse of the bass. Join them as they record their debut album live.

4 February 2010

Bush Hall W12 7LJ[map]

Carolina Chocolate Drops are three young Afro-American musicians revisiting the black string-band and jug-band music of the '20s and '30s.

30 November 2009

The Lexington N1 9JB[map]

2 December 2009

Union Chapel N1 2XD[map]

Singer/songwriter Chris Wood's music reveals his love for the alternative history of the English-speaking people.

18 March 2010

Union Chapel N1 2XD[map]

Cimarron play joropo, the high velocity harp led sound from the Colombian llanos.

30 November 2009

The Slaughtered Lamb EC1V 0DX[map]

A singer songwriter influenced by Nick Drake and John Martyn.

9 December 2009

HMV Apollo, Hammersmith W6 9QH[map]

The most influential and successful British singer-songwriter of the past decade, David Gray, has announced a brace of gigs this summer.

23 November 2009

Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen N1 6NU[map]

This New York-based singer-songwriter plays a variety of instruments including 8-dollar guitars, pink accordions, glockenspiels and optigons. Her live show brings moving silence to the crowd with music reminiscent of the raw traditionalism of Woody Guthrie and the experimental alt-folk lyricism of artists like Joanna Newsome

15 December 2009

O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire W12 8TT[map]

California-based singer-songwriter with a cult following who delivers weird folk sounds with surreal and naturalistic lyrics. Emotive folk melodies and haunting vocals have made Banhart leader of the folk revolution.

4 December 2009

100 Club W1D 1LL[map]

A tribute to the timeless classics of Bob Dylan.

18 March 2010

Monto Water Rats Theatre WC1X 8BZ[map]

Eliza Carthy is an English folk musician known for both singing and playing fiddle. She is the daughter of legendary English folk musicians singer/guitarist Martin Carthy and singer Norma Waterson.

11 January 2010

The Slaughtered Lamb EC1V 0DX[map]

A night of live music from Emaline Delapaix, playing a range of old and new material.

10 May 2010 to 11 May 2010

Bloomsbury Theatre WC1H 0AH[map]

5 December 2009

HMV Forum NW5 1JY[map]

Experimental folk band from Sweden whose melodic excursions regularly explore the dark side of psychedelia.