Kate Arnold @dulcimerkate.bsky.social Musician/Composer/Electro-Medievalist.
PhD (Arabic poetry, Old French song).
Hammered dulcimer, vielles/viols/violins.
Inventor of the phantasmaphone.
"Absolutely extraordinary" - BBC R3
https://katearnolduk.bandcamp.com/
https://katearnoldmusic.com/
Lesley @englishfolkfan.bsky.social Am @EnglishFolkfan as on the BlueBird since 2008
Independent interested creative 
Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social Scenographer, theatre-maker, folk fiddler & community arts facilitator with a focus on green thinking & queerness. ESL content producer on the side. MSc student. he/him
Little Missenden Festival @ltmsdnfest.bsky.social Music festival held every October in the beautiful village of Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire. See https://www.little-missenden.org/ for more details.
saltwaterceol.bsky.social @saltwaterceol.bsky.social A Cape Breton party band with a Celtic twist
Matt Earhart (Vocals, Fiddle, Mandolin, Banjo and Bodhran)
Kenny MacLead (Vocals, 6-12 String Guitars and Bass)
Shawn Bigley @bigley.bsky.socialโฌ (Mandolin, Bodhran, Banjo, Whistles, and Vocals)
@rebelbrit.bsky.social @rebelbrit.bsky.social 
Bity Booker @bitybooker.bsky.social Out-of-time Alt-Folk Musician (๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฑ & ๐๐ฌ๐ซ๐ก๐ฌ๐ซ)
My ALBUM 'There's No Song About a Stone' out now ๐น๐๐ชจ
https://www.bitybooker.com/album.html
Wellington Sea Shanty Society @wgtnseashanty.bsky.social 4 sailor squall of pure shanty from Aotearoa New Zealand
The Folklore of Warwickshire @warksfolklore.bsky.social Exploring the folklore and folk life of Warwickshire. I can also be found at @hilaryrsparkes.bsky.social
Oskar Jensen @oskarjensen.bsky.social Novelist, Historian, BBC New Generation Thinker, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow | Song, streets, balladry, Jacobins, Whodunnits | If Love Should Die | Helle in Venice out 18.2.27 | he/him
Jon Boden @jonboden.bsky.social Folkie
Barn Hoppit @barnhoppit.bsky.social Experimental folk drone from the edge of London. https://barnhoppit.bandcamp.com
Mills & Farrell @millsandfarrell.bsky.social Traditional/contemporary folk duo, travel the world in pursuit of music, both the ancient and in inspiration.
Brixton Tatterjacks Morris @tatterjacks.bsky.social We are a Morris side based in Brixton, established in 2017. We perform regularly at community events and festivals. We are diverse and inclusive, and very friendly. Join us!
Sarah Jackson @sarahijackson.bsky.social Working in mental health doing peer support and other things. Writing speculative fiction extremely slowly. She/They.
https://sarah-i-jackson.ghost.io/
@knightandspiers.bsky.social @knightandspiers.bsky.social 
chris greencorn @chrisgreencorn.bsky.social PhD candidate in history at Queenโs University, Kingston, working on race, gender, and Canadian folk culture collecting
https://www.queensu.ca/history/people/greencorn-chris
Dr C B Rose @rosiewomble.bsky.social Retired researcher (PhD in psychology/flood risk management); folk musician; inland waterway enthusiast; LGBTQI+ ally. Getting back into gardening and sewing now my time is own! She/her. Not interested in anime/manga or porn.
Patrick Clarke @paddyclarke.bsky.social Deputy Editor and folk music columnist at The Quietus // my book Bedsit Land: The Strange Worlds Of Soft Cell is out now // cult classic, not best seller
Colin Randall @salutsunderland.bsky.social Journalist, dual ๐ฌ๐ง/๐ซ๐ท, folk music, anti-Brexit, pro-SAFC. Salutfolk.com francesalut.substack.com
Mark Radcliffe @markradcliffe.bsky.social Man City fan, half of @weareune and on the radio! All opinions are my own though!
Sound Roots @soundrootsuk.bsky.social Sound Roots helps people to build independent music careers ๐ฑ
As a registered charity, we support the sector through offering opportunities for artists via festivals, events, industry showcasing, mentoring and more.
Emma Waghorn @waggery.bsky.social Folk choir leader (pielarks.bsky.social), amateur dancer (Morris, balfolk) and English concertina player; retired book editor, woke lefty vegan heathen, born @ 317 ppm, London, UK.
From The Workshop - Folk / Alt-Folk Duo @fromtheworkshop.bsky.social Alternative Folk Duo from SE London / Kent, UK. A man and his suitcase, a woman and her voice. Punk Rocker meets Folk Singer.
New single "Tunnel Road" out now.
officialftw.com
#alternativefolk #folkduo #folkmusic #indiefolkmusic #originalmusic
The Roots List @therootslist.bsky.social www.therootslist.co.uk is an online directory created to help grow and strengthen the folk roots network. Performers, venues, promoters or professional services add your profile today.
Camus @camusfolk.bsky.social Weโre a five-piece trad folk band: Northumbrian pipes, fiddle, melodeon, guitar, keys. Evergreen veterans! www.camusmusic.net
Dr. Mollie Carlyle @molliecarlyle.bsky.social Maritime musicologist and author of 'The Shantyman's Compendium'. Completed a PhD on โthe last shantymanโ, Stan Hugill, at the University of Aberdeen.
https://www.molliecarlyle.com
Morris Federation @themorrisfed.bsky.social THE UK'S LARGEST ASSOCIATION OF MORRIS AND TRADITIONAL DANCE TEAMS
#CotswoldMorrisDance #BorderMorrisDance #NorthwestMorrisDance #GarlandDance #MollyDance
#RapperSwordDance #LongswordDance
#MorrisDance #MorrisDancing
#MorrisFed #MorrisFed50
Solomon Foster @colomon.bsky.social Father to a teenage geek, librarian's husband. C++ and Raku programmer by trade. Interested in RPGing (Amber, 5e, Ironsworn (Starforged & SI)), Irish and Newfoundland trad music (Peter Horan, Rufus Guinchard), reading SFF, and Michigan football.
Jo Brydon-Dickenson @jo-bd.bsky.social PhD student researching trans life in Edwardian London. Also does folk music on moothie and Northumbrian smallpipes.
Come Sing It Plain: a Martin Carthy fansite @comesingitplain.bsky.social Unofficial #MartinCarthy fansite. News, info, trivia and mild obsession... actually, mainly mild obsession
#CarthyArchive
Posts by @anorak-n-roll.bsky.social
Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social Illustrator, Printmaker and Arts Facilitator.
Portfolio - https://matpringle.co.uk
Shop - https://matpringleillustration.bigcartel.com/
Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social Songwriting duo from Hastings, East Sussex, UK. Jo Church and Jim Tipler. New online directory of all things folk and roots, THE ROOTS LIST is now live.
https://linktr.ee/miltonhide
Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social Independent, alternative bar, theatre and exhibition space in central Brighton. Drinks, DJs, live music and entertainment.
https://linktr.ee/yellow.book.bar
Folk Friday Radio @folkfridayradio.bsky.social A new folk station based in UK and Ireland. Check us out on www.folkfridayradio.com
English Folk Dance and Song Society @efdss.bsky.social The national organisation for folk music, song and dance in England. Based at Cecil Sharp House
Roary Skaista @roaryskaista.bsky.social Queer autistic folk singer, inclusive educator, and community organiser (they/them).
Access Folk @accessfolk.bsky.social Exploring ways to increase and diversify participation with folk singing in England.
Mailerlite @mailerlite.bsky.social Email marketing made super easy, empowering you to grow your business ๐ ๐ง 
Dr David Clarke @davidwclarke.bsky.social Folklorist and Journalist. Associate Professor, Sheffield Hallam University. Project lead, AHRC National Folklore Survey. Views expressed entirely my own. http://www.drdavidclarke.co.uk/
Blog: https://drclarke.substack.com/
Christina Alden & Alex Patterson @christinaandalex.bsky.social Musicians / Songwriters. Living in Norwich, Norfolk.
New Album 'Safe Travels' Out 09/05/25
Tegwen Roberts @industrialteg.bsky.social Industrial archaeologist, heritage professional, singer and border collie owner. Hull ex-pat now living in South Yorkshire. Fan of uncanny and Welsh rugby. Love a bit of heritage-inspired creativity. All views my own etc.
Once&Future Festival @onceandfuturefest.bsky.social Ten days of folklore, folk culture, and folk horror unleashed across the arts.
18th-27th April, 2025 - Brighton, UK ๐ค๐ก๏ธ๐ค
Folk Around And Find Out @folkaround.bsky.social Folklore & History Enthusiast
Curator of Hidden West Yorkshire for the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0hzw9dt?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
g @opensussex.bsky.social Moths, music, writing, sci-fi and pulp horror, outdoors, anarchism, duck pond sailors.
https://amzn.eu/d/jkzJKqw
https://phaticmusk.bandcamp.com
https://duckpondsailors.bandcamp.com
https://decadnids.bandcamp.com
http://opensussex.net
WoodFolk @woodfolk.bsky.social 'Oak' our debut EP is out on now!!
Streaming everywhere or available to buy on Bandcamp
Experimental drone folk from Bristol
woodfolkmusic.com
World Heart Beat @worldheartbeat.bsky.social Concert Venue | Recording Studios | Cafรฉ | Music Academy
https://linktr.ee/WorldHeartBeat
Eliza Carthy @elizacarthy.bsky.social Queen of the Whirl! Trad/prog singer, violinist, writer & stage/film composer, available for radio/TV presenting/arts curation. Pres. EFDSS. Feminist. LGBTQ+ ally.
DeeDeeChainey @deedeechainey.bsky.social Storyteller. Heritage botherer. @culturalfutureshub.bsky.social & @folklorethursday.bsky.social founder; #TreasuryOfFolklore author. #XR and #UX enthusiast. https://linktr.ee/deedeechainey ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฌ๐ง
Fire Choir @firechoiruk.bsky.social Community choir dedicated to revitalising communal singing with activism and empowerment at its heart.
Part of The Nest Collective (@thenestcollective.bsky.social)
Autumn Term: https://thenestcollective.co.uk/events/fire-choir-autumn-term
Moonrakers @moonrakersband.bsky.social 4-piece folk band, based in Oxford UK.
Mr. Cat Hair @mrcathair.bsky.social Trash folk for new coastlines.
New single out now: https://open.spotify.com/track/3vckpZ2lBDnonHnzogu5ze?si=7c731768a9594822
Forever searching for the thread that brings together Silly Wizard, The Specials, Bob Wills, Raymond Scott, and Minor Threat.
Chris Cleverley @chriscleverley.bsky.social โข ๐ฟ 21st Century Dream-Folk
โข ๐'Gods Of All Things' - OUT NOW
โข On Tour Nov/Dec
https://linktr.ee/chriscleverleymusic
Rev Simpkins @revsimpkins.bsky.social Nonconformist Musician - Anglican Priest
Jon Wilks @jonwilksmusic.bsky.social Folk songs of memory, place & tradition. โBadman fingerpicking guitaristโ (Carl Barรขt).
https://ffm.bio/jonwilksmusic
Folk Lyrics in a Dangerous Time @folklyrics.bsky.social Themes & through lines of folk/folk-adjacent music. For education only, buy the artists' work! Opinions mine . No AI use. ๐จ๐ฆ (stolen land). Community care ๐ท๐๐๐๐ Bruce Cockburn nerd. She/her. 2024 posts at @folklyrics2024.bsky.social Also on Instagram.
Folk Lyrics IADT (2024 Archive) @folklyrics2024.bsky.social Folk Lyrics in a Dangerous Time (2025 onwards) is at @folklyrics.bsky.social This archive (with occasional improvements) is IG posts from Aug 9-Dec 31 2024. Themes & through lines. +folk-adjacent. ๐จ๐ฆ (stolen land). Protect each other ๐ท๐๐๐ She/her.
@warwickfolkfest.bsky.social @warwickfolkfest.bsky.social 
Woody Guthrie @woodyguthrieworld.bsky.social This Woody Guthrie account is managed by Anna Canoni, President of Woody Guthrie Publications and Guthrie's granddaughter.
Visit us at ~ https://www.woodyguthrie.org
Gayle Brogan @pefkin.bsky.social Sound maker with Pefkin, Burd Ellen, Meadowsilver and Greenshank.
Gig promoter in a Tudor House in Sheffield
The Cockney Yiddish Podcast @cockneyyiddish.bsky.social Stories of a forgotten London subculture with Prof Nadia Valman and Dr Vivi Lachs.
cockneyyiddish.org
Supported by the Arts & Humanities Research Council.
BEST CULTURE PODCAST, Independent Podcast Awards 2025
BEST INDIE PODCAST, Silver
Lovies Award 2025
Martin Nail @martinnail.bsky.social 
Holly Clarke @hollyclarkemusic.bsky.social ๐ป'Man, she can sing' - Martin Carthy ๐ป
Musician|Singer|Ballads|Folk Song|Folklore|Folk Horror|Teacher|Composer|Cumbrian
Performs solo and with Holly & The Reivers, RE:VULVA, Holly Clarke & George Sansome
Sidmouth Folk Festival @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social A week-long annual folk festival, held in August (30 Jul - 6 Aug 2027), featuring concerts, ceilidhs, workshops, top bands, late-night dancing, sessions & more!
Jim Causley @jimcausley.bsky.social Devonian folk musician, singer & song-maker. Play in various different guises and projects. Currently touring with Miranda Sykes.
Anne-Marie Sanderson @annemariesanderson.bsky.social singer-songwriter, etc
Old Light out now
https://www.annemariesanderson.com
Alan Tyler @alantyler.bsky.social Singer of The Rockingbirds. Here to sell me book, How To Never Have A Hit, self-published in paperback in the UK on the 24 February, 2025.
www.alantyler.com
Sam Amidon @samamidon.bsky.social Voted best rebounder at my local basketball game with 80 percent of the vote, December 2022
@robkb2.bsky.social @robkb2.bsky.social Folky, lefty, beardy - all the clichรฉs.
Berry Hagman @berryhagman.bsky.social Dark Fantasy Alt-Folk ๐ถ
Welcome to the Outer Realms of the Unknown Universe
https://linktr.ee/berryhagman
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4rkO8e4te6UpBOfnCpXEss?si=03CS8qwaRbua3eTTee_xWQ
Knapp & Diver @knappdivermusic.bsky.social Musicians. Folk.
https://linktr.ee/knappdivermusic
Ruth Hazleton @ruthhazleton.bsky.social Award-winning Australian Folk Musician | Trad Songs | Electronic Influences | Sound Design | Banjo | Oral Historian | Indie Folklorist | Published | Arts & Culture Advocate | Unionist โ๐ผ | Broccoli ~ Views My Own
Mary L. Shannon @drmarylshannon.bsky.social Writer, speaker, teacher
@RoehamptonUni
19thC cultural historian (Regency & Victorian eras).
author: Billy Waters Is Dancing @yalebooks.bsky.social.
https://linktr.ee/marylshannon
Views my own.
Coyote vs. Epistemic Assholes / J. Stryker ๐ @easterncoyote.bsky.social Not the violent artist. | UofG alumnus. DV survivor & victim advocate. Dislikes liars and bullies. | Good trouble, narrativity, duality, moral reasoning, biopsychology, nature, wildlife, plants, trees. They/them.
Kit Bailey @kitbailey.bsky.social One too many mornings and a thousand miles behind ...
10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social Music by Mike Hallenbeck & co. Songs that sift the soil of Weird America to pull from all that twangs, jangles, and lilts. Lyrics about things that lyrics aren't usually about. 10itemsorfewer.com
Ranagri @ranagri.bsky.social Fatea - Band of the year
Malvern/Carlow - lnk.to/BoundForNewYorkCityIG
Booking, UK - duncan@midnightmango.com
North America - sean@woodenshipproductions.com
Ely Folk Festival @elyfolkfestival.bsky.social An eclectic mix of music on a beautiful site just outside Ely. "As good a small festival as you can find anywhere in the country" - Rock'n'Reel
Henry Parker @henryparkerbfd.bsky.social Yorkshire Folk Musician
https://henryparker.bandcamp.com/album/chasing-light
Finger-picked folk guitar with flourishes of psych and trad, influenced by the West Yorkshire moors.
Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social Still waiting for the Great Leap Forward
Nick S @nsfolkmusic.bsky.social Folk music, video/photo stuff, climbing, writing bad blurbs
London
FolkEast @folkeast.bsky.social FolkEast is about coming together for three days to fill your boots with music, food, ale, art, family and friends on Suffolk's Sotterley Estate. With space to breathe and room to roam, discover a place where time stands still and memories are nourished.
Katie Spencer @katiespencermusic.bsky.social โ๏ธ songwriter ๐ธ axe-slinger
Yorkshire, UK
'Fresh as a sweet Sunday morningโ - MOJO โ
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New album - What Love Is - out now!
www.linktr.ee/katiespencer
Elizabeth & Jameson @hannahandgriffsky.bsky.social Indie folk duo, based in the UK. Love us some harmonies and writing about people and places. Half Welsh, half English.
www.elizabethandjameson.co.uk
@fayhield.bsky.social @fayhield.bsky.social 
Walton Folk @waltonfolk.bsky.social Home of the monthly acoustic/folk/americana sessions at
Riverhouse Barn Arts Centre https://bit.ly/2ZcBMv8 and the "occasionally annual" Walton Folk Festival.
End Of The Road @endoftheroadfestival.com Bands - Booze - Peacocks
'Engagingly eclectic weekender never fails to surprise'
The Guardian *****
3-6 Sept 2026 | Larmer Tree Gardens, nr Blandford Forum, Dorset
https://endoftheroadfestival.com/
The Hoodeners @hoodening.org.uk Centuries of traditional folk drama with the Hooden Horse of East Kent; still never knowingly over-rehearsed.
Graham Dodsworth @dzwth.bsky.social Arranger, singer, performer of traditional & contemporary folk songs.
Australian song writer.
Cultural Historian.
I do a lot of other odd things too.
Wild Moon Morris @wild-moon-morris.bsky.social Wild Moon Morris are a new mixed border side from Glastonbury in Somerset, England. Our dances are based on local Folklore and legend. We look forward to dancing for you, or with you.
@leveretband.bsky.social @leveretband.bsky.social 
Sincerely, Hughes @ruthie-pie.bsky.social We are Ruth and Simon, based in Birmingham, just enjoying singing and making music.
Lady Nade @ladynade.bsky.social ๐Nade as in Lemonade
๐Award-Winning Singer-Songwriter
๐ถ Pre-order my new album Identity out Oct 2nd ๐ถ https://linktr.ee/ladynade?
@skinnertwitch.bsky.social @skinnertwitch.bsky.social 
Green Diesel @greendiesel.bsky.social Folk-rock band. Partially trad, partially original. Inclined to be a little bit loud. Shirts mostly paisley.
https://greendiesel.bandcamp.com/
MJ Hibbett @mjhibbett.bsky.social International Rock Star / Doctor of Doctor Doom