Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Postscript: www.pscript.app
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social Still waiting for the Great Leap Forward
Julia Bishop @drjuliabish.bsky.social Folklorist researching (mainly but not exclusively) traditional music, and children's folklore, including games, humour, and song.
Camus @camusfolk.bsky.social We’re a five-piece trad folk band: Northumbrian pipes, fiddle, melodeon, guitar, keys. Evergreen veterans! www.camusmusic.net
@anaismitchell.bsky.social @anaismitchell.bsky.social 
Satnam Galsian @satnamvocalist.bsky.social 
Fred @fredsl.bsky.social he/him
Queer, Quaker, trans, bi, polyamorous optimist. Swimming & cycling & birdwatching & sewing & folk fiddle & SFF &...
Black Dog Radio @bdrandy.bsky.social Welcome to Black Dog Radio, where we aim play the very finest in contemporary folk, roots, world, acoustic music and more.
Join us live on Mixcloud every Saturday morning at 9am https://www.mixcloud.com/live/blackdogradio/
matthewⓥ🇵🇸 @t0mbstoneblues.bsky.social Author, Together Through Life
Freelance music writer for Far Out Magazine & Together Through Life Substack | all writing here: https://linktr.ee/MatthewIngate
Support my work here: https://ko-fi.com/matthewingate
Vegan Bob Dylan fan
Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social Bob Dylan, Pro Choice, Patti Smith, public health, nonprofit advocacy, 2nd Wave feminist but catching up. She/her
Iffy Pop band @iffypop.bsky.social Artificially Intelligent band from Ireland - https://iffypop.net
Elizabeth Nelson @paranoiacs.bsky.social Singer-songwriter for the Paranoid Style, contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, the New Yorker, the Atlantic, The Ringer, Pitchfork, LGM.
Michael Gray @michaelgray1.bsky.social I wrote the 1st critical study of Bob Dylan's work, over 50 years ago. And I'm still alive. Very fond of dogs. I'm English and regard myself as European.
Phil Shapiro @philshapiro.bsky.social Community builder, open source, PBL, math, keynote speaker, public libraries, ukuleles, #EduSky, maker, folk music, digital inclusion. Library Journal Mover & Shaker 2024. https://opensource.com/users/pshapiro
Citizen Dundus @citizendundus.bsky.social
Top monkey. A companion to owls.
Mainly history, folklore, 📚. Catty with a chance of owls.
Patron Saint: Mathurin
Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social Londoner
Disappointed but not surprised
Rob Jones - Letterer/Writer/WOTW: Thunder Child out NOW!!! @robjoneswrites.bsky.social Letterer - Image, Discworld, Black Mirror, Titan, Dark Horse, Mad Cave, Penguin, Harper Collins, Scholastic, Humanoids & more. ADHD-er.
Writer - WOTW: Thunder Child out now!
He/Him.
AVI by Gabriele Barsotti
🔗's: https://linktr.ee/robjonesletters
Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social Illustrator, Printmaker and Arts Facilitator.
Portfolio - https://matpringle.co.uk
Shop - https://matpringleillustration.bigcartel.com/
Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social “Hilarious.” - Stephen Fry. “Made me laugh out loud.” - David Sedaris. “Very funny.” - Kate Atkinson. "Psychedelic." - The Guardian. “Not humerus at all.” - Amazon reviewer. https://www.tom-cox.com/
Frankie Heartless @frankieheartless.bsky.social London based singer of shanties and old folk songs, violinist, cabaret artist. (They/them/any)
Runs The Honor Oak Shanty Choir
Leader of Frankie Heartless & The Heartless Rogues
www.frankieheartless.com
Boothby Graffoe @boothbygraffoe.bsky.social Graffoe Forcione Wot Italian? 20th Anniversary Tour all tickets wotitalian.com
mmr @mmr3cords.bsky.social 💿 世界中のレコード・CD・カセットをアーカイブ & 発信
📺 音楽文化ポッドキャスト配信中 👇YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@MonumentalMovementRecords?sub_confirmation=1
🌐 最新コラム・👇コラム
https://monumental-movement.jp
🛒 コレクション購入 👇Mercari
https://jp.mercari.com/user/profile/937430248?afid=6142608987
Ranagri @ranagri.bsky.social Fatea - Band of the year
Malvern/Carlow - lnk.to/BoundForNewYorkCityIG
Booking, UK - duncan@midnightmango.com
North America - sean@woodenshipproductions.com
@anniehornerglis.bsky.social @anniehornerglis.bsky.social 
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
Kathryn Williams @kathrynwilliamsuk.bsky.social Uk artist, mercury prize nominated singer songwriter, author and podcaster. With 18 albums released and many songs and records written for artist around the world, I also tutor at Arvon and Moniack Mhor https://bio.to/kathryn-williams
☢ ⚡️Collector's Series DIY ⚡️☢ 🎸 @collectorseriesdiy.bsky.social Label Rec. DIY. Buy, sell & trade with another distros & collectors. Live long & prosperous🖖🏽Bandcamp: https://collectorseriesdiy.bandcamp.com 📻Blogger: https://collectorseriesdiy.blogspot.com 📰Press | Writer | Photos | Design | Music Productions 🎛 🎶
RE:VULVA @revulvauk.bsky.social Janice Burns, Holly Clarke, Cathy Geldard & Amy Thatcher- T trash treatment @trashtreatment.bsky.social
🆃🅷🅴 🅳Ⓐ🆁🅺 🅲🅾Ⓐ🆂🆃 @thedarkcoast.bsky.social Inspired by powerful acoustic duos like Show of Hands, Indigo Girls, and Simon & Garfunkel, The Dark Coast write original songs to stand alongside classics, building connection with audiences wherever they encounter them.
https://linktr.ee/thedarkcoast
Dan Ward Music @dan-ward-music.bsky.social I sing truth to power ❤️
https://youtube.com/@danwardmusic?si=H-nChGKDHg6Ciyn3
https://www.instagram.com/dan_ward_music?igsh=MWxyb3F5N2llcjdqbg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Mary Beth Carty @marybethcarty.bsky.social 🎉 Last name rhymes with PARTY 🪗 Canadian Folk Music Awards 2024 Traditional Singer of the Year 🏔️ Square Dance Caller 👯♂️ Nova Scotian 🌅
Nancy Kerr @nancyannfolk.bsky.social Musician singer composer educator researcher
Sean Williams, Ph.D. @seanrua1.bsky.social Ethnomusicologist, writer, musician, subversive, mom
The Piano Dad UK @thepianodaduk.bsky.social Introducing the UK's most original new jazz act!
The Piano Dad UK is a singer, pianist, songwriter, and father to three beautiful boys (and a dog).
Search for 'The Piano Dad UK' on YouTube, or visit the channel at https://youtube.com/@thepianodaduk
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.
Alexandra Beaumont - Folklore Fantasy Author @abeaumontbooks.bsky.social 🦉Folkloric books, folk music, gothic meanders
📚Indie Press 2025 Distinguished Favourite
🦌 Folk horror obsessed
🐉British Fantasy Soc London Event Org
🌊Books @brigidsgatepress
Ian F Ball @ianfball.bsky.social I write, sing and play, mainly folk style music, in the Northwest of England but travel further afield.
ianfball.com
ianfball.bandcamp.com
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n8y-ljD_dz5p0s9-nlrC05bsOZBxstaX4&si=Zo-jL0Z1jGupxQNH
@robkb2.bsky.social @robkb2.bsky.social Folky, lefty, beardy - all the clichés.
Jon Griffin @jongriffin.bsky.social Composer, Writer, Performer, Musician
Sairie, The Landing Light, Club Silencio, Bloody Bones, Buddi and... Death
https://www.jonhgriffin.com/
@ilonasealgaire.bsky.social @ilonasealgaire.bsky.social 
Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UKICE. Immigration, economics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply. https://jonathandportes.github.io/
Rachel Bell Music @rachelbellmusic.bsky.social Waterfall-obsessed Accordion player, bal folk enthusiast, tunesmith, performer, teacher, hiker, and appreciator of good espresso. Based in Vermont. www.rachelbelmusic.com
WHAT THE FOLK IS THIS? DJ BellaDonna @whatthefolkisthis.bsky.social WHAT THE FOLK IS THIS?
Alternative Folk Music Radio Show
On
XCSB Alternative Media
Independent, online, streaming Radio
XCSB.org
Instagram: whatthefolkisthis
Instagram: bella_donna_dj
Facebook: Bella Donna
Kirsten Irving @kirstenirving.bsky.social Lincs-born, London-based poet and editor. Crows! Folklore! Viz!
Co-founder of indie press @sidekickbooks.bsky.social
w/ @shotscarecrow.bsky.social. My deliciously weird collection 'Hot Cockalorum' is loose!
https://linktr.ee/kirstenirving
Holly Clarke @hollyclarkemusic.bsky.social 🌻'Man, she can sing' - Martin Carthy 🌻
Musician|Singer|Ballads|Folk Song|Folklore|Folk Horror|Teacher|Composer|Cumbrian
Performs solo and with Holly & The Reivers, RE:VULVA, Holly Clarke & George Sansome
@lindahickey.bsky.social @lindahickey.bsky.social I’m a music lover, songwriter, event organizer, museum guru, and destination influencer
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!
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. 🇨🇦 (stolen land). Protect each other 😷🌎🕊💚 She/her.
jess @jesstoads.bsky.social 
@chrismannersmusic.bsky.social @chrismannersmusic.bsky.social Dreamer, scribbler, singer. Loves wrestling semi-colons and steel-strung guitars. Latest release 'Bar the Doors and Bang the Shutters Down' now available.
chrismannersmusic.co.uk
manza @2soon2tell.bsky.social literally no point in following me. i have no idea how to post or repost anything. i was barely able to find this box.
Bity Booker @bitybooker.bsky.social Out-of-time Alt-Folk Musician (𝔗𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔢𝔱 & 𝔏𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔬𝔫)
My ALBUM 'There's No Song About a Stone' out now 🌹💙🪨
https://www.bitybooker.com/album.html
Jon Doran @jondoranmusic.bsky.social Sings and plays things with strings. Just your average Jon
@johnhaymusic.bsky.social @johnhaymusic.bsky.social 
Matt DeBlass @mattdeblass.bsky.social Musician, Outdoor Lover, Communications Coordinator for PSR PA
The Old Crow Road @theoldcrowroad.bsky.social Three piece band playing British folk music with an occasional waft of Appalachian and contemporary. Based in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Here hear here: https://theoldcrowroad.bandcamp.com
Esbjörn Wettermark @esbwet.bsky.social Ethnomusicologist, musician, educator
Chiara C. Rizzarda @crshelidon.bsky.social Construction professional, comics lover & videogames player, writing quirky Gothic and Fantasy. She/her.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crshelidon
Blog: https://www.shelidon.it
Hollow Gesture Records @hollowgesture.bsky.social Home for M.Haiux, Conor Moore and D. West.
www.hollowgesturerecords.com
Of Myths and Moors @cherylquine.bsky.social Hedgerow explorer, wildflower reciter, animal protector, camera wielder, paint splatterer, word wrangler, folklore teller, liminal-space dweller. Usually found where the corvids are.
Photos/images - all created or captured by me ©️
@dan-whalen.bsky.social @dan-whalen.bsky.social Linktr.ee/danwhalen
Martyrs @martyrsmusic.bsky.social Jon & Michael from Merthyr make music as Martyrs.
#DIY #IndependentMusic #GenreDiverse #WelshMusic #FolkHorror #ProWrestling #BlackCoffee #HomeRecording #AntiFascist #MentalHealth #WorkersRights
Wulvers Stane @wulversstane.bsky.social Edinburgh based zine of folklore and Forteana.
Sometimes weird, always antifascist.
https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/sjlyall
Ceri Almrott @cerialmrott.bsky.social Designer & Design Lecturer at TU Dublin, Researcher in Low-Tech Design and Sustainable Practices. Exploring appropriate technology, design education, and material innovation for a resilient future. Member of the European Sustainability Science Lab.
Ceryn Rowntree @cerynrowntree.bsky.social Writer, Medium, Witch, Dog Mum/ Servant, Northumbrian, Geek.
Pumpkin Spiced Hannah 🖤🩶🤍💜🇵🇸 @tooriekep.bsky.social Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awardee 2021. She / her / hers / shö. Shetlander in Aberdeen. Writer, library assistant, archivist, book and music enthusiast, views my own because who else's would they be? https://linktr.ee/tooriekep
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
Jo Brydon-Dickenson @jo-bd.bsky.social PhD student researching trans life in Edwardian London. Also does folk music on moothie and Northumbrian smallpipes.
M.Haiux @robotbytheriver.bsky.social Creaky lofi primitive guitar instrumentalist.
Album & Ep out on Hollow Gesture Records
Art Roche @truebluethree.bsky.social Community organizer in Dubuque County. Focused on immigrant rights, gun violence prevention, and natural habitat protection. Also bicycling, performing folk music, acting.
Janice Burns @janice-mandolin.bsky.social Scottish mandolin gal & singer
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.
Kit Bailey @kitbailey.bsky.social One too many mornings and a thousand miles behind ...
První Hoře @prvnihore.bsky.social The Bohemian music band.
The correct English translation is First Sorrow (not Mountain). 25 years on scene!
Website: http://prvnihore.cz
Wikipedia: https://cs.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/První_hoře
This is the official Bluesky profile of the band #PrvniHore.
Tamsin Wilson @tamsinwilson.bsky.social She paints, she draws, she rarely talks about herself in the third person. Stone botherer. Oil painter. Costume maker. No Gen AI. No DMs.
Alan Fleming Baird @flemingbaird.bsky.social Composer. Studied Royal College of Music. PhD in music and linguistics. Arts Festival director. Teaching the MA in Creative Industries at Glasgow University www.flemingbaird.org
Rich Neville @richneville.bsky.social Still holding out the hope that my life up to now has just been Derren Brown trying to teach me an important lesson. LAFTAS award winner. Books: Catbin Fever, Jeremy is Stuck
Dandelion Farms @ilovemyplants.bsky.social Music, Songwriter, Eurorack, Art, Gardening, Married
https://marktruesdell.bandcamp.com/music
#plantsky #houseplants
Gerry Diver @gerrydiver.bsky.social Multi Instrumentalist- producer - composer …. Manc Irish - Irish fiddle … www.gerrydiver.com
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2012509620/lisa-knapp-gerry-diver-brand-new-duo-album-hinterland
@stopmotiondinos.bsky.social @stopmotiondinos.bsky.social We are not stop motion but we are dinosaurs. We make music that our friends and relatives think is pretty good.
Julie Fowlis @juliefowlis.bsky.social Singer, musician, voice artist, composer. Gàidhlig/Gaelic. Singer on Disney Pixar’s ‘Brave’. TV/radio presenter and creative collaborator. Love the Scottish outdoors and sport.
www.juliefowlis.com / Facebook / Instagram
Timelessdrifter @cheeseflavor.bsky.social Life without music isn't living. Blues, Rock, Punk, Funk, Garage, Blues, old R&B and old Country. Love #Guitars #Amps #NeilYoung #BobDylan #Beatles #SeanCostello #TrueBlue #Resist
🚫 No DMs w/o asking 🚫
Lee Bowers @leebowers.bsky.social Singer-songwriter (album on Spotify etc), guitarist in Special Bus Service, previously guitarist in Suck My Deformity, bi-polar, fan of football, snooker and cricket. Politics for the many. Heavily meditated. We are one.
Satellite Birdhouse @satellitebirdhouse.com 🏆 CMA Group of the Year nom ’26 | Newcomer of the Year ’25
🎧 Debut album out now!
www.satellitebirdhouse.com
Scummy Water Tower @scummywatertower.bsky.social Milwaukee Press Club award-winning media company, established in 2023 by @joshuammillerwi.bsky.social and @alexmtheel.bsky.social. We advocate fantastic music and entertainment content for your ears and eyes worldwide.
https://linktr.ee/scummywatertower
Fidel Monk ❤️🖤💛 @fidel26.bsky.social Twitter refugee - just here to get away from Elon and searching antipodean pockets of Bluesky..
Muso, activist, cowboy, shy poet, educator, vagabond.. #auspol No DMs - thanks
https://linktr.ee/fidelmonkmusic
JohnBIOM @johnbiom.bsky.social Hill walker, sea kayaker, cyclist, guitarist and Manx Radio Folk Show presenter on, not surprisingly, the Isle of Man.
Banjon @beardybanjo.bsky.social British Energy Nerd (retail flavour)
Folk music, puns, cynicism.
Opinions not those of my employer despite my efforts
Typos are all mine.
Cassata | Post-Folk Trio @cassatafolk.bsky.social - Acoustic Instrumental Post-Folk Trio from Argentina
- First album and two singles available on Spotify
- Check our music & videos: https://linktr.ee/cassatafolk
Anil Prasad @innerviews.org Innerviews: The first and longest-running online music magazine.
Visit: Innerviews.org
Maria Dunn Music 🇨🇦 @mariadunnmusic.bsky.social #Junos2022 Winner for Joyful Banner Blazing! Storyteller through folk song; 2017 Juno-nominated Gathering. she/her #folkmusic #socialjustice
amiskwacîwâskahikan / Edmonton www.mariadunn.com
42’s Records @42srecords.bsky.social Rock n Roll blood, vinyl heart ❤️
DIY Independent Record Label
Manchester, UK
Malcolm Barr-Hamilton @northcraymal.bsky.social Retired archivist, latterly in the employ of The English Folk Dance and Song Society. Like Bob Dylan, Anglo concertinas, local history, cricket, and beer.