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
MichaelWalshflute.bsky.social @michaelwalshflute.bsky.social Doctor Ethnomusicology/ Whistles Club Sheffield, Wooden flutes. Irish traditional music. Teacher. Specialist in Music of the Irish in Britain y La Música Asturiana. Gaeilge. Asturianu. www.michaelwalshmusic.com Sheffield dwelling Mancunian. Quarehawk
@robkb2.bsky.social @robkb2.bsky.social Folky, lefty, beardy - all the clichés.
Pete Willow @petewillow.bsky.social Retired academic, still hanging on in there as singer, guitarist, writer of songs and promoter of folk music. Madly in love with Chele. 
Cormac O Caoimh @cormaco.bsky.social singer-songwriter from Cork, Ireland
Mojo **** Irish Times **** My mam *****
www.cormaco.bandcamp.com
www.cormaco.net
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5tTI635bEYNCY5PDx79cvt?si=_DwrDqRnTLC1ZgYGaAqiiQ
Moonrakers @moonrakersband.bsky.social 4-piece folk band, based in Oxford UK.
Steve White @steveprotest.bsky.social Writer of wrongs, singer of protest songs. Trade unionist, anti-fascist. Co-founder of Love Orient Hate Racism. Putting the Steve White into Steve White & The Protest Family since 2009. https://protestfamily.com/
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.
FIGHTBACK WITH JOHN McPHIE @rejoincampaign.bsky.social Activist, political irritant, bubble pricker, definitely left and nearly always right, europhile, founder of the Rejoin Campaign.
rejoincampaign.uk
The Quietus @thequietus.com Black Sky Thinking since 2008.
Help support independent cultural journalism & get perks by becoming a tQ subscriber here: https://steadyhq.com/thequietus
Anna Bass @railwayanna.bsky.social Treehugger. Horse rider. Hydrophile. Driver of tiny trains. Singer. Lyricist. Laser guardian.
https://www.rayannarailways.co.uk/
https://www.bassandtaylor.co.uk/
David Hughes @davidmhughes.bsky.social Music blogger.
www.threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com
The Leylines @theleylines.bsky.social Massive indie-folk sounds from Somerset 🍻
Man The Lifeboats @manthelifeboats.bsky.social Full throttle alternative folk music
www.manthelifeboats.com
Band: Info@manthelifeboats.com
Bookings: Joe@midnightmango.co.uk
Bob Rushton @yetanotherbob.bsky.social Self employed as Bob On Arts. Arts stuff. Programming, tech, production. Musician. Folk Festival organiser. Derby.
Steve White & The Protest Family @protestfamily.com @Protestfamily.com
Latest album: Evidence-Based Punk Rock http://tiny.cc/evidence-based
Singalong lefties
"Brilliant" - The Levellers
Gigs: protestfamily.com/live
protestfamily.com
stevewhiteandtheprotestfamily.bandcamp.com
facebook.com/protestfamily
Jess Silk @jesssilk.bsky.social Folk/punk singer/songwriter from the Black Country. She/her.
https://jesssilk.co.uk/
FolknRoots @folknroots.bsky.social We are an inclusive acoustic folk club based on the Wirral (UK).
We meet every second Friday of the month at the Paisley Grey cafe in Neston CH64
Flaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com A collaborative of 60 writers and artists publishing a newsletter for you each weekday. Culture, opinions, criticism, news, comics, mayhem.
$3/month
https://flaminghydra.com
Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social Independent music journalism. No algorithms. We promise.
The Crack Magazine @thecrackmagazine.bsky.social THE CRACK is a music, art and culture listings magazine/website that resides in the North-East of England
Huck Magazine @huckmag.com Sport • Music • Rebellion
metacritic @metacritic.com Reviews & Scores from The Best Critics in Film, Music, TV and Games at http://Metacritic.com
Consequence @consequence.bsky.social Music, Movies, TV and Pop Culture News for the Mainstream and Underground.
Under the Radar Magazine @undertheradar.bsky.social The last great American indie rock print magazine left standing. Since 2001. Issue 75, The '90s Issue Part 2 with Pulp and Suede on the covers, is out now. www.undertheradarmag.com
Paste Magazine @pastemagazine.bsky.social The heart and soul of music journalism.
LOUD WOMEN @loudwomen.org Intersectional feminist music CIC, turning up the volume since 2015. UK, Ireland, Spain, USA, Canada and Aus.
https://linktr.ee/LOUDWOMENClub
The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social “The most essential music magazine of the contemporary era.” (Forced Exposure)
thewire.co.uk
Music Ally @musically.com musically.com :) Knowledge and skills for the modern global music business.
Popjustice @popjustice.bsky.social Where the skies are blue, this is what we’re gonna do.
Peter Robinson @peterrobinson.bsky.social Working with popstars and music people as a BACP-registered integrative counsellor and on media training, artist development etc. Semi-ex-music journalist (Popjustice etc). Hello!
www.peterrobinson.net / www.peterrobinsontherapy.com
The Skinny @theskinnymag.bsky.social Independent Cultural Journalism from Scotland. Free monthly magazine, website, podcasts, and more. DMs not monitored, send us an email.
theskinny.co.uk
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social Custodian of @musicOMH.com, {blank-or-blank} at The Guardian. Here for musics, (UK) politics, infrastructure geekery, and whatever else.
📍London | Same handle on Zucksites, &c., but meh to those
musicOMH @musicomh.com Music/its makers, reviewed, interviewed, featured, mulled over and served up since last century. | Also on Zucksites, &c., but meh.
Editor: @yeoldemother | Deputy Editor: @stevenpj
https://www.musicomh.com
Drift Records @driftrecords.com 🏆 The current best independent record shop in the UK. We've been selling records in Totnes since 1994.
Burning Shed @burningshed.com Online record shop and label specialising in Progressive, Ambient, Electronic & Art Rock music. We also run official webstores for bands/labels. Sign up for our weekly newsletter at burningshed.com
Karma Bertelsen @karmabertelsen.bsky.social Music Marketing with 10+ years experience across streaming, distribution, live, label | Creator of FREE music industry resources & Hype Drop Club🩸
Pat Carr / Remote Control @patcarr1.bsky.social Runs www.remotecontrol.agency, working wonderful independent music. London based, cricket lover, BPI counsel member, Ash Co-manager and previously on the board of the mighty Sutton United football club 💛
Andy Edwards @andyedwardsster.bsky.social Music business executive. Artist advisor. Cyclist. Autistic and ADHD. Antiracist.
www.andyedwards.net
Steve Farris Music @stevefarrismusic.bsky.social Music consultant & publisher at Schedule A. A&R, catalogue optimisation, artist development, business & A&R support, startup support, project management & mentoring.
https://linktr.ee/stevefarrismusic
Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social Hacienda DJ, journalist (Guardian, LRB, etc), writer (recent books about Sylvia Plath, Keith Haring, Picasso). “An exceptional writer” - Olivia Laing.
Martin Talbot @martinlt.bsky.social Books, film, music, Ipswich Town FC, Clapton CFC, dog dad, charts, data. Opinions my own.
Vick Bain @vickbain.bsky.social 'So-called expert' random man on Twitter 😂
Fervent lefty, founder of @theflistmusic & PhD researcher #womeninmusic
Lara Baker @larabaker.bsky.social Music biz - Songwriter & Publisher Partnerships @ Spotify. Music Week Women in Music Awards cofounder. AIM Awards creator. Diversity & women in music advocate. She/her.
Ellen Peirson-Hagger @ellencph.bsky.social Deputy books and arts editor, the Observer
ellencph.co.uk
Matthew Bannister @matthewbannister.bsky.social Broadcaster. Host of Last Word on BBC Radio 4 and my own multi award winning Folk on Foot podcast (@folkonfoot.com). Posts all personal.
Bella Union Records @bellaunion.bsky.social Indie record label based in Brighton, run by Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde
bellaunionvinylshop.com & bellaunion.com & https://bellaunion.bandcamp.com
Josienne Clarke @josienneclarke.com Songwriter/Singer - Far From Nowhere Out now - http://ffm.to/farfromnowhere live dates @ http://josienneclarke.com/live Live bookings richq@midnightmango.co.uk
Reg Meuross @regmeuross.bsky.social 
Wedgewood Rooms @wedgewoodrooms.bsky.social Independent Live Music, Comedy and Arts venue in Portsmouth. Est 1992. Please send enquiries to info@wedgewood-rooms.co.uk
📸Shot By Tony
www.wedgewood-rooms.co.uk 
Biddulph Up In Arms @biddulphupinarms.bsky.social www.biddulphupinarms.com
Union Chapel @unionchapeluk.bsky.social Award Winning Independent Live Venue | Homelessness & Crisis Support | Heritage Site | Radical Church | Social Justice & Community Engagement
http://linktr.ee/unionchapeluk
Band on the Wall @bandonthewall.bsky.social Manchester’s multi award-winning historic music venue, promoter and music learning centre. Where the World Comes to Play.
Live At St Giles @liveatstgiles.com We are Camberwell’s newest, most beautiful and most eclectic music venue. Little big sister to Jazz Live. Wannabe Union Chapel of South London.
www.liveatstgiles.com
Troubadour London @troubadourldn.bsky.social The Troubadour - Est. 1954 - Earls Court London UK -
Bringing you the finest live music, great food, and a few laughs! The future of rock'n'roll is on our stage tonight!
Ashburton Arts Centre @ashburtonarts.bsky.social Independent arts centre where all kinds of wonderful things happen. See ashburtonarts.org.uk for more. 
Polar Bear Music Club @polarbearmusicclub.bsky.social CIC Music Venue in Kingston-Upon-Hull 🎶
Live Music Every Tuesday - bit.ly/TUESDAYSESH
DJs Every Saturday Night - bit.ly/WIREDSATURDAY
www.polarbearmusicclub.co.uk
@thegraystonunity.bsky.social @thegraystonunity.bsky.social Bar.Venue.Cultural Hub.Fiercely independent, views here are definitely our own😊 a grassroots venue supporting & encouraging new & established artists with the help of a great bar offer & staff & volunteers who care. www.thegraystonunity.co.uk
Brudenell Presents @brudpresents.bsky.social Brudenell Presents is the live music & events promoter organisation, formed to an extension of the Brudenell Social Club.
The Social @thesociallondon.bsky.social Let’s not rule anything out just yet
The Sound Lounge @soundloungecio.bsky.social Grassroots Music Venue. The 1st #CarbonNeutral venue in the UK. Plant-based Kitchen, bar & café. “I do not believe in art for a few; anymore than education for a few; or freedom for a few” ~ W.Morris
The Trades Club @thetradesclub.bsky.social Music venue & socialist members club in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.
By the people, for the people
thetradesclub.com
@sangitamyska.bsky.social @sangitamyska.bsky.social Journalist & Presenter | Podcast ‘Sangita Meets…’ on @Zeteo.UK| Political Columnist @thenerve.news | Formerly LBC ‘Sangita Myska Weekends’ & BBC Radio 4, BBC TV News, Documentaries| | RTs not an endorsement
Michelle @producermichelle.bsky.social I’m a mum, grandma and wife. I produce Marc Riley & Gideon Coe on BBC 6 Music … best jobs in the world 🌎
liz pelly @lizpelly.bsky.social writer in nyc, author of Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, co-host of @criticallistening.bsky.social
lizpelly.info
Michael Daly @michaeldaly64.bsky.social Music, books, Celtic FC, no Tories
Those nebulous codes and disciplines
Stick in that new born throat
Instill a lie, an artificial eye
To view a perfect land...
FabFestivals @fabfestivals.bsky.social Explore our directory of UK and global music festivals. Search by location and date, stay updated with the latest news, and shop for festival accessories.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Then: the Guardian/Observer. Now: co-founder all-women journalist collective, thenerve.news. Also, co-founded tech justice non-profit, https://the-citizens.com. And write a personal newsletter at broligarchy.substack.com
Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social EX Editor, the Guardian/ prospect magazine. The New World. ARusbridger.com/ Speaking: karen@chartwellspeakers.com.
Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk A politically independent monthly current affairs, culture & ideas magazine
Established 1995
Head to https://prospectmagazine.co.uk
Independent Revolution @indierevuk.bsky.social 
jenn pelly @jennpelly.bsky.social journalist, critic, diarist
author of The Raincoats (2017)
jennpelly.info
Anil Prasad @innerviews.org Innerviews: The first and longest-running online music magazine.
Visit: Innerviews.org
Graham Snowdon @gsnowdon.bsky.social Guardian Weekly editor | Perpetually recovering #lufc fan
🌐 Get the Guardian's international news magazine here (or gift a subscription!)
👉 https://support.theguardian.com/uk/subscribe/weekly
Alex Needham @alexneedham.bsky.social Arts editor of The Guardian.
Matt Quinn @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social Folk singer, multi-instrumentalist. Host of In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast, 1/2 of George Sansome & Matt Quinn, 1/3 of Culverake.
In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast @intheroud.bsky.social A weekly podcast exploring the world of traditional folk song hosted by @mattquinnmusic.bsky.social.
Season 7 out now!!
Support us at www.patreon.com/intheroud
All links: https://linktr.ee/intheroud
@folkroundere.bsky.social @folkroundere.bsky.social 
Lucy Shields @lucyrshields.bsky.social Folk music marketer/booking agent/programmer/writer. Runs a newsletter called @thefolkforecast.bsky.social.
Website - lucyshields.com
Comedy writing credits - https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/lucy-shields/
Dr Rough, FSAScot @billyrough.bsky.social Art Historian/Lecturer at University of St Andrews. 19th & 20th century British Art, Music Hall, and Theatre. Occasional folkie / concertina player. Instagram: roughs_drafts
Magpie Lane @magpielane-oxford.bsky.social Traditional folk band based in Oxfordshire, England. Delighting folk club, concert and festival audiences for over 30 years.
https://www.magpielane.co.uk/
Fancourt Music @fancourtmusic.bsky.social Live music booking agency specialising in folk, roots and acoustic music.
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
Folk&Horror Phenomena @folkphenomena.bsky.social Philosophy, SW and Education guy. Reviews of gigs, albums and theatre in the folk world. Considers all horror media. Writes with an emphasis on experiential feel and wonder. Sheffield based, also on Youtube and 1/3 of "3 Men and a Whisky".
CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social Promoting and supporting research into folklore, vernacular traditions and cultural practices and performances, and expressions of communal identities across all disciplines at The University of Sheffield. Based in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
DMF Music @dmfmusic.bsky.social Independent Booking Agency, Management & Festival Organisers (Beautiful Days 20+ years)
Miranda Sawyer @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, host of @papercutsshow and other chatty bits, I HAVE A BOOK OUT! Uncommon People - Britpop and Beyond In 20 Songs here it is https://amzn.eu/d/g2WxjyS
Turvey Folk @turveyfolk.bsky.social Supporting folk music events in Bedfordshire, and organising the occasional non-profit one ourselves.
https://turveyfolk.org.uk/
Stage4Beverley @stage4beverley.bsky.social A winter celebration of music, poetry & the arts centred in the heart of beautiful Beverley, East Yorkshire. Next festival coming 7th-14th February 2027!
Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social In the culture wars, I want to be the bit on Christmas Day where they all knocked it on the head for a bit and played football.
Alec Bowman_Clarke @alecbowmanclarke.com writer/director based on the Isle of Bute, Scotland | alecbowmanclarke.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
Bob Harris @whisperingbob.bsky.social Father. Music Broadcaster. Writer. Cat lover. Loving life…
Charity: The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust
Check my website for photos, archive and booking
www.bobharris.org 
@leveretband.bsky.social @leveretband.bsky.social 
Jenn Butterworth @jennbutterworth.bsky.social she/her ϟ Award winning trad musician ϟ New album ‘Her By Design’ out 28-02-25 ϟ Singles / pre-orders out now
#alternativefolk #tradmusic
https://linktr.ee/jennbutterworth
Festival at the Edge @festivalattheedge.bsky.social The longest running storytelling festival in England. We rejoice in traditional oral storytelling for all ages, which we combine with fabulous folk music.
Festival takes place at Hopton Court, Cleobury Mortimer.
www.festivalatthedge.org
Eclectic Voices @eclecticvoices.bsky.social One of the most ambitious choirs in London with the variety the name implies.
Our event on March 15th is a concert to celebrate 35 years of Eclectic Voices, with Dame Emma Kirkby and professors Robert Levin and David Dolan. To take part see our website.
Eliza Marshall @elizamarshall.bsky.social