Week today Wainsgate Chapel Weekender near #hebdenbridge food drink and #acoustic & folk music Charlotte Carrivick Band; @jondoranmusic.bsky.social & @janice-mandolin.bsky.social ; Henry Parker, Lewis Pugh, Becky Taylor etc; food and drink; separate tickets which can be bought on the dor

A little snippet of our version of Bonny Woodhall. Full video at youtu.be/gYcXeDxgHEQ?...

I posted this over on Instagram and forgot to share it here! It may be 2 days late, but here is a wee 4 part arrangement I wrote for Ouseburn Folk Choir of the May Song by Dave Webber. I had to shift it up a few keys so I could reach those bass and tenor notes!

First ever solo gig was lovely!

I'm going to be doing a rare (my first ever, in fact) solo gig tonight at The Cluny in Newcastle supporting one of my favourite artists, Chris Brain. thecluny.com/listing/chri...

RE:VULVA are a new folk band ft Janice Burns, Holly Clarke, Cathy Geldard and Amy Thatcher. Watch the accompanying 90s aesthetic video for their first single ‘Girls and Their Toys’, celebrating womanhood, queerness, and freedom of expression. klofmag.com/2025/03/vide... @revulvauk.bsky.social

Thanks so much for the love on Girls and Their Toys! If you haven't heard it yet, you can find it on all yer fave streaming platforms, including Bandcamp! RE:VULVA x

✨Just some girls and their toys✨ PRE-SAVE our new single here: listen.scot/rvgatt!share

✨GIRLS AND THEIR TOYS✨ Out this Friday! Pre-save it here: listen.scot/rvgatt!share

🎪 The full 2025 line-up has now landed! And at Folk by the Oak you can see every single set - join us for a day of back-to-back live music and enjoy a summer soundscape of astonishing musical talent. Don't forget 🎟️ Early Bird Tickets available until 31 March! We can’t wait to welcome you 😊

Our first ever single is out on March 14th, but you can hear a sneak peak of it on Celtic Music Radio!

✨Our first ever single is out very soon!✨

I fucking love archipelago!

We did a live set on travelling folk tonight! Tune in here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Are you enthusiastic about folk music & dance? Are you a qualified archivist with practical experience of cataloguing, archival software, & caring for a multi-format collection? You could be our new Archivist! Find out more: bit.ly/3WMdIJq Application deadline: Mon 17 March.

Solutions for those missing Instagram but hating on meta

Ok - I've stumbled upon the new Instagram! Pixelfed - anyone here using it yet? It's just like insta but de-centralised (you have to choose a server to create your account on) - this makes it kind of communally owned I think. Pretty cool.

Looking up at the night sky and seeing several planets at once, clearly, in a city, without a telescope has got to be one of my favourite things. Last night I was lucky enough to see a shooting star too!

Hey hey musicians & labels, what self-released, DIY or low key LPs or EPs do you have coming out in March that you want to make me aware of? Cheers!

Holly & The Reivers at @gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk !

Absolutely mind blowing Kan gig tonight in Sunderland ❤️

A fun day with @jondoranmusic.bsky.social BBC Scotland

Just heard that apparently people wash their pyjamas after only one use. If I went on holiday for 5 days, I'd bring one set of pyjamas. Surely I'm not in the minority here?

Treated myself

Glasgow Cathedral ya beauty. So many of the original features were destroyed in the reformation, but it's still a stunner.

I love Glasgow. Today I visited the St Mungo museum of religious life and art, The Provand's Lordship (aka, the oldest house in Glasgow dated from 1471), and the Cathedral. Look at these beauties from the 14th Century

I've been off Instagram, tiktok and Facebook for a week-ish. Things I've noticed - I still look to my phone for entertainment but now, in the form of sudoku. The content I consume feels more interesting. Longer articles, less short, mindless filler. I've played mandolin a lot.

A moment from Moving Clouds at the theatre royal.

Outstanding performance from Hawktail tonight at Celtic Connections LNS. couldn't not share it!

I was jailed for four years for a non-violent climate protest – this is my prison diary

Great to welcome @janice-mandolin.bsky.social & @jondoranmusic.bsky.social aka @janandjon.bsky.social to Bluesky. These rubbishy phone photos are them on the stage at #CelticConnections2025 #LateNightSessions .. one cracking set! I'm hoping more musicians will be brave enough to join us over here.

Salt house and Furrow Collective at the beautiful Mackintosh church in Glasgow. Dreamy ❤️

I've just deleted Instagram and Facebook apps from my phone. A bold move from someone so chronically online. Bluesky is ok - but it doesn't feel like the one. Really keen to chat about alternative solutions to social media. It's become gig promotion, personal branding, news - what are your thoughts?

Straight into the chart at number 17, it's @janice-mandolin.bsky.social & Jon Doran with "Great Joy to the New". Check out the Chart Show to see their video for "The Derby Ram" - with bonus real sheep! Watch now: youtu.be/mE5b95P7fFY

Join us tonight for the Chart of the Year Show 2024, with new entries from The Unthanks; Jackie Oates and John Spiers; Janice Burns & Jon Doran; Julie Fowlis, Éamon Doorley, Zoë Conway and John McIntyre, plus the biggest selling folk albums of 2024. Watch from 7pm: youtu.be/mE5b95P7fFY