We are very pleased to announce our first festival for 2026! A huge thank you to Solid Entertainments for having us on the Introducing Stage at the UK WEST COAST FOLK FESTIVAL at the fabulous Winter Gardens Blackpool on Friday 23rd January. www.facebook.com/share/p/15oe...

We are very pleased to be supporting the amazing Steve Tilston on June 7th 2025 at St Paul’s, Daybrook. spd.churchsuite.com/events/xde4t... #livemusic #folkmusic #singersongwriter #thelastcall #stevetilston #indiefolk #traditional #acoustic #stevetilston #lastcall

Absolutely love this album and @frankturner.bsky.social Amazing live! Can’t believe this is 17 years old!

We’re really pleased to announce we’ll be playing Derby Folk Festival on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th October. It’s a fantastic lineup which we’re honoured to be part of. You can buy weekend passes from the link on the festival website, or by heading straight to www.derbylive.co.uk/whats-on/der...

June Tabor was brilliant on this morning’s TGIF. Catch up any time you like, here, free as always. www.mixcloud.com/Jimbobfagan/...

🆕 New episode out now: a spectacular walk to the “Lost Places” of Dartmoor with Cole Stacey. 🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/2b84f1

Announcing our new EP tour—Quilting Points. It's named after that sense we get sometimes when experiencing #FolkMusic: stitching through layers of memory and history, folding our pasts and futures into the present. Ticket links here: www.lunatraktors.space/events #MusicSky #FolkSky

Happy International Women’s Day!

Our first official video, Prickle-Eye Bush, has had over 500 views. It was filmed, directed, produced, and edited by Roy Palmer, with intro animation by David Moss. Watch, like, comment, share, and subscribe #folkmusic #folkduo #traditional #ThrowbackThursday youtu.be/KsgfE6Pn4Ts?...

Hot news is we've got percussion legend Pete Flood joining us for our London Launch 1st March @WorldHeartBeat, Embassy Gardens Hope you can come. TICKETS... worldheartbeat.org/.../lisa-kna...

Announcing the new series 'Folk Uncovered' - with Steve Roud, creator of the Roud Folk Song Index, presenting 'Folk Song in England': a six-week online evening course on traditional song and singing in England up to about 1950 #FolkSong #SteveRoud #RoudIndex #SocialHistory #LearnOnline.

"As interest in English folk song grows once again, practitioners, critics and listeners should consider carefully the ideological currents beneath the surface." www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...

We are very pleased to be returning to Filey Folk Festival this year. As well as performing we’ll be running a singaround session at The Belle Vue from 12pm to 3pm on Saturday 3rd May. Please come along and join us there. #livemusic #folk #singaround #folkfestival fileyfolkfestival.com/venues

This Saturday we're doing a Spiers & Boden online gig for @livetoyourlr.bsky.social from the Pitt-Rivers Museum in Oxford and I was delighted to have gone in already to film the half-time content looking at their musical instrument collection.

More big news! My band Culverake are heading into the studio in March to make our debut album. But it’s an expensive business and we need your support. We have 30 days to raise £3000. Please help if you can.

We’re pleased to announce our first gig of 2025. We’ll be playing at Oxford Folk Festival on Saturday April 12th at the Covered Market at 1.45pm. If you are going to the festival please come and see us! #livemusic #folkmusic #folk #oxford #folkfestival #indiefolk oxfordfolkfest.org.uk

Our first EP “Four Track Trad Folk” is now available on CD from our new online shop. Featuring our arrangements of traditional songs: The Fisher Lad of Whitby, Prickle Eye Bush, Salcombe Sailors’ Flaunt, and Leave Her Johnny. #folkmusic #traditional #indiefolk #folk #folkduo malinhillmusic.uk/shop/

🆕 New episode out now: examining the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade in Bristol through @regmeuross.bsky.social’s powerful ‘Stolen from God’ song cycle. Featuring Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne (concertina/vocals) and Modou Ndiaye (kora). 🎧 Listen at pod.fo/e/2aca95 @bristolbeacon.bsky.social

Absolutely loved the Bob Dylan special on BBC Radio 2’s Folk Show. Brilliant interview by Shaun Keaveny with James Mangold and Timothée Chalamet. Really looking forward to seeing A Complete Unknown on the big screen this week. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

We’ve had a fantastic 2024 and we’d like to say a huge thank you for everyone’s support this year. We’re looking forward to sharing more music with you next year. Have a wonderful New Year’s Eve. #happynewyear #auldlangsyne #newyearseve #folkmusic #indiefolkmusic #folkduo #traditional #indie #folk

The Cutty Wren, a curious song linked to an even more curious custom www.buzzsprout.com/1832070/epis...

Carol booklets, music, and collection buckets ready for this evening’s Beer and Carols at The Station Hotel in Hucknall. Who’s going to be joining us? www.justgiving.com/page/beerand... #livemusic #folkmusic #indiefolkmusic #traditional #indie #folk #christmascarols #beerandcarols #christmas #carols

Our friends Richard Snow & The Inlaws new album “Look Back In Manga” is out now. Gary’s brother co-wrote, and performed on, some of the songs; including new single “Beautiful Decay”. Gary (and bro) filmed the video for the song. Please give it a watch and a like. #newmusic youtu.be/CGaeIIF7K_k?...

On December 19th at 7.30pm we will be leading a Beer and Carols night (along with members of Torkard Ensemble and The Mat Davis Orchestra) at The Station Hotel in Hucknall. We will be raising money for children’s charity When You Wish Upon A Star. Please come along. www.facebook.com/share/1BLsuu...

An acoustic version of our original folky Christmas carol “(All Hail) The Lord Of Misrule.” Please, comment, share, & subscribe to our channel; it’d really help us get our music to a wider audience. #folkmusic #folkduo #indiefolk #traditional #indie #folk #christmascarols youtu.be/yrKFs45wRE0?...

'Tis the season when the wolves begin running. If, like us, you've been obsessed by the dark of Yuletide ever since you first saw #TheBoxOfDelights and listened to Roger Limb's incredible soundtrack, you might like this trippy pagan offering... lunatraktors.bandcamp.com/track/solsti...

Featured in last year’s EFDSS Classic Folk Christmas playlist, “(All Hail) The Lord Of Misrule” is our original Christmas carol. Now available to download and stream. #folkmusic #indiefolkmusic #folkduo #indiefolkduo #traditional #indie #folk #Christmas #lordofmisrule share.amuse.io/nz4pA-p6yYlf

Our last Malin Hill gig of the year. Please come along to St. Mary’s to help raise money to reopen this historic part of Nottingham’s City Centre to the public. #livemusic #malinhillmusic #folkmusic #indiefolkmusic #folkduo #indiefolkduo #traditional #indie #folk #fundraising

#FlashbackFriday Five years ago we played at Owd Boots Folk Music Club. One of the early gigs we played at this point! Would love to go back there and play our full sets #livemusic #malinhillmusic #folkmusic #indiefolkmusic #folkduo #indiefolkduo #traditional #indie #folk youtu.be/u3_SLUUTf7I?...

Out now! Featuring Steve Gardham and Jess Arrowsmith.

Hello #blusky folks. Nice to be here. We are going on tour next year to celebrate 30 years of making music together. How the time flies. xx www.kathrynrobertsandseanlakeman.com/tour

In our new episode - out now - @lunatraktors.bsky.social don their striking “hazard bear” costumes for a spot of improvised overtone singing. 🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/28283c

I've started up a starter pack loosely based around the UK folk and traditional music scene and will be adding to it all the time. If you can think of any artists, organisations or mandolin-whittling interest groups I've missed please let me know! go.bsky.app/D5A8kE4

Our first official video (to accompany our “Four Track Trad Folk” EP) Prickle-Eye Bush was filmed, directed, produced, and edited by Roy Palmer. The intro animation was created by the brilliant David Moss. Please watch, leave a like, a comment, share, and subscribe: youtu.be/KsgfE6Pn4Ts?...

“This is folk music in its truest form – simple, sincere, and deeply rooted in history.” - NottsRocks Our debut EP “Four Track Trad Folk” is now available to steam or download share.amuse.io/SaVlfX1vSUcs #folkmusic #indiefolkmusic #folkduo #indiefolkduo #traditional #indie #folk #DebutEP