English folk and traditional music on the Internet

What's new

This page lists major changes to English folk and traditional music on the Internet, and its subsidiary pages, since March 2005. Previous changes are on the What was new page.

There is a separate What's New page for my folk activities in London pages.


September 2008

26th September 2008

Added link to FiddleOn Magazine on English folk and traditional music on the Internet.

Added links to Jon Boden, Eliza Carthy, Faustus, The Imagined Village, and Jim Moray, and updated URL for Martin and Shan Graebe on English folk music performers page.

Added links to Black Swan Folk Club, Kirkby Fleetham Folk Club, Sunray Folk Club, and Waveney Folk Club on Folk and traditional music in specific areas of England page.

Added links to Accordion Magic, Mike Acott Concertinas, Barrios Musical Instruments, P G Bleazey, The Box Place, Mike Gilpin, Pete Grassby, Jollybox, Mikesound Studio, Musicians Insurance Services, Navigator Records, Orb Music, Silver Spear Harps and Dulcimers, and Sundown Guitars, and updated URLs for Fledg'ling Records, Hat Records, Martin Cole Guitars, Mrs Casey Records, Music Magic, Vincent Purcell, shindy::arts, George Stevens, Tobin Instruments, Traditional Music Library, Turner Violins, Village Carols, and Woodworm Records, and deleted broken links on Folk music businesses page.

4th September 2008

Added links to Folkinfo, Songs of the West, South Riding Folk Arts Network pages: Song collections: online books Song collections: websites and Folk song studies, and Take 6 project, and updated URLs for American Folklife Center, Folklore, Shooting Roots, and Traditional Morris Events on English folk and traditional music on the Internet.

2nd September 2008

Added links to Acoustic Night Bristol, Barnsley Folk and Acoustic Night, Bromsgrove Folk Club, Bromyard Music Sessions, Cheltenham Folk Club, Common Folk, Ep'th Folk, Exe Folk Club, The Floor, Hillsborough Folk, Jug Of Punch Folk Club, Kiveton Park Folk Club, Lighthouse Folk Club, Lincoln Folk Club, Play On Folk Club, Redditch Folk Club, Rivelin Folk Club, Rushwick Folk Club, Spalding Folk Club, and Tower of Song, and updated URLs for Gainsborough Folk Club, Not the White Horse Folk Club, and Wurzel Bush Folk Club and deleted broken links on Folk and traditional music in specific areas of England page.

1st September 2008

Added links to Amberley Folk Club, Bath Folk Club, Beacon Folk Club, City Folk Club, Dursley Acoustic Music Night, Forest Folk Club, Fox and Hounds Folk Club, Friday Folk Club, Green Man Folk Club, Hove Folk Club, The Music Institute, Nailsea Folk Club, Nonsuch Folk Club, Song Loft, Vaults Bar Folk Workshop, Village Folk Club, White Horse Folk, Willows Folk Club, Wimborne Sessions, and Woolston & Bursledon Folk Club, and updated URLs for Faversham Folk Club, Folk Association of South Hants, Harberton Folk's Information Service, Ram Club, Songs of the West, and Windmill Acoustic Music Club and deleted broken links on Folk and traditional music in specific areas of England page.


August 2008

28th August 2008

Updated URL for Maddy Prior on English folk music performers page.

Added links to Alison Arms Folk Club, Arthur Wakefield's Folk Club, Burnley Folk Club, Falcon Folk, Folk at Hillbark, Folk at the Manor, Four Fools Folk Club, Leigh Folk Club, Midway Folk Club, Newcastle and Potteries Folk Song Club, Parkgate Folk Club, Robin Hood's Bay Folk Club, Room at the Top Folk Club, Sheffield - Edale Folk Train, Skipton Folk Unplugged, and Swinton Folk Club, and updated URLs for Full Circle Folk Club, Gregson Lane Folk Club, Lymm Folk Club, and Open Door Folk Club and deleted broken links on Folk and traditional music in specific areas of England page.

22nd August 2008

Added links to Folk Tune Finder FolkCast, Master Mummers, Folk Roots list of Radio & TV, and Worlds of Trad and updated URL for The Music Well (formerly RadioBritfolk), and on English folk and traditional music on the Internet.

Added links to Brother Crow, Stephen Gerrard, Bella Hardy, Kerfuffle, Lauren McCormick & Emily Portman, Methera, The Other Band, Douglas E Powell, Colin Shaddick, Something Nasty In The Woodshed, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, and Spin 2, and updated URLs for Loscoe State Opera, Brian Peters, and Saffron Summerfield on English folk music performers page.

Added links to Acoustic Club, Acoustic Kitchen, London Ceilidh Band Sessions, Red Lion Folk Club, Tap and Spile Music Sessions, Third Friday Folk, and White Hart Folk Club, and updated URLs for Milkmaid Music Club, Northumbrian Traditional Music, and South Shields Folk Club and deleted broken links on Folk and traditional music in specific areas of England page.

Added links to Bedspring Music, Cold as a Frog, The Folk Store, Jacey Bedford Tour Management, Mighty Quinn Management, Mother Earth Music, and Park Head Studio, and updated URL for Amandalynne Music on Folk music businesses page.

18th August 2008

Added links to Bedworth folk Club, Blackheath Folk Club, Blackmore Folk Club, Chesterfield Folk Club, Croydon Folk and Blues Club, Dabbers Session, Farside 2, Folk on Tap, Folklore and customs (Nottinghamshire Heritage Gateway), The Goose Is Out, Faldingworth Live, Hungry Horse Acoustic Folk Club, Lechlade River Folk, Mardles, Orpington Friday Folk, Rugby Roots, Shirefolk, Solent Waves, Styvechale Folk Club, Swan Folk, and Warwick Folk Club, and updated URLs for Alford Acoustic Music Club, Ashington Folk Club, Black Diamond Folk Song Club, Court Sessions, Crystal Folk, Folk Around Bristol, Folk Buzz, Folk London, Grand Union Folk Club, Kalamazoo Klub, Lewes Arms Folk Club, Marlow Bottom Acoustic Club, Real-Music Club, Redbourn Folk Club, Scunthorpe Acoustic Music Club, Tenterden Folk Club, Traditional Music Sessions in Sussex and Surrey, Unicorn magazine, and Wheal Dream Folk and deleted broken links on Folk and traditional music in specific areas of England page.

Added links to Folk magazines in the UK, Folk Monthly, and Shire Folk and updated URLs for Folk London, Folk on Tap, FolktalkLeicester Folk Diary, Mardles, Solent Waves, Stirrings, Unicorn, and What's Afoot and deleted broken links on Local folk magazines and diaries page.


October 2007

29th October 2007

Added links to Doc Rowe Archive and Collection, and Folkipedia, and updated URLs for American Folklife Center, Folk and Traditional Music course, and Step Dance: Southern English styles on English folk and traditional music on the Internet.

Added link to The Young Coppers and updated URL for Simon Haworth on English folk music performers page.

Added links to Carlisle Folk and Blues Club, Cumbria Folk Music, Green Note, Scrag End Folk Club, Sussex Folk Association, and Unity Folk Club, and updated URLs for Birmingham Traditional Music Club Bodmin Folk Club, The Broadsheet, Brown Cow Folk Club, Bucks District, Cottingham Live, Cuckoo's Nest Folk Club, Driffield Folk Club, Farnsfield Acoustic, Folklife West, Folkworks, Folky Stuff, Lymm Folk Club, Marlow Bottom Acoustic Club, Milkmaid Music Club, Pack Horse Folk Club, Raven Folk Club, Regional Development Agencies, St Neots Folk Club, Six Bells Folk & Blues Club, Stirrings, and Wombwell Folk Club, and deleted broken links on Folk and traditional music in specific areas of England page.

Added links to Amandalynne Music, and Jigs 'N' Reels and updated URLs for Talking Elephant Records and deleted broken links on Folk music businesses page.

15th October 2007

Added links to Chris Foster, Grace Notes, Seth Lakeman, Norcsalordie, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman, and John Wilson, and updated URLs for Frankie Armstrong, Artisan, Damien Barber, Derek Brimstone, Ben and Joe Broughton, Joe Broughton, Jim Causley, Chipolatas, Andy Cutting, Gilly Darbey, Equation, The Fall Of Eve, Davy Graham, Home Service, Peter Knight, Pete Morton, The Poozies, Graham and Eileen Pratt, Roots Quartet, Tony Rose, Liz Ryder, Sheffield Socialist Choir, Hilary Spencer, Tranters Folly, Trees, Karen Tweed, and Bill Whaley and Dave Fletcher, and deleted broken links on English folk music performers page.

Added links to Skinnymalinks Music, and Stuart Longridge, and updated URLs for Ashworth Electronics, John Crosby music publicity/PR, Fledg'ling Records, Folk Me Productions, A C Norman & Co, and Saydisc Records, and deleted broken links on Folk music businesses page.


September 2007

17th September 2007

Updated URLs for The British Forum for Ethnomusicology, Fiddle Notes, Folk, Roots & Traditional Music Section of the Musicians' Union, National Centre for English Cultural Tradition, Roud Folk Song Index Shooting Roots, and The Taborers' Society, and removed broken links on English folk and traditional music on the Internet.


July 2007

29th July 2007

Added links to John Goodluck, Martin and Shan Graebe, Martin Francis, Mary Humphreys and Anahata, Nancy Kerr and James Fagan, Sandra Kerr, Tom McConville, The Maerlock, and Reg Meuross, and updated URLs for Dave and Toni Arthur, Peter Bellamy, Anne Briggs, Martin Carthy, Jo Freya, Kipper Family, A. L. Lloyd, Hilary James, Magpie Lane, Leon Rosselson, Kate Rusby, John Scott Cree, Joseph Taylor, Ron Trueman Border, Andy Turner, and The Watersons on English folk music performers page.


March 2007

26th March 2007

Added links to Crucible, Megson, and Danbert Nobacon on English folk music performers page.

Added link to Addingham Acoustic, Plough Sessions, and Stockton Folk Club on Folk and traditional music in specific areas of England page.

Added links to Bridgewood and Neitzert, and Pickard Acoustics on Folk music businesses page.


January 2007

28th January 2007

Added link to Bob & Gill Berry on English folk music performers page.

Added links to Cambridge folk home page, Essex Singers Club, Havering Folk Club, Magpies Nest, Marlborough Folk-Roots, Peterborough Folk Diary, Suffolk Folk, Traditional Music Sessions in Sussex, Wiltshire Folk Arts, and Wiltshire Folk Association and updated URLs for Great Knight Folk Club, Scarborough Folk Club, and Waltham Abbey Folk Club on Folk and traditional music in specific areas of England page.


October 2006

9th October 2006

Added link to Simon Ritchie and updated URL for Anne Lister on English folk music performers page.

Added links to Teignmouth Folk Club updated link to Walthamstow Folk (Formerly Old Rose & Crown Folk Club) on Folk and traditional music in specific areas of England page.

Added link to X-Tradition Records on Folk music businesses page.

8th October 2006

Added link to James Chadwick, and updated URL for Jon Harvison on English folk music performers page.

Added links to Christchurch Folk Music Sessions, Milverton Music Club, Old Down Acoustic Club, Ritz Acoustic Club, Tiverton Folk Club, and Topsham Folk Club, updated link to Wessex Acoustic Folk Club, and updated URLs for FolkNews Kernow, and Nova Scotia Folk Club on Folk and traditional music in specific areas of England page.

Updated link to John Crosby music publicity/PR on Folk music businesses page.


August 2006

23rd August 2006

Added links to Heather Bradford, Andrew Cadie, CHARM, Steve Jordan, Hen Party, Anna Tabbush, and The Tabbush Sisters on English folk music performers page.

Added links to Focal Music, and Forest Tracks on Folk music businesses page.

20th August 2006

Added links to Shirley Collins, and Bernie Parry, and updated URL for Christine Collister on English folk music performers page.

Added link to Flaxey Green on Folk and traditional music in specific areas of England page.

Added link to Wildfolk on Folk music businesses page.


June 2006

14th June 2006

Added link to National Folk Music Fund and removed broken links on English folk and traditional music on the Internet.

Added links to Nick Marshall, and Jake Thackray on English folk music performers page.

Added links to Derby Heritage Traditional Music Club, East Anglian Traditional Music Trust, Grand Union Folk Club, Norfolk Folk Directory, Traditions at the Tiger, and Wheal Dream Folk, and updated URLs for Folkworks, and Norfolk Folk and Acoustic Forum on Folk and traditional music in specific areas of England page.

Added link to Soar Valley Music and updated URL for Veteran on Folk music businesses page.

10th June 2006

Added links to Bampton Traditional Morris Men, and Michael Wright's Jew's harper page, and updated URLs for Bitter End Website, Folk Camps, Hastings Traditional Jack in the Green, Horniman Museum, Musicians' Union Folk, Roots & Traditional Music Section, and Songs of England, and removed broken links on English folk and traditional music on the Internet and revalidated the page.


April 2006

30th April 2006

Added links to English Dance & Song , and VWML Online and updated URLs for Ethnomusicology Forum, Folk Music Journal, and updated the Libraries, archives and museums and Discographies, bibliographies and indexes sections of English folk and traditional music on the Internet.

Updated URL for The Devil's Interval on English folk music performers page.

Added link to Roots to Music, and updated URLs for Market Rasen Folk Club, Millbay Folk Club, and Travellers Rest Folk Club on Folk and traditional music in specific areas of England page.

Updated URL for Thrift Music on Folk music businesses page.


March 2006

26th March 2006

Updated URL for Mainly Morris Dancing on English folk and traditional music on the Internet.

Added links to Stanley Accrington, Tom & Barbara Brown, Kipper Family, Carrie Lennard, Sheila Mosley and Pete Burnham, Jackie Oates, Ed Rennie, and Suntrap, and updated URLs for Attila the Stockbroker, Martin Carthy, The Drones, Will Duke and Dan Quinn, Ashley Hutchings, Maeran, Joseph Taylor, and The Watersons on English folk music performers page.

Added links to Derby Folk Forum, Folk Activity in North Devon, Folk Music Workshop Norfolk Folk and Acoustic Forum, and Wilbur Promotions, and updated URLs for Leicester Folk Diary, and Tudor Folk Club on Folk and traditional music in specific areas of England page.

Added link to Folkwit Records on Folk music businesses page.


December 2005

11th December 2005

Updated URLs for The abc home page and subsidiary pages on English folk and traditional music on the Internet.

Added links to Emily and Hazel Askew, Rosie Doonan & Ben Murray, Meridian, Niblik, and Pillowfish, on English folk music performers page.


November 2005

27th November 2005

Added link to Folk Map, and updated URL for Traditional Song Forum on English folk and traditional music on the Internet.

Added links to Bellowhead, Pete Betts, Maggie Camp, CrossCurrent, The Devil's Interval, John Dipper, The English Acoustic Collective, Fish on a Stick, Anna Gillions, Gary Holder, Benji Kirkpatrick, Marie Little, Mike Marriott, Tony Morris, Roll a Penny, Paul Sartin, and Chris Wood, and updated URLs for Duck Soup, and Spinning Jelly, on English folk music performers page.

Added links to The Broadsheet, Cutty Wren Folk Club, and Globe Folk Club, and updated URLs for Devon Folk (formerly Devon District Folk Committee), Guisborough Folk Club, and Jamming Dodger Music Club (formerly Live Acoustic Music Club) on Folk and traditional music in specific areas of England page.

Added link to What's Afoot on Local folk magazines and diaries page.

Added links to Broad Tradition, TightSqueezeMusic, and Woven Wheat Whispers on Folk music businesses page.


October 2005

2nd October 2005

Added links to fRoots Forum, Folk Directory, and The Mudcat Café forum, and updated URL for The Folk File: a folkie's dictionary on English folk and traditional music on the Internet.

Added links to Peter Kirby, James Raynard, John Tams (official site), and Kate Waterfield on English folk music performers page.

Added links to The FaB Club, and Somerset and Dorset Folk Events Diary, list of sessions in England, and Sessions index, and updated URL for Folk on the Moor on Folk and traditional music in specific areas of England page.

Added link to Vincent Purcell on Folk music businesses page.


July 2005

4th July 2005

Added links to folkWISE, and RadioBritfolk, and updated URLs for Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers, Hastings Traditional Jack in the Green, Mainly Morris Dancing, Bruce Olson's Roots of Folk: Old English, Scots, and Irish Songs and Tunes, and Sarah Crofts' Step Dance page on English folk and traditional music on the Internet.

Added links to Harriet Bartlett, and Rachel Unthank and The Winterset on English folk music performers page.


June 2005

12th June 2005

Added link to Folk Directory on English folk and traditional music on the Internet.

Updated URL for Maeran on English folk music performers page.

Updated URLs for Anston Folk Club, and Folk Music Images from North West England (and beyond) on Folk and traditional music in specific areas of England page.

Updated URL for Little Pot Stove Records on Folk music businesses page.


April 2005

24th April 2005

Added links to FolkArts England, and Shooting Roots, and updated URL for The Association of Festival Organisers on English folk and traditional music on the Internet

Added links to Maggie Boyle, Craig; Morgan; Robson, The Demon Barbers, Barry Dransfield, Duck Soup, Almond Greenway, Paula & Stuart Tindall, Witches of Elswick, and Martyn Wyndham-Read, and updated URLs for Dan Quinn, Dan Quinn and Will Duke on English folk music performers page.

Added links to Angie's Folk, and Norwich Folk Club, and updated URLs for efn - Essex Folk News, Folk Mob, and Woodman Folk Club on Folk and traditional music in specific areas of England page.

Added links to Alan Bearman Music, Paul Hathway, and Three's Company on Folk music businesses page.


March 2005

20th March 2005

Updated reference to Music Maker on English folk and traditional music on the Internet.

Added links to Julie Ellison, and Dave Goulder, and updated URLs for Pete Cooper, and Dan Evans on English folk music performers page.

Added links to Acoustic Sussex, and Milkmaid Music Club, and updated reference to Unicorn Folk Club on Folk and traditional music in specific areas of England page.

Added links to 5th Fret, AMP WorldMusic, and Melodions Online on Folk music businesses page.


Page created by Martin Nail. Copyright © 2008 Martin Nail. Last revised 26th September 2008