Folk musician and former BBC Scotland presenter Archie Fisher has died at the age of 86. The singer, songwriter and guitarist had presented BBC Radio Scotland's Travelling Folk from 1983 to 2010.

In 2019, Grapefruit Records released a collection of artists who shaped British folk music in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The compilation album Strangers in the Room: A Journey Through the British ...

Archie Fisher, Scottish folk singer, songwriter, guitar player, and long-time presenter on BBC Radio Scotland, has died at the age of 86 on 1 November 2025.

Danny Thompson, a founding member of British folk rock band Pentangle, has died at the age of 86. The legendary folk rock bass player is known for his work with music luminaries like Kate Bush, John ...

The concert features a salute to the music of the British Isles, including folk melodies, ceremonial marches and landmark works by composers Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Percy Grainger.

British folk singer Maddy Prior co-founded Steeleye Span in 1969 and rose to fame as the band’s talented lead vocalist. She’s now regarded as one of folk’s leading lights and has enjoyed a varied solo ...

The sun will be gone by the time you finish reading this. These seasonally-appropriate folk albums will still be there.

While Mary Timony has stayed busy since the late-’00s with Wild Flag and Ex Hex, new album Untame the Tiger, which is out this week via Merge, is her first record under her own name in nearly two ...

Dynamic folk duo Sam Kelly and Jamie Francis will perform at a Bolton folk club next month. Britain’s Got Talent finalist Sam ...

Despite folk music’s association with protest there is a perception that its performers and audiences are overwhelmingly white. However folk music is rooted in diverse working-class communities and ...