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Features, reviews and listings for folk and roots music in and around London. Contributions and review CDs welcome – see http://folklondon.co.uk
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Read our tribute to Garry Walker of the HogEye Men, the ‘quiet gentleman of folk’, in the new edition of Folk London – back from the printers and going out to readers today

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A box of Folk London magazines, with Garry Walker of the HogEye Men on the cover
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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The December-January edition of Folk London is at the printers and will go out to readers later this week. With:

• Our tribute to Garry Walker of the HogEye Men, the ‘quiet gentleman of folk’
• Best albums of 2025
• Reviews, listings and more

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November 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Such a great day. Have the Unthanks come looking for you with shotguns yet?
David and Ellie dressed as the Unthank sisters, singing Agadoo in the style of, for Reasons
November 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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The new Folk London is back from the printers and going out to readers today. Featuring

• Our interview with Katie Spencer on her new album What Love Is
• Remembering Rita Cherriman: Croydon Folk Club’s new gig season
• News, reviews, listings and more

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A box of Folk London magazines with a photo of Katie Spencer on the cover
September 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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The new Folk London magazine is at the printers and available to preorder now. Featuring

• Katie Spencer on her new album What Love Is
• Remembering Rita Cherriman: Croydon Folk Club’s new gig season
• News, reviews, listings and more

Preorder here: folklondon.co.uk/product/octo...
The cover of Folk London magazine, featuring a portrait photo of Katie Spencer in stylised dark blue and red
September 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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The oldest edition of Folk London we've so far found at the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library @efdss.bsky.social (and many thanks to the library team for their help). We've come a long way...
An early edition of Folk London magazine from May 1973. It is made of stapled sheets of A4 and has a hand-drawn masthead, with body copy laid out on a typewriter
June 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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The new Folk London is back from the printers and going out to readers today. Featuring an interview with the legendary Peggy Seeger as she heads off on her Final Farewell tour. Plus the usual listings, CD reviews and more. Buy here: folklondon.co.uk/product/june...
A box of Folk London magazines with Peggy Seeger on the cover
May 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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The new Folk London is out next week, and we’re delighted to have an interview with the legendary Peggy Seeger as she heads off on her Final Farewell tour. Plus the usual listings, CD reviews and more. Preorder here:

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May 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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A bit of Kimber's Men doing Northwest Passage, led by the mighty John Bromley
May 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Yr hmbl crrspndnt is out and about at Rochester Sweeps. Lovely day for it
Morris dancers with sticks and green tatterjack outfits dancing on a high street surrounded by a crowd
May 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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@lunatraktors.bsky.social Newly fitted to the official editorial backpack 💪🏳️‍⚧️
A blue backpack with a copy of Folk London lying on it. Sewn to the backpack is a black patch reading Folk Against Fascism with an intersectional Pride rainbow
April 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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The new Folk London magazine is back from the printers and going out to subscribers today. Featuring:

• @theyounguns.bsky.social
on the power of song
• Our guide to May Day events around London
• News, reviews, listings and more

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A box of Folk London magazines with the Young'uns singing trio on the cover
March 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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The new Folk London magazine is at the printers and will be going out to clubs and subscribers next week. Featuring:

• @theyounguns.bsky.social on the power of song
• Our guide to May Day events around London
• News, reviews, listings and more

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The cover of Folk London magazine. The image shows the Young'uns, three young men, standing in a line on stage singing
March 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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The new Folk London magazine is OUT NOW and going out to clubs and subscribers today. Featuring:

• Jennifer Reid on dialect, weaving and telling working-class stories
• How to build a tune-playing community from scratch
• News, reviews, listings and more

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Piles of the new Folk London magazine, with Jennifer Reid on the front cover
January 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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The new Folk London magazine is at the printers and available to preorder now. Featuring:

• Jennifer Reid on dialect, weaving and telling working-class stories
• How to build a tune-playing community from scratch
• News, reviews, listings and more

Preorder here: folklondon.co.uk/product/febr...
The front cover of Folk London, featuring Jennifer Reid performing on stage. She is wearing a checked shirt and is singing into a microphone while holding a book
January 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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"You'll be visited by three spirits"

The three spirits:
The Young Tradition – Royston Wood, Heather Wood and Peter Bellamy – standing in front of a dartboard in a pub. Royston is holding a beer, and Peter is smoking a cigar with darts in his other hand. They're dressed in gaudy pinks, purples and reds
December 24, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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The new Folk London magazine is OUT NOW. Featuring:

• Sam Lee: ‘Folk music has to be the activist’
• Best albums of 2024: The Kimberleys, Goblin Band and more
• Plus the usual news, reviews, diary and club guide

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A box of Folk London magazines. The cover features Sam Lee standing beside a waterway, with the headline "Sam Lee: 'Folk music needs to be the activist'"
November 27, 2024 at 4:25 PM
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Our Club Guide page now has a searchable Google map of clubs, sessions, singarounds and venues around London: folklondon.co.uk/club-guide/

The map itself is here: www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/v...

Let us know if you find any errors, or want your event listed
A screenshot of Google Maps showing a custom-made overlay of London folk clubs, with coloured stars indicating venues
November 26, 2024 at 3:11 PM
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Post a picture of yourself in a different era

(before yr hmbl crrspndnt was born, in fact)
Folk London magazine - really a glorified leaflet at this point - from December 1975. The main headline reads "Seasonal greetings to our readers" alongside an illustration of a yule log being dragged into a hall full of people
November 21, 2024 at 2:40 PM
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Unlike you I get my news from a reliable source
A woodcut engraving of a "long-song seller" from London Labour and the London Poor. A man in suit and top hat is holding a pole on which are pinned long sheets of paper with the lyrics of songs for sale
November 11, 2024 at 12:31 PM
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Timely when Bellowhead are back out on tour – this is from the December-January 2004-05 Folk London. Bellowhead's debut EP is "smashing", we can report
A clipping from Folk London magazine. Text reads: "I have received a copy of an EP from Bellowhead which is smashing – from John Spiers and Jon Boden and others, Also Gail Williams and Jim Younger, Women of a Certain Age, Anne Lennox Martin, Born to the Breed and Tracey Curtis, If the Moon Could Talk, I have not been able to review or even listen to any of these except the Bellowhead so they will be in the next magazine. Thank you all for sending them to me."
November 6, 2024 at 7:36 PM
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Just started work on the next edition of Folk London, with a slightly tweaked imprint #TheLudditesWereRight
A screenshot from Indesign, of Folk London's publisher imprint. The text reads: "Contributions: We welcome interviews, features and news items. Please contact editor@folklondon.co.uk if you’re interested in submitting material Reviews: Albums and EPs can be submitted for review to the address on the left. Physical copies preferred. We’re always seeking more reviewers – email for details" Highlighted in bold is the text "Made without the use of generative AI"
November 5, 2024 at 2:12 PM
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The new Folk London magazine is out now! Featuring:

• Frankie Archer: ‘I do a lot of very dark stories’
• John White, 1920-2024
• How club organisers can attract new faces
• News, reviews, listings and more

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A box full of newly printed Folk London magazines, featuring Frankie Archer's face on the cover
September 17, 2024 at 12:22 PM
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The new Folk London magazine is at the printers and available to preorder now. Featuring:

• Frankie Archer: ‘I do a lot of very dark stories’
• John White, 1920-2024
• How club organisers can attract new faces
• News, reviews, listings and more

Preorder here: folklondon.co.uk/product/octo...
The cover of Folk London magazine, featuring the face of Frankie Archer, a young woman with light hair. She is looking to the right against a green and white background
September 10, 2024 at 2:24 PM
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We're on Bandcamp! Albums from local independent artists including James Eagle (the Folk London editor), @morrisfolkchoir.bsky.social, Thomas McCarthy, the HogEye Men and more

See the whole range here: folklondon.bandcamp.com
A composite of four album covers
July 23, 2024 at 2:07 PM