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Folkroom
@folkroom.bsky.social
All music is folk music; I ain't never heard no horse sing a song.

Contemporary and traditional sounds in Nottingham, London and Brighton.
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Hi new followers (and old ones too). We run an online Zoom singaround every Saturday evening UK time – officially shanties and sea songs, but really anything you like. Drop us a DM if you'd like to know more
November 21, 2024 at 2:12 PM
I'm sure they'll be in all the folk starter packs in no time at all, but with noting that @folkonfoot.bsky.social have joined the gang on here now!
November 19, 2024 at 11:03 AM
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Oh yeah? Name twenty-five of their albums.
November 18, 2024 at 9:59 AM
A gorgeous gig tonight with Hattie Whitehead and March. If you're in Nottingham or the East Midlands and like live folk music, give us a wave!
November 17, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Heading out for our monthly folk night in Nottingham - this is only our third gig, but we're more or less sold out! A huge relief - it's a tough time for live music, and there's a lot of fear in committing yourself (and very often your own money!) to events in a new city!
November 17, 2024 at 2:24 PM
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Brilliantly powerful writing from James Rebanks (@herdyshepherd.bsky.social) as ever. Given the media reporting you'd be forgiven for thinking farmers just want to keep their £millions from inheritance tax. The truth is far different.

unherd.com/2024/11/a-fa...
A farmers' revolt is coming
unherd.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:11 AM
The one thing Twitter has going for it now, that we desperately need over here, is Bob Dylan's recent decision to start tweeting from his official account that had, for the past 15 years, been solely used for third-person official marketing.

BRING BOB TO BLUESKY.
November 16, 2024 at 12:34 PM
There's a quote in this article from one of Molly No-Mates co-founders: "there's this idea that England didn't have any culture which is just not true. It's just that it's really neglected."
"When you think of the English tradition of Morris dancing, you might not picture a group of young, gender non-conforming, drag kings who dress like "chimney sweeps" - but that will be because you've not seen Molly No-Mates."
England's Morris dancers drive inclusive revival of tradition
Younger, more inclusive Morris teams tell the BBC their tradition is having a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2024 at 10:23 AM
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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!

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UK folk and traditional starter pack
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November 12, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Right. Time to commit here, I reckon. Hello! Folkroom is mostly @srotzschthomas.bsky.social, putting on traditional and contemporary folk gigs in London, Nottingham and Brighton.

Occasionally Folkroom is also a label putting out music by the artists I love most.
November 15, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Would have joined yesterday, but I was busy with the solstice*.

*Swearing at sky for choosing to rain only at the precise moments I stepped outside the house.
June 22, 2023 at 2:08 PM
Hello! We're Folkroom, and we like you already.
June 22, 2023 at 8:38 AM