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David McLean
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Displaced Smoggie in the Great Wen. Worker, novelist, amateur #tradfolk singer and #folktronica muso. New book ‘Fox Silver’ out NOW! Fear no foe.
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“Folk music, punk ethos and political conviction” 😍
October 23, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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If you don’t bother writing it, why should I bother reading it?
September 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I have achieved #folk #tradfolk #folkmusic nirvana. And at a very reasonable price
August 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
A bit of Martin Carthy from the distant prehistoric past of 1993, when the BBC did arts programmes and folk music #folk #folkmusic #tradfolk #thedaddy

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MARTIN CARTHY-THE LATE SHOW-BBC 2-1993
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August 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
What up my #folk #tradfolk peeps. Enjoying a bit of Mawkin th’ day, featuring the brothers Delarre, Dave and James. Top stuff
July 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Well, I was supposed to go and see Lady Maisery at King’s Place last night, but I forgot. Just literally forgot. Ffs #folk #tradfolk #fail
June 29, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Fruit trees in the garden are giving it loads this year, we’ll see how many survive the squirrels: damsons, hazelnuts, plums, apples 1/2
June 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
June 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Fitting
June 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
If you haven’t seen it, this is one of the great films about music and an document of a world now completely gone
Finally got around to watching ‘Travelling for a Living’, a wonderful documentary first broadcast in 1966 about The Watersons and traditional folk music in the British Isles.

Available for free on the BFI website. Thanks to @thameschoral.bsky.social for sharing. 🙌

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Watch Travelling for a Living - BFI Player
This "musical profile of the Watersons" is a precious document of the British folk revival, much of it shot in their hometown, Hull.
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May 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Good Morning From The Drummer, My Friends.
Gang of Four - To Hell with Poverty
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May 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Canada, we’re with you!
TRUMPISM IS REPUDIATED IN AUSTRALIA!
#auspol
May 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Very proud to be a member of the EFDSS and wholeheartedly support this.
May 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
At the Railway Tavern in Hornsey tonight to see Martin Carthy for the umpteenth time. Can’t wait! #folk #tradfolk #folkmusic #thedaddy
April 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The question of the hour is, Should I promote my books, given that no one buys them whether I do or don’t? Enquiring minds don’t want to know

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The Wolf In The Blood eBook : McLean, David: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
The Wolf In The Blood eBook : McLean, David: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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April 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
FOLK ALERT KLAXON (collected by Cecil Sharp from a source klaxon in 1895) for my #folk #tradfolk #folkmusic peeps and any passing trade:

I’ve backed jonwilksmusic@bsky.social ‘s new album kickstarter and heartily recommend you do too. Here:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...
Jon Wilks: New Album 2025
Original songs inspired by making music with friends, and a longing to escape the cold summer months and rejoice in the sun.
www.kickstarter.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
@profanity.accountant swearing is a noble calling without which the language is irredeemably pauperised. Am I keeping the side up?
March 7, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Greetings my #folk #tradfolk #folkmusic peeps from #LDN and surrounds. Welcome to another in your host’s irregular series, SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL FOLK CLUB SO IT DOESN’T DIE

(Pictured: a folk club, yesterday)
February 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Saw Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell in Much Ado About Nothing tonight and it was the funniest thing I have ever seen. Absolutely spectacular. Shame they’re so blurry in real life really
February 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Fight hard and never give up
February 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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It's called The Gulf of Mexico. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
February 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I’ve pre-ordered this because it will be mighty - you should too! #folk #tradfolk
For the evening shift!
Announcing a preorder for a new album of mine - a collaborative record of songs about Bird Folklore with Alison O'Donnell (Mellow Candle)
On limited LP with one-off lino print (which are going fast) and cd on Sonido Polifonico
Coming out 1st April
Acid folk / psych folk.
February 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Belatedly (work y’knaa) here is the mighty Goblin Band giving it several loads at the Ivy House in the People’s Republic of Nunhead on Friday last. They were superb #folk #tradfolk
February 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM