f8 Rhiannon Giddens – London Kinisi Festival of Sound,


Venetsanos Winery, Santorini, Greece (21st – 23rd Oct) aims to bridge gaps between cultures and genres. Musicians and artists from Greece, FYROM, Albania, Kosovo, Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria will gather to play concerts, and host workshops and jam sessions. kinisifestival.com


Taking place in indoor venues


in Okehampton, Baring-Gould Folk Festival (21st – 23rd Oct) is Wren Music’s annual celebration inspired by the folk song collecting of Sabine Baring-Gould. Amongst this year’s guests are Trio Vincanto, John Kirkpatrick, Polly Bolton, Hannah Cumming and the full Wren Music team. The festival is preceded by five-day Folk Song School, where there is an extensive range of classes from developing techniques such as pitching, ornamentation and harmonies, to developing repertoire and performance skills. wrenmusic.co.uk


Return To Camden Town


(24th – 30th) in London sees guest appearances from The Bonny Men, Noel Hill, Gatehouse, Mick O’Brien, Aoife Ní Bhríain and Caoimhin Ó Fearghail, Dan Bruder & Angelia Carberry, Niamh Parsons & Graham Dunne, Claire & Sinêad Egan, Andrew MacNamara, Karen Ryan & Pete Quinn, Star Of Munster and Jerry O’Reilly. returntocamden.org


London Folk & Roots Festival


(28th Oct – 17th Nov) takes place across a variety of city venues with


Sharon Shannon


artists including Kathryn Williams, Show Of Hands, Kaia Kater, Rhiannon Giddens, Skerryvore, Keston Cobblers Club & CC Smugglers, Calan, Samantha Whates & Elliott Morris, Sam Outlaw, Jesse Dayton, Jonny Lang, Wesley Stace’s Cabinet Of Wonders, Blair Dunlop, The Secret Sisters, Gretchen Peters, Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage, Kitty Macfarlane & Kelly Oliver, Patch & The Giant, Emily Mae Winters, Worry Dolls, Hot Club Of Cowtown, Jo Harman, Mark Eitzel & Band Feat. Bernard Butler, Sean Taylor, The Carrivick Sisters, Kirsty Merryn, Luke Jackson, Brooke Sharkey & Blick Bassy and more. londonfolkandroots.com


OsloWorld Music Festival


(31st Oct – 5th Nov) has a line-up including Akutuk, Bonga, Calypso Rose, Chassol, Derek Gripper, Don Martin, Igor & The Union of Cousins, Jon Balke: Siwan, Madame Gandhi, Øyunn, Rossy de Palma, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Tumi aka Stogie T, Valkyrien, Xylouris White, Yasmine Hamdan and more. osloworldmusicfestival.no


TOURS Richard Thompson, with


support from Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker, has a national tour taking in Brighton Dome (11th Oct); Guildford G-Live (12th); Poole Lighthouse (13th); Colston Hall, Bristol (14th); Millennium Centre, Cardiff (15th); Usher Hall, Edinburgh (17th); Sage Gateshead (18th); Lowry, Salford (19th); Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden (21st); Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry (22nd); Cadogan Hall, London (23rd); Sheffield City Hall (25th); De Montfort Hall, Leicester (26th); Anvil, Basingstoke (27th); Theatre Royal, Norwich (28th); London Bridge Theatre (30th)


Leveret’s new Inventions album tour heads to Band On The Wall, Manchester (5th Oct); The Live Room, Shipley (6th); Guildhall, Leicester (7th); Derby Folk Festival (8th); Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh (9th); Perth Folk Club (10th); Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal (11th); St George's


Bristol (12th); Norden Farm Centre For Arts, Maidenhead (13th); Hartlepool Folk Festival (14th); Memorial Hall, Sheffield (15th); The Junction, Cambridge (16th); Alive Conference Centre Lincoln (17th); Kings Place, London (18th). leveretband.com


The Rheingans Sisters play at Marston Concerts, Oxfordshire (7th Oct); Derby Folk Festival (8th); The Hearth Arts Centre, Newcastle (13th); Thorganbyfolk, York (14th); Hallam Students Union (Hubs), Sheffield (16th); Heath St Baptist Church, London (17th); House Concert, Bristol (19th); Nailsea Folk Club (20th). rheinganssisters.co.uk


Lankum (formerly Lynched) support the release of their imminent album Between Earth & Sky with dates at Colston Hall, Bristol (13th Oct); Turner Sims, Southampton (14th); The Forge At The Anvil, Basingstoke (15th); Adelphi, Hull (17th); Dingwalls London (18th); Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan (19th); Pontio Bangor (20th); Sage Gateshead (21st); Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh (22nd). lankumdublin.com/


It’s all the rage: Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin have changed their name to Edgelarks and are on tour to support their new CD of the same name. Marlborough Town Hall (5th Oct); Dartington Hall, Totnes (6th); St Mary's Hall, Appledore (7th); National Centre for Early Music, York (10th); The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge (11th); The Kenlis Arms, Garstang (12th); Forum Studio Theatre, Chester (13th); L2F Festival, Lichfield (14th); Brewhouse Theatre & Arts Centre, Taunton (18th); Komedia, Bath (19th); Manchester Folk Festival (21st); Jubilee Hall, Market Harborough (27th); The Ropewalk, Barton Upon Humber (28th) and more into November. edgelarks.co.uk


Last issue’s cover star Sharon


Shannon will be at the Irish World Heritage Centre, Manchester (3rd October); Irish Centre, Birmingham (4th); Colchester Arts Centre (5th); The Cube, Corby (6th) and London Irish Centre (7th). More info at glasswerk.co.uk


The Furrow Collective have Autumn dates at Hartlepool Folk Festival (14th Oct); Eastgate Theatre And Arts Centre, Peebles


(28th); The Greystones, Sheffield (29th); The Junction Cambridge (30th); Quay Arts Centre, Newport, Isle Of Wight (31st). thefurrowcollective.co.uk


Rachel Newton Band play at Coronation Hall, Ulverston (20th Sept); Masham Town Hall (21st); Kings Place, London (22nd) and Rachel plays solo at 30cc Leuven, Belgium (1st Oct); Guildhall Arts Centre, Grantham (6th); Silver Street Sessions, Taunton (7th); The Wardrobe Bristol (24th); Mansfield Palace Studio Theatre (25th); The Marlowe Studio, Canterbury (26th). rachelnewtonmusic.com


The Shee bid farewell to


their Continuum album with a final four showcases of the set at Nettlebed Village Club (9th October); Pitville Pump Room, Cheltenham (10th); MAC, Birmingham (11th) and ARC, Stockton Arts Centre, Stockton-on- Tees (12th). theshee.com


Mali’s Trio Da Kali return to England to mark the release of their new album Ladilikan with Kronos Quartet. The trio will appear at Musicport, Whitby (21st); Opera North, Leeds (22nd); St Barnabas Church, Oxford (25th) and The Old Church, London (26th).


Kate Rusby has imminent


dates at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (22nd September); Corn Exchange, Exeter (17th October); Hall for Cornwall, Truro (18th); Malvern Theatres (19th); Storyhouse, Chester (20th); Theatre Royal, Norwich (24th) and Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells (25th) katerusby.com


Habib Koité & Bamada have UK dates this October, with support from Sura Susso, at Nells Jazz & Blues, London (16th); Komedia, Brighton (18th); Rich Mix, London (19th); Turner Sims, Southampton (20th); South Street Arts Centre, Reading (21st); Afrikaba Festival, St Mary in the Castle, Hastings (22nd); The Stables, Milton Keynes (23rd).


The wonderful Alden, Patterson & Dashwood – who made 2016’s fRoots Editor’s Choice album of the year – have dates coming up at Leiston Film Theatre, Suffolk (22nd Sept); The Stanford Arms, Lowestoft (24th); The Magic Garden, London (27th); The Seagull Theatre, Lowestoft (29th); Purple Studios, Norwich (30th); Colchester Arts Centre (2nd Nov);


Edgelarks (formerly Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin)


Photo: © Judith Burrows


Photo: © Judith Burrows


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