London concerts centring on American folk music from the 1920s to the 1960s
Ex-punk musician turned clawhammer banjo player Allison Williams joins forces with West Virginia champion fiddler Chance McCoy for foot-stomping old-timey string band tunes.
DetailsEx-punk musician turned clawhammer banjo player Allison Williams joins forces with West Virginia champion fiddler Chance McCoy for some foot-stomping old-timey string band tunes.
DetailsBilly Bragg performs songs by Buffy Sainte Marie, Woody Guthrie and his own adaptation, Last Night I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs, at a special Greenwich Village Revisited concert.
DetailsAt a special concert, 'Texas Songbird' Carolyn Hester performs songs penned by Bob Dylan, Tom Paxton and Ed McCurdy. Plus her take on the classic House of the Rising Sun.
DetailsYoung Creole fiddler and accordion player Cedric Watson and his band Bijoux Creole get toes tapping at the Barbican, with their infectious and energetic zydeco tunes.
DetailsYoung Creole fiddler and accordion player Cedric Watson and his band Bijoux Creole get toes tapping at the Barbican, with their infectious and energetic zydeco tunes.
DetailsAustralian blues singer, songwriter and guitarist CW Stoneking performs at the Barbican.
DetailsThe thirtysomething Australian-American performer steeped in the New Orleans and jungle blues of the 1920s treats the Barbican audience to his eccentric take on the old traditions.
DetailsAppalachian folk singer-songwriter Diana Jones weaves heartfelt lyrics and stirring melodies in an intense performance from the Barbican.
DetailsAppalachian folk singer-songwriter Diana Jones weaves heartfelt lyrics and stirring melodies in an intense performance from the Barbican.
DetailsGreenwich Village singer-songwriter Eric Anderson brings his wistful melodies and brooding voice to the Barbican, as he revisits some of his songs from the 1960s folk revival.
DetailsGreenwich Village singer-songwriter Eric Anderson brings his wistful melodies and brooding voice to the Barbican, as he revisits some of his songs from the 1960s folk revival.
DetailsSeasick Steve, The Wiyos, Allison Williams and Chance McCoy, Diana Jones, CW Stoneking and Cedric Watson and Bijoux Creole perform songs on instruments including a water cooler.
DetailsConcert centring upon the singer-songwriter talents to emerge from the clubs of New York's Greenwich Village in the 1960s, including Judy Collins, Roger McGuinn and Eric Andersen.
DetailsSeasick Steve, The Wiyos, Cedric Watson and Bijoux Creole, CW Stoneking, Diana Jones and Allison Williams And Chance McCoy perform a concert at London's Barbican Centre.
DetailsSinger-songwriter Judy Collins performs songs from her Greenwich Village days and beyond. Includes some of her best-loved songs like Both Sides Now and Someday Soon.
DetailsFolk hero and ex-Byrds frontman Roger McGuinn performs Eight Miles High, Turn! Turn! Turn!, My Back Pages and more at a special Greenwich Village Revisited concert.
DetailsFolk hero and ex-Byrds frontman Roger McGuinn performs Eight Miles High, Turn! Turn! Turn!, My Back Pages and more at a special Greenwich Village Revisited concert.
DetailsFolk hero and ex-Byrds frontman Roger McGuinn performs Eight Miles High, Turn! Turn! Turn!, My Back Pages and more at a special Greenwich Village Revisited concert.
DetailsMaverick veteran blues man Seasick Steve performs at the Barbican mixing old numbers from the likes of Furry Lewis with self-penned songs, including live favourite Chiggers.
DetailsMaverick veteran blues man Seasick Steve performs at the Barbican.
DetailsBrooklyn's The Wiyos entertain the Barbican audience with their quirky mix of vaudevillian ragtime and finely crafted 1920s style tunes.
DetailsBrooklyn's The Wiyos entertain the Barbican audience with their quirky mix of vaudevillian ragtime and finely crafted 1920s style tunes.
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