folk – Hackney Citizen

‘Quiet integrity’: folk icon Shirley Collins to break silence and discuss new memoir for Pages of Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 19 April 2018 at 16:07

Shirley Collins - 'a key figure in English and American folk music' despite losing her voice to dysphonia for nearly 40 years. Photograph: Toby Amies

Sussex singer – who lost her voice for decades – will spend an evening at Homerton’s Sutton House reading extracts from All in the Downs and chatting about her experiences of a folk revival career spanning over 60 years

Feral – Ulli Mattsson review: 'urging new water through old riverbeds'

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 27 April 2016 at 11:24

Laplander Ulli Mattsson has penned an elegiac musical tribute to her homeland

Balkan folk group Dunav celebrate 50 years of music making together

By East End Review | Friday 7 February 2014 at 11:09

Walthamstow-based band Dunav have been together for half a century and put their longevity down to being good friends

Hackney folk musician Sam Lee nominated for Mercury prize 2012

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 31 October 2012 at 13:07

Flying the flag for folk, Mercury Prize-nominated Sam Lee gives the low down on Mumford & Sons, Laura Marling and Michael Jackson

The Magic Lantern to launch debut album

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 16 May 2011 at 22:03

8.30pm Friday 20 May 2011, Dalston Boys’ Club

Gypsy It!

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 13 January 2011 at 21:51

Weekly Gypsy music and dance lessons at the Round Chapel, Clapton – with a free taster session on 15 January

The folk from Stoke Newington

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 7 September 2010 at 15:32

Spindle and Wit to play Bestival, Friday 10 September