Furness Tradition wishes to congratulate 17 year old Jess Gillam runner up in the 2016 BBC Young Musician of the Year. The former Ulverston Victoria High School pupil was accompanied by the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the televised final on … Continue reading →
Bridget Marsden has just won the Artist of the Year award at the 2016 Folk & World Music Awards in Sweden. Here is her account:- Here I am, just after I received the Artist of the Year award at the 2016 … Continue reading →
Many of you will know of Colin Matthews as editor of Folk Orbit magazine and Web Site. Based in Chester, it started life as a local ‘whats on’ online mag and grew in stature since. It was a well maintained … Continue reading →
The FUREYS, renowned for their hit songs ‘I will love you’, ‘When you were sweet 16’, ‘The Green fields of France’, ‘The old man’, ‘Red rose café’, ‘From Clare to here’, ‘Her father didn’t like me anyway’, ‘Leaving Nancy’, ‘Steal … Continue reading →
The singer Roy Harris recently passed away at the age of 82. Our sympathy and condolences to his family and loved ones. You can read his obituary in the Daily Telegraph.
Continue reading →The EFDSS are inviting teenagers to apply to join the National Youth Folk Ensemble. Applicants will attend sampler days at various venues in England during May and June. Selected musicians will then be invited to attend a final audition at … Continue reading →
