alt folk

• Music / Reviews

  Review: Hayden Thorpe & Propellor Ensemble, Bristol Beacon – ‘An extraordinary journey’

  An alt-folk collective transports a spellbound crowd to a former nuclear testing site

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: El Buho, Jam Jar – ‘Enchanting and euphoric folktronica’

  A convergence of folklore, organic sound and danceable tunes from a groundbreaking global artist

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• Music / new releases

  Artist covers house in turf for music video

  The result is a dreamlike, dystopian backdrop for the soulful heartbreak record

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Erland Cooper, Bristol Beacon – ‘A riveting rumination on nature’

  A reflective and enchanting night of nature and music inaugurated the Beacon's Green Gigs series

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Arooj Aftab, Bristol Beacon – ‘Simply sensational’

  With a new album inspired by New York at night, Aftab is leaning into her 'sexy villain' era

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• Music / whats on

  Bristol’s month in folk and roots – November 2024

  Emerging, renowned; traditional, experimental; this month has all folk bases covered

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: India Electric Co., Folk House – ‘Jaw-dropping, life-affirming, heart-swelling’

  The trio celebrate their folk charting album Pomegranate

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• Music / world music

  Bristol’s month in World Music – September 2024

  It's back to the futurism around the Bristol world music scene this month

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