'Psychedelic Turbo Folk' band Don Kipper proclaim to be playing 'traditional music of North-East London', which is one of the most culturally diverse parts of the city. They started off in 2013 as a klezmer band around Greek/Serbian singer Dunja Botic, but incorporate many Eastern European and Balkan influences. The name of their latest album released in 2018 is Seven Sisters, which is a sub-district of Tottenham, which they claim as their spiritual home. Here's a mad song from that album called Opa Ela:
Folk singer and avid collector of traditional songs of Britain and Ireland Sam Lee was born in Tufnell Park, North London. He picked up his love of folk music during summer camps as a kid. Son of Jewish parents he has a particular interest in songs from the Roma and travelling communities. His latest album released in January this year is called Old Wow and this is the opening track from it called The Garden of England (Seeds of Love):
Indie folk band Patch and the Giant consist of 5 multi-instrumentalists based around Highgate in North London producing sometimes a foot-stomping, clap along sound, sometimes more melodious songs. This is from their 2017 album All That We Had, We Stole and is called Flowers:
North London is also home to a large Jewish community, especially around areas of Golders Green and Finchley. From these areas sprung Oi Va Voi in 2000, playing Klezmer fused with indie-rock and alt-folk. 'Oi va voi' is an exclamation in modern Hebrew roughly translating as 'oh my gosh!'. Here's a song from their 2018 album Memory Drop called Vanished World:
English folk musician and composer Andy Cutting hails from Harrow, a suburb to the northwest of London. The melodeon player was part of Blowzabella and Fernhill and is known to perform both traditional English and French material as well as writing his own compositions. Apart from the above bands he also extensively collaborated with guitarist Chris Wood and many others within the folk scene. In 2015 he formed an Anglo-French band called Topette, which we will revisit once we hit France. He has only one solo album to his name, which is the self-titled Andy Cutting released in 2010. These are 2 tunes from that album: Old Light and The Abbess:
Moving a little beyond the commuter belt of London we hit Bedford, where we meet two musicians. First up is '1940's compere and all round dapper chap' Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq., who went viral a while ago with his witty song I've No More ... to Give. He performs in a smart suit playing a mandolin banjo singing some hilarious lyrics, some of everyday funny situations, others throwing ridicule at the political establishment. In case you have missed his most famous song, here it is, and it features on his debut 2018 album Awkward Encounters While Walking My Dog:
Secondly from Bedford is Jack Sharp, who, after 13 years of fronting psych folk band Wolf People on guitar and vocals, has recently released an album of more traditional folk songs inspired by his native Bedfordshire and pared down to just acoustic guitar and singing. The album is called Good Times Older and this is a collection of songs off it.
This is it for today. Next time we will finally complete our tour of the British Isles and forthwith bravely head onto the rest of Europe. As usual you can follow my virtual ramblings on my tripline map.
Indie folk band Patch and the Giant consist of 5 multi-instrumentalists based around Highgate in North London producing sometimes a foot-stomping, clap along sound, sometimes more melodious songs. This is from their 2017 album All That We Had, We Stole and is called Flowers:
North London is also home to a large Jewish community, especially around areas of Golders Green and Finchley. From these areas sprung Oi Va Voi in 2000, playing Klezmer fused with indie-rock and alt-folk. 'Oi va voi' is an exclamation in modern Hebrew roughly translating as 'oh my gosh!'. Here's a song from their 2018 album Memory Drop called Vanished World:
English folk musician and composer Andy Cutting hails from Harrow, a suburb to the northwest of London. The melodeon player was part of Blowzabella and Fernhill and is known to perform both traditional English and French material as well as writing his own compositions. Apart from the above bands he also extensively collaborated with guitarist Chris Wood and many others within the folk scene. In 2015 he formed an Anglo-French band called Topette, which we will revisit once we hit France. He has only one solo album to his name, which is the self-titled Andy Cutting released in 2010. These are 2 tunes from that album: Old Light and The Abbess:
Moving a little beyond the commuter belt of London we hit Bedford, where we meet two musicians. First up is '1940's compere and all round dapper chap' Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq., who went viral a while ago with his witty song I've No More ... to Give. He performs in a smart suit playing a mandolin banjo singing some hilarious lyrics, some of everyday funny situations, others throwing ridicule at the political establishment. In case you have missed his most famous song, here it is, and it features on his debut 2018 album Awkward Encounters While Walking My Dog:
Secondly from Bedford is Jack Sharp, who, after 13 years of fronting psych folk band Wolf People on guitar and vocals, has recently released an album of more traditional folk songs inspired by his native Bedfordshire and pared down to just acoustic guitar and singing. The album is called Good Times Older and this is a collection of songs off it.
This is it for today. Next time we will finally complete our tour of the British Isles and forthwith bravely head onto the rest of Europe. As usual you can follow my virtual ramblings on my tripline map.
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