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We can draft your entries, to approve or change,
just email sam@folklife.uk & tell us your webpage for us to extract details.  
Or send in details, in our format, as on our Get Listed page.

Media

This Media webpage is  www.folklife.uk/media-page
We'd like to have a comprehensive list of folk magazines & listings websites in Great Britain.  So far, we've emailed all those we could find - those confirmed as of 7/7/2025 listed below. So watch this space!  
* For Zoom, Ireland, International: volunteer(s) to research welcome.
  • For Journals, see our Folklife Traditions site, on our  Folklife Studies webpage              
  • Note: we're aiming for a comprehensive list of websites.   
  • Social media entries welcome, but not researched as "You must log in to continue", and I don't have time; if you do, volunteer(s) welcome.
For more details of those listed who are πŸ„΅ Folklife members, Ø Associate members, see  Folklife West folk news  and  Updates page.
ØØ International Updates-signups who aren't Members ~ news welcome for  Updates page.
We also list, free, in this Directory, πŸ…„ UK Updates-signups (other than above), and πŸ„Ή Folklife Traditions Journal subscribers/contributors.
M.1      Folk Journalists & Reviewers
ENGLAND WEST MIDLANDS
πŸ…„ Warks MAC AWE ON TOUR, Folk Journalist and Blogger http://macaweontour.blogspot.co.uk
β‡’ Geoff Veasey, abolper<at>yahoo.co.uk
βŠ• Folk Journalist and Reviewer. Blog : Mac Awe On Tour [new member, Apr 2018]

M.2    Publishers (music & print)
See also our Folklife Traditions site, on our Folklife Studies webpage               Back to top of page, Media
πŸ„΅ ​S Glos SAYDISC www.saydisc.com ​
β‡’ Gef Lucena. The Barton, Inglestone Common, Badminton, S. Glos. GL9 1BX, England Saydisc<at>aol.com
βŠ• Maddy Prior/Carnival Band, Mellstock Band, Broadside Band, Kathryn Tickell, Nigel Eaton, Ray Fisher, Chinese, Japanese, Pacific, African, Indian and many other cultures, trad performers and rare musics.

πŸ„΅ ​​Herefs TOM HUGHES www.tomhughesmusic.co.uk ​
β‡’ Tom Hughes. Contact: tomhughesmusic<at>outlook.com
βŠ• Music transcription and engraving service, including music book production and publishing of folk/traditional music. I can offer special rates to folk musicians looking to release a music book. Now available: ALAWON:MELODIES Tune Book from the fantastic Welsh folk trio ALAW. [Feb 2020, new Member]

πŸ„΅ Kent DEREK TAYLOR BOOKS http://www.derektaylor.org ​
β‡’ 01303 760 546. books<at>derektaylor.org, Facebook: Derek Taylor, Twitter: twitter.com/@derektaylor201
βŠ• Publishers of β€˜Little Book Of Ballads’, a portable little pocket book. The book is available at Amazon etc and http://www.derektaylor.org [added, Feb 2024]

M.3   Print & online folk magazine & listings (and a few radio programmes)
Summary for:    Wales;   English local / regional media;  Scotland;   Zoom
For full details, see appropriate venue pages.    Back to  top of page, Media
βœ… confirmed, see detailed listings               ➑️ entry to follow shortly, being drafted
❓those we've emailed, believed to existnot listed on Venues webpages until confirmed (I knew an editor who died in 2020 - website's still up, unchanged ...). 
All  England & Wales listings confirmed βœ… in this section (M.3) will also be included in Folklife West print magazine.
National    βœ… ALAWON CYMRU   βœ… SESIWM.COM   βœ… TRAC CYMRU: Music Traditions Wales/Traddodiadau Cerdd Cymru     
South-West & South-East βœ… CASBAR
North-East    βœ… CALENDAR - OPEN MIKE FOLK & ACOUSTIC EVENTS  β€’  North-West  βœ… GWYNEDD MUSIC SESSIONS    
Cornwall  βœ… WHEAL ALICE MUSIC    β—️FOLK IN CORNWALL : Editor John Tremaine has died
Devon      
βœ… WHAT’S AFOOT       βœ… DEVON FOLK   
βœ…  HARBERTON FOLK
Somerset, and Dorset  
βœ… SOMERSET AND DORSET FOLK DIARY (SaDFOLK)
Gloucestershire, & South Gloucestershire βœ… GLOSFOLK    
βœ… MR RED’s MID WEST listings    βœ… Radio: FOLK & ACOUSTIC MUSIC with Chris Arscott
β€‹βœ… MR RED’s MID WEST listings    βœ… SABRINAFLU Facebook Group      βœ… NORTH STAFFS FOLK DIARY    
βœ…  WORCESTER Traditional Music Page    βœ… FOLKFAX     βœ… COTSWOLD FOLK     βœ… SHIFTING SUNDAY SESSIONS    βœ… ANKER FOLK radio
❓CVFOLK website currently down, 29/5/2025, I will email when restored
​See Venues: England East & South for details of the publications below.  Listed by region - Media comes after each region's venues list
EAST MIDLANDS   βœ…  LEICESTERSHIRE FOLK DIARY    
EAST   βœ…  UNICORN FOLK (Beds, Bucks, Cambs, Essex & Herts; some overlap into surrounding counties such as Norfolk and Suffolk)
SOUTH-EAST   βœ… FOLK IN OXFORD      βœ… FOLK ON WIGHT       βœ…  FASH     βœ…  SOLENT WAVES   βœ… UNICORN FOLK (Bucks + see under EAST)
LONDON    βœ…  FOLK LONDON 
❓other We emailed (2025 May/June); you may wish to google: Fizgig Lincs, E Mids; Mardles East Anglia; Essex Folk News; Around Kent Folk; SusFA Sussex
​See Venues: England North for details of the publications below.  Listed by region - Media comes after each region's venues list.
NORTH-WEST  βœ…  FOLK NORTH WEST   βœ… FOLKIMAGES   βœ… CALENDAR: OPEN MIKE, FOLK & ACOUSTIC EVENTS     βœ… Radio: NEAR AND FAR    
NORTH-EAST  βœ… NORTHUMBRIA FOLK MUSIC DIARY     β€’  βœ…   FOLK ROUNDABOUT (Yorkshire, Northumberland, Durham)
YORKSHIRE      βœ… FILOFOLK     βœ…  SHEFFIELD FOLK MUSIC DIARY      β€’ βœ… FOLK ROUNDABOUT (Yorkshire, Northumberland, Durham)      
❓other We emailed (2025 May/June); you may wish to google:   Lancashire Folk; Sheffield Music Sessions
For the remaining M.3 categories below, a volunteer to research / google other listings is welcome. 

Ireland       βœ… FONN TRADITIONAL MUSIC & SONG   
Scotland   β“ We emailed (2025 May, June); you may wish to google:    Scottish Borders Folk; TSMA
USA:   βœ… AMERICELTIC    βœ… AMERICELTIC CALENDAR 

See  Venues: Zoom, at foot of that webpage for details of  
Zooms listings  Britain: see our Zoom webpage!   
Zooms listings Ireland:  βœ… FONN TRADITIONAL MUSIC & SONG.  
Zooms listings USA:  βœ… CALENDAR of VIRTUAL SONG SESSIONS   βœ… COUNTRY DANCE & SONG SOCIETY'S ONLINE EVENTS CALENDAR    
βœ… AMERICELTIC    βœ… AMERICELTIC CALENDAR.  

M.4   Print & online folk magazine & listings.
Details of those which cover all of England,  or  all of GB,  or  GB-based with International coverage
​OTHER THAN FOLKLIFE, see below M.5.     Back to  top of page, Media

πŸ„΅ PRINT   ​England.  EDS (English Dance & Song)    www.efdss.org/efdss-join-us/english-dance-and-song
β‡’ EFDSS, 020 7485 2206. To join EFDSS [English Folk Dance & Song Society] and receive EDS and other benefits: www.efdss.org/efdss-join-us
β‡’ ​Editorial: EDS Editor, Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London, NW1 7AY. eds.editor<at>efdss.org
βŠ• An international publication, going out to the almost 4,000 members of the Society. It’s the world’s longest-running folk magazine, first published in 1936, and balances professional folk with grassroots folk, both traditional and contemporary. [EFDSS, now a FL member, October 2017]

πŸ…„ ONLINE    FATEA   www.fatea-records.co.uk
β‡’ Dorset-based. info[at]fatea.co.uk  https://twitter.com/Fatea_Magazine, https://en-gb.facebook.com/FateaMagazine,
Review material: to FATEA, PO Box 2218, Parkstone, Poole, BH17 7ZZ, & electronic copy of sleeve to reviews[at]fatea.co.uk
βŠ• News & Features, keeping you up to date; Reviews, detailed thoughts on albums, singles, EPs, the odd book and DVD; Live Gig & Festival reviews; Shop, support Fatea and help Fatea support live events by visiting the shop. [Dec 2022, new listing]

 πŸ…„ ONLINE    U.K.   OPEN CONCERTS AND RECITALS    www.open-concerts.co.uk
β‡’ Contact Ray Lester, Compiler, via form on website www.open-concerts.co.uk/contact-us.html 
To suggest a new Entry for the Directory, simply send me its Title and the URL of its Website. I will do the rest. 
βŠ• A vast range of musical activities. This includes Accordion and Fiddle Clubs, Early Music Ensembles, Early Music Festivals, Folk Clubs, Folk Festivals, Folk Music Ensembles ...  (May 2025, new listing)

πŸ…„ ONLINE ​ U.K.  O2 MUSIC MAPPER    www.o2.co.uk/music-mapper
β‡’ London-based.
βŠ• The O2 Music Mapper is a platform for folk music enthusiasts, using location-based technology to explore the UK's vibrant folk scene. It highlights legendary and emerging artists on a UK map, including their bios, hometowns, and career highlights. [Aug 2024, new listing]

πŸ…„   ONLINE     International.   THE SESSION  https://thesession.org/
 β‡’  Sussex-based. Jeremy Keith, https://thesession.org/contactbut check the help page first: https://thesession.org/help Membership is free and only takes a moment to sign up: https://thesession.org/signup   You can also install The Session app on your phone or computer.  To get the latest activity on The Session:   Follow @thesession on Mastodon.   Follow @thesession.org on Bluesky.   Like The Session on Facebook.
βŠ•   An international community website dedicated to Irish traditional music. Find tunes to play, sessions to play them in, events (like concerts and festivals), or explore the track listings of recordings, and join in discussions about the music.   (2025 May, new listing)

M.5   Print & online folk magazine & listings.   Details of these Folklife publications

FOLKLIFE   β‡’ 01684 561378. 16 Barrett Rise, Malvern, Worcs WR14 2UJ. sam@folklife.uk

πŸ„΅
​PRINT & ONLINE mainly Cymru, England West Country & West Midlands *   FOLKLIFE WEST    www.folklife.uk
                * mainly as above, now with some news from rest of England, Scotland, & international
β‡’ Editors: Sam & Eleanor Simmons, phone, address, email, as above.
βŠ• Each issue has Members' news pages plus Festival & Workshop Diaries (also copied online to www.folklife.uk).
πŸ„΅ ​ PRINT & ONLINE mainly UK, some international   FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS JOURNAL  articles & news  ​www.folklife-traditions.uk
β‡’ Editors: Sam & Eleanor Simmons, phone, address email as above.
βŠ• Researched articles, news from societies and researchers, books announced (also copied online to www.folklife-traditions.uk)
πŸ„΅ ONLINE International This website is the FOLKLIFE  ONLINE DIRECTORY  www.folklife.uk 
β‡’ Sam, phone, address, email, as above.
πŸ„΅ ONLINE International FOLKLIFE's ZOOM LISTINGS    www.folklife.uk/zoom which is the  "Venues Zoom" webpage
β‡’ Sam, phone, address, email, as above.

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