Bingley music label pioneer reunited with collaborator for new album

Tim Wyatt (left) and Kris Gray have reunited to produce an album four years after their first together

2:00pm Friday 7th June 2013

Having a way with words keeps the wolf from freelance journalist Tim Wyatt’s door, but now the self-confessed “fairly tarnished” man is going back to his musical roots and is bringing out an album.

Band set to get Calverley Folk Day jumping

Reel Jiggy

1:00pm Friday 31st May 2013

Re-born from rock ‘n’ roll roots and formed originally for a one-off St Patrick’s Day gig, Reel Jiggy takes no prisoners on the dance floor.

Roger Davies to play at Bingley Arts Centre

9:00am Friday 31st May 2013

There will be pints and pie-and-pea suppers to accompany the music when Bingley Arts Centre goes into folk-club mode for a gig by singer-songwriter Roger Davies.

Heckmondwike festival fun that will cost you nothing

9:06am Friday 24th May 2013

This Sunday, Heckmondwike’s Crown of Lights free music enterprise is staging an all-day party, and everyone is welcome to enjoy the 11-hour family friendly show.

Dubliners carry on in new guise at Bradford venue

Sean Cannon

8:00am Friday 26th April 2013

hen Irish folk legends The Dubliners lost founder member Barney ‘Banjo’ McKenna last year, it was time to step off the tour bus and take stock.

Jess Klein brings her folk pop to Saltaire

Jess Klein

11:00am Friday 26th April 2013

For more than a decade, Texas-based Jess Klein’s gutsy “tell it like it is” folk pop has been embraced across the globe.

Talented trio brings world class combination to Ilkley

Slim Panatella & The Mellow Virginians

9:00am Friday 19th April 2013

Slim Panatella & The Mellow Virginians (pictured) are a world-class collective on mandolin, violin and double bass, whose repertoire includes bluegrass, jazz, swing, ragtime, country blues and Irving Berlin. The group is comprised of Simon Mayor, fiddler, guitarist, composer, producer and one of the world’s leading mandolin players, whose live performances are a riot of lively anecdotes and off-the-cuff wit; Richard Collins, three time UK banjo champion and flat-pick guitar wizard; and Hilary James, described as one of the great English folk voices, who also plays the double bass, mandobass and is a “mean guitar picker”. l Slim Panatella & The Mellow Virginians will be at Ilkley Playhouse on Saturday, April 27. For tickets ring (01943) 609539.

Enjoy unique sounds of ‘Gaelic Americana’

10:00am Friday 12th April 2013

Kyle Carey’s musical influences include the songs of the American Folk Anthology, the traditional music of Cape Breton, Ireland and Scotland, and the Appalachian poetry of Louise McNeill.

Beat goes on for drumming group

The Dhol Foundation are appearing at St George’s Hall

9:32am Friday 12th April 2013

The mighty Dhol Foundation are coming to Bradford, with special guests Dalvinder Singh and KS Bhambra.

Birds of Chicago to perform at Saltaire

Birds of Chicago

7:00am Friday 5th April 2013

Birds of Chicago, who play at The Live Room in Saltaire tonight, is a collective based around two of the finest singers on the American roots scene, JT Nero and Allison Russell.

Folk band heads back to Saltaire for show

The Peatbog Faeries are bringing their high octane Celtic dance music to Settle

7:40am Thursday 4th April 2013

Isle of Skye folk fusion band Peatbog Faeries will fly south across the border to Saltaire for a gig at Victoria Hall tomorrow.

Folk duo Kris Drever and Eamonn Coyne head to Saltaire's Live Room

Kris Drever and Eamonn Coyne

11:13am Friday 15th February 2013

Folk duo Kris Drever and Eamonn Coyne are at Saltaire’s Live Room this weekend.

Home-grown Union play Saltaire club on Sunday

Southern Tenant Folk Union

11:06am Friday 11th January 2013

Although the name Southern Tenant Folk Union has an American ring to it, this seven-piece acoustic band only owes part of its folk/blue grass music to the United States.

Legendary Irish band Altan show is a real coup

Altan

12:05pm Friday 26th October 2012

Saltairelive scoops yet another coup for its World Heritage stage tonight, with legendary Irish band Altan.

Take a trip down memory lane at skiffle session

Karl Dallas playing his banjo in the 1950s

11:20am Friday 28th September 2012

Bradford singer-songwriter Karl Dallas is taking music fans down memory lane with a skiffle session at the Castle pub in Grattan Road, Bradford, tonight.

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