O’Hooley & Tidow supported by Lunatraktors, and John Kelly live from HOME Manchester

Kathryn Tickell and The Darkening supported by The Last Inklings live from HOME Manchester

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Katie Doherty is an Award winning songwriter and with fiddler Shona Mooney (Former Sctottish Young Trad Musician of the Year, founder member of The Shee) and the smiliest man in Folk, Dave Gray on Melodeon, Katie Doherty and The Navigators were formed.

Leveret’s playing combines thrilling musicianship and communication with a genuine warmth and connection with audiences.

Holy Moly & The Crackers are the innovative and fiery folk-rockers from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, who bombastically mash together unique flavours of folk, blues, indie and Balkan beats.

Westcountry folk-rock duo Sound of the Sirens have released two albums so far “This Time” in 2019 and their debut album “For All Our Sins” was released in 2017 to wide praise including from R2 Magazine who called it a “stunning debut collection”.

Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman have long established themselves as one of the UK folk scene’s most rewardingly enduring partnerships. Duos come and duos go... And some nurture and fine tune their art and watch it grow into something totally original, captivating and award-winning.

Nominated four times, and winner in 2015, of Musician Of The Year BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Sam is a veteran of the mighty Bellowhead, former and inaugural artistic director of the National Youth Folk Ensemble, founder member of the acclaimed instrumental trio Leveret, and “one of the defining English fiddle players of his generation” (Mark Radcliffe) at the forefront of the revival in English traditional music.

Huddled round a single vintage microphone, singing intimate duets with just mountain dulcimer, dobro and guitar, Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage are an acoustic duo that sound classically timeless, yet their music is unique.

The duo have toured the UK, North America and mainland Europe, enrapturing audiences at shows and on festival stages with the sparkling beauty of their acoustic style. They also appeared at the West Java World Music Festival, Indonesia in 2019.

Joe Martin writes with a quality of empathy beyond his years. His descriptive lyrics capture the stories of people and encounters picked up on the road. He grew up listening to the greats and has been influenced by artists from Bob Dylan and Townes Van Zandt to Jason Isbell and Kacey Musgraves which is evident his sound and lyrical style. 

Join us for this fantastic double bill of artists streaming live from the Live Room at Saltaire.

Sean Taylor’s unique songwriting is a late-night cocktail of Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen and Jack Kerouac.

Whilst Katie Spencer conjures vivid landscapes through the medium of song. She curates intimate studies using her unique finger picked acoustic guitar style and an assured warm voice, Spencer underlines the sense of space that surrounds her home by the sea in Hornsea, East Yorkshire.

We are thrilled to welcome back Michael and Lou for what will be the first My Darling Clementine concert since lock-down and the first to coincide with release of their brand new album, 'Country Darkness - the songs of Elvis Costello’.

My Darling Clementine will be streaming live from Bury Met in this online exclusive for Roots Live!

Katherine Priddy is making her mark in 2021 with the release of an eagerly-anticipated debut album, The Eternal Rocks Beneath, which has already been attracting attention from national radio and press. Having been previously named as ‘The Best Thing I’ve Heard All Year’ by Richard Thompson, as well as being championed by BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music, this buzz is building for the album’s release on the 25th of June on Navigator Records.

Following the success of his intimate one man show in 2019, Steve’s latest outing is intended for anyone fascinated by the art and craft of song writing.
Exploring his extensive back catalogue and introducing unheard, new material he explores the themes and stories that inspire him and shows how music and words can become lyrics and chords and notes can meld to create songs that acquire a life of their own!

The East Coast’s charismatic and pioneering Waterson/Carthy family, formerly from Hull, need little introduction to folk audiences: a much-loved lineage in the English folk song tradition for over 50 years. In this intimate and exclusive event, Martin and Eliza Carthy, and hopefully a very special family guest, will discuss their lives in music, sing a handful of songs from their repertoire and take part in an audience Q&A.

Juan Martín is renowned as being one of the most renowned guitarists in the great flamenco tradition. His exquisite style is enhanced through minimal amplification to capture his very pure sound. Juan transports you on a musical journey through classic Spain with melodic beauty and rhythmic passion.

Jon Boden has become the ‘stand out performer of his generation’ (The Guardian) of traditional folk artists, but one whose repertoire extends far beyond the boundaries of the genre. Jon is best known is the lead singer and main arranger of the progressive folk juggernaut Bellowhead.

Join the legendary Bob Harris for the Episode 6 of The Whispering Bobcast!

A unique talent driven by passion, social awareness and love for his trade, he's a jaw dropping guitar player who has developed a unique percussive style, teamed up with a powerful show stopping voice, and has been called ‘The Welsh Springsteen’.

Jon Boden is best known is the lead singer of the progressive folk juggernaut Bellowhead. With The Remnant Strings, Jon performs the self-penned songs of albums Songs From The Floodplain, Painted Lady, Afterglow, Rose In June and up coming release Last Mile Home, material from Bellowhead, Spiers & Boden, and his A Folk Song A Day project.

Nominated for 'Best Group' at the 2019 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, The Rheingans Sisters are one of the most visionary acts on the British folk scene.

Taking the audience on a musical trip across the globe, this very popular duo perform a hugely entertaining blend of ‘world-folk’. Highly recommended.

Olcay (pronounced Oldj-eye) takes the audience on a journey into the heart of Anatolia. Using traditional and original songs from her highly regarded album Rüya (Dream), she and her band explore the music and cultures of a region that often remains a mystery but has always been a melting pot of cultures and full of music.

‘One of the finest, most intriguing singers on the British world music scene...exquisite and uplifting.’ - The Guardian

Join the legendary Bob Harris for the Episode 5 of The Whispering Bobcast!

Join the legendary Bob Harris for the Episode 4 of The Whispering Bobcast!

Universally acclaimed as one of the finest ever acoustic and slide guitar players, and a fine banjo-picker to boot, his solo shows bear witness to an artist at the very top of his game. Whether interpreting material from tradition or singing his own potent self-penned songs, Simpson is a remarkable storyteller: captivating and profoundly moving.

You can watch Martin perform at The Live Room, Saltaire, in this high definition stream from Roots Live.

Easily one of the UK’s best live bands says The Guardian, a career spanning more than 30 years of touring across UK and Europe and the world has left them as a household name to many.

With a disarmingly innovative approach, multi-instrumentalists and singers Hazel Askew, Hannah James and Rowan Rheingans are skilful explorers of the power, beauty and vitality of song.

A highly original and energetic musical force just as likely to move you to tears as to move you to your feet.