Our Spring/Summer Programme
April 8 Bolt the Door
Welcome return for this South London duo, celebrating the release of their new album. Traditional songs from Ireland, Scotland and England
April 22 Third Revival
Third Revival make folk music for the third millennium. Born in folk clubs, raised in lockdown they “take the tradition of folk song and rework it, bringing out all the darkness you always suspected was there.”
May 13 Water Chorus
Their repertoire is both wide and deep, ranging from Irish ballads to Swedish polskas via compositions of their own, and collecting songs anywhere from the Roud Index to their parent’s dusty CD shelves. Whatever they’re playing, their approach is rooted in the traditions of folk music that they grew up with – drawing a melodious line between past and present with the stories of normal people’s fantastical lives.
May 27 Singaround
No guest act. Just the chance for you to share a song/tune/poem or two, or three! If you’ve been before, you’ll know the amazing variety and huge fun of a good sing-around. If not its the friendliest possible way to make your performing debut!
June 10 Ophelia’s Widow and Hannah and the Buoys
A double header from two acts making we’ve enjoyed the Cellar and elsewhere, doing making their debut as guest acts at the Cellar
June 24 Suntrap
Firm Cellar favourites who possibly need no introduction, but if you don’t know them, do not miss the chance to hear one of the best groups currently playing the folk clubs of `London and the South East. Original songwriter, beautiful harmonies and instrumental excellence combined
July 8 Daria Kulesh
Another Cellar favourite, Daria Kulesh is a superb songwriter and a compelling performer, performing songs born from her Russian/Ingush heritage as well as life in contemporary Britain, with a voice that will stop you in your tracks.
22 July Whiskey Moonface
To describe Whiskey Moonface as an alternative folk group doesn’t even begin to do justice to the breadth of inspiration and style in their music. Capable of being both ear-to-ear-grinningly entertaining and profoundly moving, they combine elements of Eastern European traditional & klezmer music, old-time New Orleans jazz and the baroque/ chamber folk styles of Sufjan Stevens and Beirut with their own unique take on contemporary folk music to make for a superbly realised, truly beautiful, and utterly original sound.
More treats to follow after our August break!
Folk in the cellar 