Folk Witness – under the trad/arr of folk and acoustic music

February 15, 2026 / markdishman / Film reviews

Olivia Chaney, Wuthering Heights and The History of Sound

The Telegraph says it’s “resplendently lurid, oozy and wild”. The Independent, however, went with “astonishingly…

June 6, 2024 / markdishman / Live reviews

Middlesbrough’s Amelia Coburn is an exciting talent – you can tell by the speed with…

November 24, 2023 / markdishman / Album reviews

An alternative history: a canny idea for a folk musician. When reinterpretation is your stock…

August 21, 2023 / markdishman / Interviews

By all accounts, Frankie Archer had a cracking Cambridge Folk Festival, impressing audiences in The…

March 27, 2023 / markdishman / Live reviews

The Hack-Poets Guild – that’s Lisa Knapp, Nathaniel Mann and Marry Waterson – have been…

March 15, 2023 / markdishman / Live reviews

We’re officially excited about Lucy Farrell’s new album, We Are Only Sound, recorded at Wenlock…

November 16, 2022 / markdishman / Live reviews

No surprises here: it is a joy to have Bellowhead back, playing loudly in big,…

September 12, 2022 / markdishman / Live reviews

Hard to believe it’s a year on from the first Brighton & Hove Folk Festival,…

June 18, 2022 / markdishman / Live reviews

For Brighton-based folkies like me, it’s exciting to see that the little venue upstairs at…

June 9, 2022 / markdishman / Live reviews

What a joy it is to ‘discover’ an artist by seeing them live! I’d heard…