The biggest Folk albums of the month (defined in partnership with English Folk Expo) by British and Irish artists, based on sales in the UK of downloads, CDs, vinyl and other formats, plus streams.

Here is a list of festivals, events and auspicious timings. Click on the links below to know more about each festival/event and get information about when, why and how these are celebrated.

It was at an after-party in in Blooms Hotel where Prine met his wife Fiona, from Ardara in Co Donegal. She was managing Windmill Lane studios at ... He sang at night at the Old Town School of Folk ...