Manchester Folk Festival Archives

Review: Manchester Folk Festival 2022

For Manchester Folk Festival’s artistic director David Agnew, a useful working definition of folk...

Posted by Kevin Bourke | Oct 29, 2021 | Bands & Gigs, Music

Somehow, there are people still around who believe that ‘all folk music sounds the same’ or that...

When I learned that Billy Bragg had agreed to be interviewed by Northern Soul, I spent some...

Posted by Kevin Bourke | Oct 23, 2017 | Bands & Gigs, Music

You may well have read our recent interview with David Agnew, director of the Manchester Folk...

Posted by Kevin Bourke | Oct 17, 2017 | Music

For several years, the Homegrown festival at Bury Met, with its associated Folk Expo industry...