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There are still loads of artists to announce, so far we've announced just over half the line-up. Here's a summary...
Raghu Dixit Project
Often hailed as India’s biggest cultural & musical export, Raghu Dixit’s unique brand of infectious, happy music transcends age, genre, and even language.
Dog Show Sessions
An unmissable collaboration between West Country folk legends, Show of Hands, and Madrid-based Irish American roots quartet, Track Dogs. Six voices, fiddle, Cajon, trumpet, banjo, guitars, bass and mandolin.
Nine Below Zero
One of the most popular British Rhythm and Blues acts returns to headline Thursday Night Blues on the Lake Stage. "Superbly executed, highly infectious" Record Collector.
Martin Harley Band
One of the UK's most celebrated blues musicians playing Thursday Night Blues with his band. “No doubt that he is a slide guitar master. He is the business” – Roots Magazine
Tom Russell
From USA, journeyman singer, songwriter and ex-rancher known for chronicling the life of blue-collar America, and “should be on any list of great songwriters like Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan and Hank Williams”
London Afrobeat Collective
Driving, politically-charged, rhythmic music with roots in Fela Kuti - funked-up to get you dancing on Sunday afternoon.
John Smith
Steeped in the lineage of British folk, one of the UK's finest guitarists and songwriters, his honey-on-gravel vocals have brought crowds the world over to pin-drop silence and rapturous applause. Playing as Trio and Solo.
Martyn Joseph
Martyn Joseph is a completely unique and mind blowing artist. Take everything you think you know about singer songwriters….and rip it up. Stunning reviews single him out as an unmissable solo performer whose music stays with you long after the show has ended.
Track Dogs
A nice melting pot of styles, which have one thing in common: the groove. From Ireland, England and the USA and heading back to Southwell!
Hoth Brothers
USA's Hoth Brothers bring their folk/ country/ bluegrass music to Southwell "from the wilds of New Mexico, with a barbed lyrical punch"
Veronica Sbergia & Max De Bernardi
The Italian duo finally make it to GTSF with their superb twist on country blues, ragtime and old time music from the US.
Bonfire Radicals
Birmingham's best kept musical secret. Vibrant and exciting, a musical blend of folk traditions full of originality and virtuosity
Tarren
Bristol-based Tarren are an ambassador for English Folk music, weaving minimalist hooks throughout songs and tunes that have the pulse of traditional dance at its heart.
Winter Wilson
Everything that defines folk music and what makes it great, with an enviable reputations both as performers and songwriters
NoGood Boyo
Go loud or go home! NoGood Boyo mash up trad Welsh with 90s dance music - like no other grassroots band coming out of Wales right now.
Gatehouse
Roscommon-based band Gatehouse are unashamedly trad and proud to present the music that has been the very heartbeat of their home turf – Connacht province of western Ireland – for generations
Jon Doran & the Northern Assembly
A ground-breaking new collaboration that seek to capture the excitement that lies within traditional song and breathe new life into old stories from the British Isles.
The Brothers Gillespie
Sublime vocal harmonies, inspired guitar playing and a rich array of acoustic instruments, the Northumbrian brothers are stars of the future.
Lasair
Lasair are one of the fastest rising English ceilidh bands on the folk scene. They'll be opening the ceilidh programme on Friday night.
Juniper
Saturday's ceilidh is with Juniper, a young five piece folk band that bring their own style and flair to traditional English, Scottish and Irish tunes.
Thorpe & Morrison
The energy of their Anglo-Scottish musicianship is palpable, creating a spellbinding mix of old and modern.
Keith Donnelly
Back to entertain the youngsters and oldsters alike, Keith is a one man talent show! A great guitarist, songwriter, comedian and kids' entertainer to boot.
Morton Valence
Intriguing alt-country duo from London who've been challenging categorisation for years, with an idiosyncratic songwriting style, very much informed by Americana, but with a heart and soul firmly rooted in the UK
Lauren South
"I love Lauren's voice! It has a distinctive and unique beauty that allows her to turn every word she sings into a kind of magic formula" Reg Meuross
Foreign Affairs
Two brothers' close harmonies and catchy choruses create an honest and raw country-rock sound.
Becky Syson
When you hear Becky Syson perform live you'll understand why she's been described as 'Sublime Folk Rock'...
See you soon!
The GTSF Team