Recent bursaries and commissions from the English Folk Dance and Song Society have kick-started ground-breaking and far-reaching projects.
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Femi Oriogun-Williams
‘The bursary allowed me finances and space to develop my work. I really enjoyed being given the space at Cecil Sharp House.’
Tamsin Elliott & Tarek Elazhary: So Far We Have Come
‘An Anglo-Egyptian meeting of minds... a poised, atmospheric fusion’ – The Observer
Shortlisted for the Songlines Music Awards 2024
Angeline Morrison: The Sorrow Songs
‘Truly revolutionary. A groundbreaking album’ – New Internationalist Magazine
The Guardian best folk album of 2022
Sophie Crawford and George Sansome: Queer Folk
‘It’s rare to find two people quite so passionate about what they’re doing... prepare to have your perspectives rearranged’ – TradFolk
Stick in the Wheel: Perspectives on Tradition
‘A chapter in a manifesto for how folk music should be made and how tradition should be thought about. But it never feels cloistered by its own ideas. Because Kearey, Carter and their collaborators are fearless when it comes to following their own standards, the results are rarely short of astonishing’ – Folk Radio UK
Kerry Andrew: You Are Wolf
Guardian Folk Album of the Month, November 2023
Rowan Rheingans: Dispatches on the Red Dress
‘Sublime... a show that celebrates family, nature and the ties that bind goes on to pack a fierce political punch’ – The Guardian
Many further awards have supported a wide range of artists to explore new creative ideas inspired by and sourced from traditional English folk music, without the pressure of a final product.
