Mumford and Sons, and their singer-songwriter followers, aren’t really folk musicians.
Folk fans, still looking to the likes of Topic records and the Waterson-Carthy dynasty for an uncut fix might wonder, wither the next generation?
But the Rif Mountain label, comprehensively showcased here, offers a cross-fertilised family of younger artists, quietly future-proofing the form.
The Owl Service grapple with Lal Waterson’s ghostly lament Fine Horseman, and electrify the standard Katie Cruel in an early Seventies acid-folk style; The Straw Bear Band anglicise Creedence’s Bad Moon Rising convincingly; and the Caledonian mediaevalist Alasdair Roberts’ own False Astronomy is a spritely highland gavotte.
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Meninblack, Twitter
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Al Murray, Comedian
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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World Without End, Twitter
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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