Hugh Wilson

You’ll know Holmfirth as the location for Last of the Summer Wine, the endless BBC sitcom that featured lovable pensioner rogues Compo, Clegg, Dopey, Happy and Not At All Funny and always used to be on at your gran’s when you popped round on Sunday.

But Holmfirth has so much more to offer than guided [...]

Joy Thomas brings disrepute on the good name of folkingcool but has a nice time in the process

Dear Reader,

Bwa, ha, ha! Silly old trusting folkingcool, allowing me to review the BBC Folk Awards last Monday 1st February. It was too exciting NOT to be a bit naughty…

First things first. Yes I did touch Jackie [...]

Performances from Nanci Griffith, Dick Gaughan and The Transatlantic Sessions were among the many highlights of the 11th annual BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, which took place on Monday 1 Feb in London’s trendy The Brewery.

John Boden scooped Folk Singer Of The Year, Cara Dillon bagged Best Album for Hill Of Thieves and Show [...]