I hope you all had an excellent Christmas and here we go round the Sun again in 2025 with an update of the major Listings on the main Unicorn Folk website. There is a new Unicorn Diary which covers the ..read more

I expect there will be some capering by Morris sides somewhere over the festive season and certainly at Dunton Wassail – see the Featued Festivals & Concerts section the main Unicorn Folk website. Otherwise there is only one week to ..read more

We might have had a lot of rain recently but you would be forgiven for thinking that the news blogs from Unicorn Folk had dried up as this is the first since the end of October owing to various other ..read more

Halloween is upon us and I have been catching up with my first love in folk rock outfits and, although there are a few to choose from going back to the late sixties and early seventies, rather predictably perhaps I ..read more

There has been a dearth of posts recently from Unicorn Folk and one of the reasons is our involvement in Royston MusicFest which takes place today in 3 venues in Royston from midday until 4.30pm and entry is FREE to ..read more

Some of the folk clubs may be closed during August but, if you can pull your attention away from the Olympics for long enough, there are still plenty of events to interest folk fans not to mention all the festivals ..read more

As I write this it is the eve of the summer solstice and too much time has passed since the last blog owing to various other commitments, many to do with the planning and preparations for Royston Arts Festival later this year in September, including for Royston MusicFest which will take place mainly on Sunday 22nd September, with the possibility of another evening concert or two during the week. More news of Royston MusicFest when available but in the meantime you can already buy tickets for the opening concert of Royston Arts Festival which will feature Megson who will be performing ‘Live at ..read more

One of the reasons why I am no longer a Morris Dancer, and there are many, is that I don’t like getting up at the crack of dawn, so well done to all those hardy souls who managed to celebrate May Day as the sun rose earlier today. Amongst the more interesting locations for May Day dawn dancing, though not necessarily at dawn, are The E.H. Shepard & A.A. Milne Memorial where you might have found Ashdown Forest Morris Men; Glastonbury Tor where Cam Valley Morris Men conduct their Beltane Celebrations, and Felixstowe Beacon where East Suffolk Morris Men perform. I believe the Abbots Bromley H ..read more

April is an unpredictable month, but the big news is that Royston Live, formerly Royston Folk Club, is moving home from the Royal British Legion where it has been located for the last couple of years to The Plough in Shepreth which is about five miles to the north of the present location, but accessible by public transport as the rail station is a short walk away. Unicorn Folk understands that the decision has been taken in part owing to the better facilities including sound equipment available at the new venue which has a recent history of staging music events similar to those staged by Royst ..read more

Why Mad March? Well, just because it seems to have been so busy, an indication of which is the fact that Unicorn Folk received 9 CDs for review in just over one week recently, though on the other hand, it’s great to see that things are moving and the folk scene is coming to life again with each passing month. On the subject of new albums, I have managed to review four of those received so far: John Meed and Friends with A Sudden Rain; The Battered Case with City of Song; Mat Green & Andy Turner with Time For A Stottycake, and Pete Cooper & Richard Bolton with Burning Bright. All of the ..read more