Invisible Folk hosts another poetry reading. 

This podcast features the comic verse of Clare Pasquale, the reflective nature poems of Ben Batten and 4 of Jon's poems that can be found in For the Many not the Few volume 39. An anthology published by Inherit the Earth, available through Amazon where all the proceeds go to charities for the homeless.

Jon, Karen and Ben read some of their poems

This is a podcast from Invisible Folk in collaberation with the Chesham Literary Festival. 

In this episode I talk to Raven Dane, novelist, short story writer and occasional film star. Raven is famous for her dark fantasy, steampunk and folk horror novels and a wide variety of short stories.

Listen to the highlights of the Chesham Literary Festival poetry competition awards ceremony held at the Town Hall, Chesham on 12th July 2024. It was a great evening. Many thanks to the four judges - Emily Townsend, Valerie Jack, Ben Batten & Jon Bickley, with additional thanks to Mark Jackson-Hancock and Pemby. 

Invisible Folk is proud of the brilliant volunteers, poetry competition winners, commended poets, families and friends who made our awards ceremony such a success.

Keep an eye on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/invisiblefolkltd for future competitions and events.

Since Spring 2019 Invisible Folk are proud to have been the recipients of four Arts Council Grants.

In this podcast Jon Bickley talks about our relationship with the Arts Council and how that has enabled us to commission new compositions, new performances and to inject some money into the folk music community. You'll also hear some great music; without Arts Council funding it would never have existed.

For more information go to our Website https://invisiblefolk.com/

It's catch-up time. The Invisible Folk Club Radio Show is currently syndicated to 9 stations, 7 based in the UK and 2 in mainland Europe (Spain & Germany). Jon Bickley presents the show, Steve Yarwood is Producer.

Nothing in the broad church of trad folk, roots or Americana is off limits, there are so many shades. Our show features established artists, rising stars, quality new music, blasts from the past.  https://invisiblefolk.com/

PLAYLIST: TangleJack - The Garden of Your Heart Ruth Moody - Coyotes Kim Richey - A Way Around John Smith - The World Turns Goblin Band - The Brisk Lad Goblin Band - Birds in the Spring/May Morning Dew Jim Causley & Miranda Sykes - Last of the Singers Jon Bickley - I'm Going To Hear John Newton Preach Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne - Press Gang Song Angeline Morrison - Turn Round Newton Gemma Khawaja - The Deserted Lover

It's catch-up time. The Invisible Folk Club Radio Show is currently syndicated to 9 stations, 7 based in the UK and 2 in mainland Europe (Spain & Germany). Jon Bickley presents the show, Steve Yarwood is Producer.

Nothing in the broad church of trad folk, roots or Americana is off limits, there are so many shades. Our show features established artists, rising stars, quality new music, blasts from the past.  https://invisiblefolk.com/

PLAYLIST: T Bone Burnett - The Town That Time Forgot Ray Cooper - Black is the Colour/En Vacker Van George Boomsma - Fallen Annie Dressner - After the Storm Ross Couper Band - Sutherland's Stick In The Wheel - The Cuckoo VIP Miranda Sykes - Stay Angeline Morrison - Grace Will Lead Me Home Elise Lunden - Maybe This Year Colin Manson - Sea Son Ferocious Dog - A Place We Call Home Jim Causley & Miranda Sykes - Cottage Well Thatched Susie Lewis - Magpie The New Leaves - Country Lane Lament

It's catch-up time. The Invisible Folk Club Radio Show is currently syndicated to 9 stations, 7 based in the UK and 2 in mainland Europe (Spain & Germany). Jon Bickley presents the show, Steve Yarwood is Producer.

Nothing in the broad church of trad folk, roots or Americana is off limits, there are so many shades. Our show features established artists, rising stars, quality new music, blasts from the past.  https://invisiblefolk.com/

PLAYLIST: Sam Lee - Dreams of the Returning Malin Lewis - Tune 51 Stick in the Wheel ft Jim Ghedi - What Will Become of England? Miranda Sykes - Kismet Rum Ragged - Paddy Hyde Jack Badcock - The Ghost of Leland Birch Phil Odgers & John Kettle - The Men Behind The Guns Isla Mae - Tomorrow I Will The Rye Sisters - Waverley Station The Salts - Bulgine Run Tim Grimm - Broken Truth My Girl The River - Slow Mover Anne Cunningham - Both Sides the Tweed Hamish Currie - Star o' the Bar

Singer/Songwriters Jim Causley and Miranda Sykes joined narrator John Palmer (director of the critically-acclaimed Vaughan Williams anniversary 'From Pub to Pulpit' Cathedral tour) to talk us through a new show entitled 'Ghosts, werewolves and countryfolk - the songs and stories of Sabine Baring-Gould' 

Polymath and Victorian superstar Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) was, amongst many other things, a best-selling novelist most notably for stories of ghosts, werewolves and Norse myths. Despite wide ranging interests he felt the most important part of his life was collecting songs from Devon and Cornwall, amassing more than 2000 songs. In the show Miranda, Jim and John interweave some of those songs with anecdotes from Baring-Gould's astonishing life and stories. Ticket info from https://www.mirandasykes.com/baring-gould-centenary/

Songs (in order of appearance):

Jim Causley & Miranda Sykes - My Lady's Coach Jim Causley & Miranda Sykes - Cottage Well Thatched Jim Causley & Miranda Sykes - Last of the Singers

All songs Trad/Arr Causley & Sykes

Links to artist websites: https://www.mirandasykes.com/ https://www.jimcausley.co.uk/

It's catch-up time. The Invisible Folk Club Radio Show is currently syndicated to 9 stations, 7 based in the UK and 2 in mainland Europe (Spain & Germany). Jon Bickley presents the show, Steve Yarwood is Producer.

Nothing in the broad church of trad folk, roots or Americana is off limits, there are so many shades. Our show features established artists, rising stars, quality new music, blasts from the past.  https://invisiblefolk.com/

PLAYLIST: Anne Briggs - Living By The Water Anne Briggs - Go Your Way Anne Briggs - Sovay Eliza Carthy - The Great Valerio Eliza Carthy - May Morning Eliza Carthy - Here’s a Sad Goodbye Good Habits ft Kate Griffin - Sunday Charlie Grey & Joseph Peach - My Brown Haired Girl Phoebe Rees - Wigan Pier Good Habits ft Angeline Morrison - 360° Daria Kulesh - Ataman Kana - Never a Fella Kitewing - Handsome Molly Malcolm Macwatt - The Church & The Crown Ryan Wayne - No Easy Way Out