Folk Critique + Cambridge Companion to Folk Music – launch event
Cafè Oto, E8 3DL , [Venue Details]‘These things were on the walls in Tudor times: some of them are really old, some not so old. But that tradition of discussing song, which I would love to find traces of – there must be some traces but, like with a lot of vernacular culture, they evaporate.’
Please join us for a double launch, celebrating the publication of Folk Critique, a new pamphlet from Ross Cole and the Fair Organ collective; and the Cambridge Companion to Folk Music (edited by Ross Cole), a groundbreaking new collection of essays on traditional culture and its continuing power in today’s world.
The evening will include a discussion of folk revivalism, nationalism, resistance and what it means to take an attitude of ‘folk critique’; performances from Angeline Morrison, the Black British Folk Collective, Mataio Austin-Dean and Jacken Elswyth; and readings from Aisha Farr and Grace Connolly Linden.
We hope attendees will stay to have a drink and a chat afterwards.
Generously supported by The Leverhulme Trust.
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Admission
Min: £4.00
Max: £10.00
Performer name: The Black British Folk Collective (BBFC), Angeline Morrison
Other key names: Mataio Austin-Dean, Jacken Elswyth
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Folk Critique + Cambridge Companion to Folk Music – launch event
Friday, 31 Jul 2026 @7.30pm
Cafè Oto, E8 3DLMore Information
‘These things were on the walls in Tudor times: some of them are really old, some not so old. But that tradition of discussing song, which I would love to find traces of – there must be some traces but, like with a lot of vernacular culture, they evaporate.’
Please join us for a double launch, celebrating the publication of Folk Critique, a new pamphlet from Ross Cole and the Fair Organ collective; and the Cambridge Companion to Folk Music (edited by Ross Cole), a groundbreaking new collection of essays on traditional culture and its continuing power in today’s world.
The evening will include a discussion of folk revivalism, nationalism, resistance and what it means to take an attitude of ‘folk critique’; performances from Angeline Morrison, the Black British Folk Collective, Mataio Austin-Dean and Jacken Elswyth; and readings from Aisha Farr and Grace Connolly Linden.
We hope attendees will stay to have a drink and a chat afterwards.
Generously supported by The Leverhulme Trust.
Admission
Min: £4.00
Max: £10.00
Performer name: The Black British Folk Collective (BBFC), Angeline Morrison
Other key names: Mataio Austin-Dean, Jacken Elswyth
Halibuts is the only place to find ALL London's live music.
Free for all to use, we track ~1,000 London venues and list every type of live music.
To reach our home page, Click here
Or download the Halibuts APP:
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