Welcome

Welcome to FolkLaw! Exhilarating new-age folk music that will get your feet tapping and your mind thinking! Inspired by 10 years on the road in Europe and North America, FolkLaws songs are a raw social commentary driven by the chaos of the lives we all lead. Inspirational songs and melodies cover subjects from politics and the environment, to relationships and love. Edgy lyrics and vocals are accompanied by intricate Irish and American fiddle and interwoven with wonderfully distinctive vocal harmonies and the bodhran drum. In the words of one of the UKs top folk-clubs "Simply magical"!

Music

The debut FolkLaw album is out now! Nation's Pride is a collection of the very best FolkLaw songs and fiddle accompanied by some brilliant backing from the legendary vocalist and percussionist Gaz Hunt.

Some real FolkLaw favorites appear on this CD including Over a Line, Green Valleys, Summer Sun and of course Nations Pride. There's also some classic irish fiddle, and the old ivories make a rare appearance on Ramshackle Road.

The album's on sale at gigs for Ł10 and half of the proceeds are going to charity! You can choose where your fiver goes - Shelter, The Fair Trade Foundation, The Samaritans or the Poppy Appeal.

Buy online now via Paypal!

Latest album news!: Nations Pride was played from the main-stage PA at Whychwood festival this year in between band-changeovers to a captivated crowd! + the re-mix of Green Valleys came runner up in the Wessex Folk Festival Song Competition 2011! Top notch!

Downloads & Free Stuff!

On the music pages, you can download samples of the FolkLaw songs and early mixes from the Album. You'll also find the lyrics, the stories behind the songs and the original dots and notes - following the Folk tradition and keeping the stories and history behind a song alive. We've also got some videos of FolkLaw in concert - check it out!

Quotes

Here are some quotes from music regulars and MC's of the UK folk club scene:

"Remarkable!"
"Clearly, sung from the heart"
"Wonderfully distinctive guitar and vocals"
"Great - you could hear a pin drop"
"That fiddle was stunning!"

" ...Right now [FolkLaw] is on the cusp,
playing folk clubs and festivals and
recording without the backing of a label.
I'd like to think this album will
push [FolkLaw] to the next level..."

- 'Rock-n-Reel' R2 magazine

"Songs of social conscience" - fRoots mag

Mailing List & Forum

Get your name on the mailing list to be updated about future CD releases, concerts and other FolkLaw stuff and have your say in the FolkLaw Forum!

FolkLaw on Facebook

Aye, FolkLaw has dipped it's toes into cyber-community and you can now find FolkLaw on FaceBook! Thanks to BWM Promo for helping us out there! Apparently you can like us as well, which is probably why you're here in the first place?! Anyway, if you like us, or if you're feeling mad for a twitter, go for it! :o)

Concerts

Check out the gigs page for details of forthcoming FolkLaw events. You'll find FolkLaw at various events from intimate candlelit soirees to the bright lights of the festival stage. Highlights to date have included Wychwood Festival, Bloxham May Fest, Monmouth Festival, the Burning Pig Festival, Music at the Crossroads, Gloucester Food and Drink Festival, Goucester Tall Ships Festival, Stroud Quarry Festival, Startford Fringe, Hook Norton Beer Festival, and are set to include Stroud on the Water Festival, Bromsgrove Folk Festival, Wessex Folk Festival and Brackley Music Festival this year. If you want to hear some of the latest songs being tried out at their most fresh and vibrant - you might be lucky enough to hear FolkLaw busking the afternoon away on the streets of old Gloucester town...

Booking & Contact

FolkLaw is always looking for places to play and new crowds to entertain! If you are a festival looking for a quality folk act, or are a politically minded band playing good music and in need of a supporting solo artist, let us know. You can contact FolkLaw by email - nick@folklaw.co.uk.

Contact: nick@folklaw.co.uk