Highlights from Forge Radio's day of live coverage from the Bird Table Stage at Tramlines Fringe.

Featuring music from Silver Darlings, Kootch and Jordan Rooker and interviews with Thomas Bower and the event organiser Richard Masters.

Folk Forest Highlights

Recorded live from The Bird Table Stage at Folk Forest on Tramlines weekend. 

Beth Aveyard and Dean Lilleyman are Kootch a folk duo based out of Chesterfield. The pair play a mixture of traditional and contemporary songs. This Old Guitar is a wonderfully nostalgic performance, with Aveyard reminiscing over her father's impact on her folk career. 

The band have a website where you can find more songs and a blog detailing their misadventures around Derbyshire.  
https://www.kootch.net/

Kootch - This Old Guitar

Recorded live from The Bird Table Stage at Folk Forest on Tramlines weekend.

Jordan Rooker played a stripped back acoustic set for his headline slot of the Bird Table Stage. That meant this closer to his 2017 EP 'Lost at Sea' lost it's synths but gained an intimate feel that made him a crowd favourite. 

Jordan will be on tour throughout November.
https://www.seetickets.com/tour/jordan-rooker

Jordan Rooker - Dive

Recorded live from The Bird Table Stage at Folk Forest on Tramlines weekend.

Labelling themselves as Britain's only absurdist folk band, Pig in a Pen was a little less existentialist than the rest of Death and the Dancer's set but it'll be sure to get your foot tapping.

Death and the Dancer just released a new EP entitled Memento Mori.
https://deathandthedancer.bandcamp.com/album/memento-mori-ep

Death and the Dancer - Pig in a pen

Recorded live from the Bird Table Stage at Folk Forest on Tramlines weekend.

Peter Raeney feels like an instant folk classic the tragic tale of an unknown man in an unmarked grave is brought to life by the 5 piece folk act.

You can catch up with news and releases from the band on their website. 
http://www.thesilverdarlings.co.uk/

The Silver Darlings - Peter Raeney

Forge Radio caught up with folk three piece Toki Trio after their set at the Bird Table Stage at Folk Forest on Tramlines weekend.

The band are working on a new album currently, you can find more from them on their Facebook page. 
https://www.facebook.com/tokitrio

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