Folklore Tapes

The latest Folklore Tapes’ Ceremonial Counties series covers Berkshire and Kent. Stella Maris, Tim Hill, and Revbjelde demonstrate the sheer breadth of England’s folkloric traditions and the breadth and variety of art that we can use to interpret those traditions.

For the latest Ceremonial Counties release from Folklore Tapes, Benjamin D Duvall (Ex-Easter Island Head) explores the fragmentary nature of Merseyside’s Crosby Beach, and Sam McLoughlin delivers one of the most playful pieces in the series so far via eight Herefordshire tales.

A special hauntological Mixtape to mark Samhain. Includes a special Shirley Collins feature, plus music from Folklore Tapes, Burd Ellen, Craven, Penelope Trappes, Bridget Hayden, Elspeth Anne, Benedict Drew, Laura Cannell, Arianne Churchman, Ian Humberstone, David Chatton Baker, Milkweed, Mary Arches, Pefkin and more.

The latest Folklore Tapes Ceremonial Counties covers Cambridgeshire and London, with Ian Humberstone and Human Hand providing one of the most exciting and challenging instalments yet. 

On the latest Folklore Tapes Ceremonial Counties release, a fuller picture of the hidden history of England emerges as Rob St John covers strange beasts of Durham and Preston duo Powders cover Staffordshire’s ceramic industry, both hitting the sweet spot between ambience and narrative.

The sixth instalment from The Folklore Tapes Ceremonial Counties series covers Cornwall and South Yorkshire. It passes the creative reins over to experimental-leaning guitarist David A Jaycock and Sheffield-based avant-psych drone merchants Slug Milk to present two very different faces of experimental folk music.

The Folklore Tapes Ceremonial Counties Vol. V covers Norfolk and West Yorkshire, courtesy of Pefkin and Dean McPhee. If this quality is maintained throughout the series, we will have a stunning and important body of work on our hands.

Watch Dean McPhee’s ‘The Bradford Boar’, filmed by Dave George and inspired by the Ben Wheatley film “A Field in England”. It features on a split cassette release (with Pefkin), available on Folklore Tapes as part of their Ceremonial Counties Subscription Series.