• Josh Newman

    After growing up around folk clubs and the English tradition on the East Kent coast Josh spent his teenage years studying classical violin, viola, and voice at Junior Guildhall and Chetham’s School of Music. Having found his way back to traditional music Josh splits his time between Irish and English playing and, via spells living in Dublin, has studied the respective traditions with Kevin Glackin and Sam Sweeney.

    He released his debut solo album From the Floor in November of 2023.

  • Mitch Keely

    Mitch is a composer and multi-instrumentalist working predominantly in the English and Irish traditional music scenes. Born and bred in the Oxfordshire village of Wheatley (home of Trunkles : the jankiest morris tune) Mitch then moved to London to attend the Royal Academy of Music studying under Tansy Davis, Gary Carpenter, and Rubens Askenar.

    Since graduating Mitch has been blessed with opportunities to work with talent from a diverse scope of genres and traditions both in the UK and abroad as a backer, composer, audio engineer, and producer.

  • Louis Thurman

    A folk musician through-and-through, Louis was raised in Oxford and grew up amongst the Oxford folk scene, yet it wasn't until his 20s that Louis picked up the melodeon and began to explore folk music for himself.

    Diving back into folk after over a decade away, Louis has honed his craft playing in the current sessions of Oxford and surrounding villages, bringing influences from the scene he grew up in and drawing inspiration from musicians such as Spiers & Boden, Magpie Lane, and Folly Bridge.

Photography by Ian Wallman (images 1 & 2) and Peadar Connolly-Davey (image 3)