The Folk Orc

02/10/2024

A new month means a new song added to the upcoming Folk Orc Repertoire Session Book, new blog post where i am possibly a little harsh on our protagonist can be read here: https://www.folkorc.co.uk/post/the-folk-orc-repertoire-2-johnny-todd and a play-track will be available on the patreon site friday.

Furthering our exploration into the very best session songs from the back catalogue of traditional folk music which has been through a Folk Orc battering we come to our second song on the list: Johnny Todd. This song has always been popular in sessions, and unlike many that come through, it is one t...

20/09/2024

https://www.folkorc.co.uk/post/the-folk-orc-repertoire-1-the-unquiet-grave

Since 2009 The Folk Orc has been running sessions with the aim of getting more people playing music with the emphasis on playing music together. In these sessions we have explored over one hundred songs and tunes. Most of them have been traditional, some not, a lot of them English but there is a str...

30/08/2024

Don’t go anywhere - we are reinvigorating this page. More soon!

06/10/2022

We are doing it again, next Tuesday 11th October will see The Folk Orc Sessions return to the Earthouse for Music around a fire on an Autumn Evening. What more could you ask for? Tickets available here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/chrishopgoodmusic/756002

24/08/2022

Folk Orc Autumn 2022 Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/217a9aa8b5a6/folk-orc-autumn-2022-newsletter

2022 has been a great Festival Season for The Folk Orc Music Workshops and Sessions, even though we only attended two festivals this year they were both a blast. Wickham was hot and we met a whole range of new faces over the weekend, Purbeck was like coming home, with so many familiar faces that we....

17/12/2021

A Merry Folking Christmas.