Folk fiddler & trad singer. 1/3 of @wildernessyet 🎶🍂 1/2 of @oldspotmusic 🐖🎻🪕
Sheffield, England
Joined January 2015
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We welcome Rowan Piggott to the D'Addario Orchestral family!
Rowan's a folk fiddler, singer, writer & tune collector who grew up in the foothills of the Burren on the w. coast of Ireland, surrounded by trad music. Rowan performs solo and with The Wilderness yet & Old Spot.
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A few gigs coming up in October! Please recommend us to your friends in Newcastle, the Lake District, North Yorkshire, and Chester! 🎶
#folksinging #folkmusic #folk #folktrio #thewildernessyet #Newcastlefolk #newcastlegigs #NewcastleWhatsOn #lakedistrictfolk #chestergig #chester
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We’ll be releasing a new songbook alongside our upcoming album! Perfect for groups wanting to learn folksongs in harmony. It is available immediately from our website shop. Supported by the @SarahMorganFund
#traditionalmusic #folkmusic #folksongs #folksheetmusic #harmonysinging
So proud of this album and can’t wait to sing some of it out!
1 week until our new harmony album launches!! 🚀 #folksinging #folksongs #folk #folkmusic #harmony #harmonysinging #traditionalmusic #traditionalsinging #tradition
Wonderful to be back on @BBCRadio3 with @WildernessYet 🍂
Good morning. @BBCRadio3 Breakfast is live. Today @WildernessYet with a folksong that dates back to the Napoleonic Wars, Arthur Rubinstein plays Chopin, Balkan Melodies inspire Elena Kats-Chernin as she paints a blue rose and @NardusWilliams sings Monteverdi.
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Tickets are now available for our annual celebration at The Perch! There will be performances from all our music/dance groups. soundpost.org.uk/perch
#whatsonsheffield #sheffieldfolk #sheffieldfolkmusic #folkmusic #youthfolk #youngfolk #sheffieldwhatson #sheffieldevents #folk
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If you were listening to the radio this evening you might have heard an interview with Rosie about the new album and even had a preview of a few tracks! Listen back on @BBCSounds – the feature starts around 1:28💙bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0j0yc…
#folkmusic #folksinging #harmonysinging
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Premiere: Taken from their forthcoming album of traditional songs and tunes arranged in three parts with no instruments in sight, watch @WildernessYet performing ‘The Goose & The Common’, an 18th-century protest rhyme about land rights and privatisation. klofmag.com/2024/06/video-pr…
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Summer is upon us and something new is on the way! If you'd like to hear it, come and find us singing at @warwickfolkfest (26th-28th July) or @sidmouthfolk (2nd-9th August).
#folkmusic #folk #harmonysinging #folkscene #folkfestival #folksinging #folksong #traditionalmusic #trad
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You might have seen these flyers around town with details of our new project, Forge & Fledge for nurturing singers / musicians.
8 weeks every Tuesday from 9th January
Instruments: 6–7pm
Voices: 7:15–8:15 pm at Shakespeares #Sheffield
#whatsonsheffield #sheffieldmusic #folkmusic
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We can't wait to have carols again in the #Sheffield Winter Garden! Come along from 2-5pm on 2nd December to have a sing 🎶 If you're unfamiliar with Sheffield Carols there's even a free carol booklet to download from our website! #carols #sheffieldcarols #whatsonsheffield
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This Saturday (11th November) Old Spot perform @ The Betsy Trotwood #clerkenwell #London - tickets via folkandroots.co.uk/old-spot
Expect foot stomping old-time music on fiddle, banjo, gourd banjo & guitar.
The concert will be followed by a session
#barbican #clerkenwell #islington
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Look who was there to meet us at @ThomasLordPub - the brilliant @RoLoHoMusic & @RowanFolk of @WildernessYet!
🎥 Watch their full performance at youtu.be/yuATS3_OBSk
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Excited to be playing for dancing at @shrewsburyfolk festival!! 🎻🪕
What a dance line up we have for you this year @shrewsburyfolk!
Ceilidhs, dances, workshops & more in our Dance Tent 🎪 (with its own bar 🍺) and across the #festival.
If dancing's your thing, this is the place to be. And if you've never given it a go - SO. MUCH. FUN.
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Looking forward to our Autumn tour 🍂 expect lots of new material! Thanks to Secret Agent @LucyRShields for all her hard work! 😎 thewildernessyet.com/tour
#folkmusic #folk #folkuk #folktrio #englishfolk #irishfolk #thewildernessyet
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🎵 Old Spot be travelling to and fro AGAIN! 🐖 Buy tickets early to make us very happy – we hope to see lots of friendly faces 😊 Please like / share widely 👍
oldspotmusic.com/gigs
#oldtimemusic #oldtimeuk #foaotmad #fiddle #banjo #folkmusic #folkuk #folkgigs #folktour
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Look who's on at Burton Folk Club on Friday 20th October
@WildernessYet
@FancourtMusic
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A new podcast about participation and inclusion in folk singing in England, it features interviews with @TheEFDSS @JK_Musician @mariebashiru @Mikeykenney @lunatraktors. New episodes drop every Thursday – subscribe from your favourite podcast app!

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Episode 2 of our podcast is here! In this episode, Oliver interviews musician and disability activist John Kelly @JK_Musician
#folksinging #folk #folkmusic #accessibility #inclusion #inclusivity #folksong #folkscene #communitymusic #disability #disabledmusician
ALT The Access Folk Podcast logo sits in the top left corner. A photograph of the musician John Kelly is to the right looking directly at the camera. Below is the episode title John Kelly: Music, disability and access as creativity.