Folk4Free English Originals Weekend 2010

An afternoon of free folk music, curated by Moseley Folk Festival.

Dave Boddison has been writing music for ten years and performing for seven. His solo acoustic sound hovers in the realms of ambient folk.

23-year-old Abie Budgen combines psychedelic, roots and blues sounds with finger-picking.

As a child, Deborah Hodgson earned her first guitar by washing cars. Although not the most glamorous start to a career, she has now performed in festival fields, castles, a cathedral crypt and she opened the Big Top Stage at The Isle of Wight festival in June 2009. ‘Fantastic voice’ Nick Britten, Daily Telegraph

Goodnight Lenin caught the attention of audiences in Birmingham after releasing a YouTube video of a simple acoustic performance in which they sat perched on the counter-tops of their kitchen. The group attribute their sound to Bob Dylan and Elvis Perkins, mixing folk with a heavy American influence. 2010 is set to be a great year for the band as they supported First Aid Kit on the Birmingham leg of the duo’s UK tour and will be releasing their first limited edition single in the summer. Yet despite this, they can still be found performing amongst the pots and pans in kitchens.

Growing up listening to Abba and Queen, Megan Henwood first performed at the tender age of nine. Turning eighteen she played her way round the world, singing to crowds in Venice, Thailand, India and Malaysia. After falling in love with Nepal, she has returned to Kathmandu twice to record with leading Nepalese musicians Nirmal Kulu, Binod Katal and Shyram Saram Nepali. In 2009 Megan won the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Musician of the Year Award.