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Sam Fender wins 2025 Mercury prize for his album People Watching

Geordie singer-songwriter’s album reached No 1 on the UK album chart, and led to a series of stadium-sized concerts this summer

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2025

Martin Carthy at EartH: 'Bob Dylan's appearance drew gasps at tribute to English folk hero'

5/5 Barney Whittaker re[orts on a remarkable event paying tribute to Martin Carthy which featured appearances from an array of legends

Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2025

Rock acts Fontaines DC, Sam Fender and Wolf Alice shortlisted for the 2025 Mercury Prize

An Irish act could win for the first time in Mercury Prize history, with both Fontaines DC and pop singer CMAT shortlisted, while North Shields singer-songwriter Fender will be hoping for a homecoming triumph as the ceremony takes place in Newcastle

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025

Eliza Carthy: ‘Folk music is sexy and filthy and at the end of the night you fall over. That’s how I live’

She was the pink-haired fiddler who punked up folk, but Covid almost sank her and her famous family. Eliza Carthy talks about going broke, bereavement and the healing power of boozy, bawdy music

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2022

Norma Waterson was one of folk’s greatest voices – and greatest people

The British folk singer, who has died aged 82, was proud of the music she made – and her warmth as well as her toughness sang loudly in her songs

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2022

Norma Waterson obituary

Celebrated singer of traditional English folk music whose embrace of other musical styles won her a wide following

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2022

Folk singer Norma Waterson dies at 82 with Billy Bragg leading tributes

Mercury Prize-nominated Norma Waterson had been hospitalised with pneumonia before her death

Daily Mirror · Jan 31, 2022