Conservatoire Folk Ensemble

Joe Boughton director

A folk supergroup with a richly diverse cultural heritage

The UK's biggest folk band have to be seen and heard to be believed. Led by fiddle player and arranger Joe Broughton they have established a reputation for creating energetic and powerful shows as the personal influences of each member shapes the set-list. Traditional English and Celtic reels slide into full-on rock grooves, funk, jazz, hip-hop, ska and reggae and Eastern European and Asian flourishes.

This is very much 21st century folk. This is ‘Power Folk’.

“Varied and brilliant… one massive sound” Frank Hennessy, BBC Radio