Since 2005, Richmond Folk Music has presented concerts featuring a wide variety of musical styles, drawn from and inspired by various traditions. We have hosted local performers, as well as internationally known touring artists, such as uilleann piper Paddy Keenan, Scottish folksinger Jim Malcolm, Sephardic singer and guitarist Flory Jagoda, Grammy award (and Pulizer prize) winner Rhiannon Giddens, and folk artist Dom Flemmons.
Richmond Folk Music - Partial List of Performers 2005 - 2025
Gwilym Davies - Songs of the English Travelling Folk
The Shivers - Old Time Country Music and Radio Comedy
Jill Rogoff - Voice of the Wanderer (Traditional Jewish Songs)
Sheryl Warner and the Southside Homewreckers - Traditional Piedmont Blues
Mary Smith - Traditional Ballads of Ireland, America and the British Isles
Andrew MacKay and Carole Ethertone - Maritime, Music Hall and More!
Cornerhouse - Cleek Schrey and Sean McComiskey - Irish Fiddle and Button Accordion
Art Todras - Traditional Yiddish Songs
John Skelton - Irish Flute
John Robison and Sonny Mead - The Virginia Fiddle and Banjo Tradition
Rhiannon Giddens and Dom Flemons - Banjo and More
Turf Fire - Songs of the Folk Revival
Tom Martin - Acoustic Roots/Celtic Soul
Elizabeth LaPrelle - Traditional Appalachian Ballads
Flory Jagoda and Susan Gaeta “Songs of the Sephardim”
Moch Pryderi Winter Revels - “Songs and Tunes from the Celtic Traditions”
Southern Horizon “Love, War and Remembrance - Songs of the North and South”
Castlebay “Songs and Music from the Coast of Maine and Beyond”
Sparky and Rhonda Rucker “Singing Songs and Telling Stories from the American Tradition”
Paddy Keenan “Legendary Irish Uillean Piper”
Joel Rubin: ”Exploring the Russian/Jewish Tradition”
John Turner and Cliff Williams: ”A Winter's Eve in Scotland”
Mark Campbell and The Campbell Family Band: ”Old Time Dance Music and Song”
Alex Caton: ”Sizzling Old Time Fiddle and Song”
Jeni and Billy: ”Songs of Coal, Hard Living and Salvation”
Brian Peters - ”Exploring Britain's Ballad Tradition”
Costa, Dailey and O'Flaherty: ”Ireland Meets Appalachia”
The Whitetop Mountaineers “Music from Virginia's Hills and Hollers”
Andrew Calhoun "Bound to Go! - A Journey in Traditional Song”
David Jones "From England's Shore - Ballads, Music Hall and Songs of the Sea”
"Celtic Klezmer" Klezm'Or'Ami'm and Turf Fire (Fund Raiser for Congregation Or Ami)
Balkanize! “Old WorldTurko-Balkan Folk Music”
Aloha Y'all “Hawaiian Echoes in American Music”
Skip Gorman “Cowboys and Campfires: Musical Heritage of the Wild West”
Rick Franklin “Traditional Piedmont Blues”
Fil Campbell "Songbirds"- A Tribute to Ireland's First Ladies of Song”
The Mike Mitchell Trio "Bluegrass, Country Standards, and Fiddle Tunes"
Jim Malcolm "Traditional Songs of Scotland"
Gregg Kimball, Sheryl Warner and Jackie Frost "We Shall Not Be Moved" Songs from America's Labor Movement
Steve Suffet and Anne Price "Woody Rediscovered"
"Sonny's Jam Session - Real Down Home Country and Bluegrass” featuringThe 'Moosicians' from the King William Moose Lodge
Beth Patterson and Patrick O'Flaherty “Gaelic/Cajun Fusion”
The Hye Keys “Echoes of an Ancient Land: The Music of Armenia”
Eleanor Ellis and Jay Summerour "Traditional Acoustic Blues"
Kevin and Trish Fore, TJ Lundy and Kirk Sutphin "Music Up and Down the Mountain
Andrew Alli and Josh Small “Rural Roots of the Blues”
My Son the Doctor “Eastern European”
Gypsy Roots “Music of the Gypsy Diaspora”
Matthew O’Donnell - “Irish and Celtic Folk”
The Christopher Davis-Shannon Trio “Tin Pan Alley and Early New Orleans Jazz”
Uncle Henry’s Favorites “Old Time Music”
The Hot Seats “Vintage American Roots Music”
Antique Melody Show “Tin Pan Alley, American Standards, Jazz/Swing
Chabibi “Afro-Cuban Rhythms with Middle Eastern Musical Stylings”
Matthew O'Donnell - Celtic, Americana and Maritime
Antique Melody Show - Tin Pan, Swing and Jazz
Chabibi - Afro Cuban Rhythms with Middle Eastern Stylings
The Hot Seats - Bluegrass, Old Time and Ragtime
The Broad Street Ramblers - Pure Americana!
Andrew Alli and Josh Small - Piedmont Blues
Rumput - Indonesian String Band Music
Tom Martin - Celtic Guitarist from Belfast