New Roots is committed to promoting events that shine a light on up and coming talent in the UK alt-folk scene. It’s committed to providing artists with an environment that is sympathetic to what they do, giving musicians the respect they and their music deserves. For this reason we ask for no talking and no use of mobile phones during performances to ensure the music gets the attention it warrants. We put bills together that we think work as a whole, so the night can be experienced as a show in it’s own right, from start to finish. We work with venues that share our attitude- The Green Note in NW1, The Harrison in WC1, The Slaughtered Lamb in Farringdon EC1, The Old Queens Head in Islington, N1, and our own very special venue, The Winemakers, a beautiful candle-lit stone arch in the vaults of the Holborn viaduct. Our music policy comes from the kitchen table, the roots of public performance- intimate, acoustic based, high quality musicianship with as little interference between performer and listener as possible.
NEW ROOTS RADIO
We now have our own New Roots Radio Show, featuring the best in what we consider roots music. It’s a very broad church, from cutting edge UK and US alt-folk, to country blues, Irish & Scottish trad to African desert rock, punk-folk to chamber-folk, rhythm & blues to jazz. Dive in!
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COMING UP AT NEW ROOTS
Weds 9th August: Benedict Benjamin (full band show) at The Harrison, Kings Cross Tickets and Details
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Sat 12th August: Tobias Ben Jacob & Lukas Drinkwater/ The Alice Phelps Band at The Winemakers, Farringdon Tickets and Details
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Thurs 17th August: Dai & The Ramblers/ Ady Johnson at The Green Note, Camden Tickets and Details
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Thurs 7th Sept: Shama Rahman Single Launch at The Slaughtered Lamb, Farringdon Tickets and Details
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Fri 8th Sept: The Holloway Jug Band at The Harrison, Kings Cross
Fr 15th Sept: Ferris & Sylvester at The Harrison, Kings Cross Tickets and Details
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Sat 16th Sept: The Bara Bara Band Album Launch at The Harrison, Kings Cross Tickets and Details
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Sun 17th Sept: Firefly Burning/ Counter’s Creek at The Slaughtered Lamb, Clerkenwell Tickets and Details
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Tues 19th Sept: Ned Roberts Single Launch plus special guest Lucy Kitt at The Green Note, Camden Tickets and Details
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Thurs 21st Sept: Lukas & Drinkwater/ Gabriel Moreno & The Quivering Poets at The Green Note, Camden
Weds 27 Sept: Lords of Thyme/ Chris Brambley at The Slaughtered Lamb, Farringdon Tickets and Details
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Thurs 28th Sept: Mishaped Pearls at The Old Queens Head, Islington Tickets and Details
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Thurs 5th Oct: Robert Chaney Full Band Show/ Laura Frances at The Harrison, Kings Cross
Sat 7th Oct: Martha Hill/ Atumnmusic/Son of Johan at The Harrison. Kings Cross
Thurs 12th Oct: MG Boulter/ Genevieve Dawson at The Green Note, Camden
Sat 14th Oct: Dai & The Ramblers Album Launch at The Slaughtered Lamb, Farringdon
Tues 24th Oct: Turya at The Slaughtered Lamb, Clerkenwell Details To Be Announced
Thurs 26th Oct: Adam Beattie & The Consultants/ Ruthe Theodore (4 piece band) at The Old Queens Head, Islington Tickets and Details
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Sat 4th Nov: Burning Wheel Album Launch at The Slaughtered Lamb, Farringdon
Fri 10th Nov: Long Way Home Label Launch at The HArrison, Kings Cross
Sat 18th Nov: The Rough Island Band/ Jack Harris at Stoke Newington Old Church
Weds 22 Nov: Ellie Rusbridge/ Ed Dowie at The Slaughtered Lamb, Farringdon
Thurs 23 Nov: Jack Cheshire/ Robert Chaney at The Old Queens Head, Islington Tickets and Details
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Tues 5th Dec: Low Chimes/ Robert Chaney at The Sebright Arms, Bethnal Green
Sat 9th Dec: Gem Andrews Album Launch with support from Dan Ferguson at The Slaughtered Lamb, Farringdon
