We know that there are hundreds, probably thousands, of people out there who sung in folk clubs, played in coffee houses, performed at demonstrations, whooped it up at barn dances, entertained in bars, busked in parks and generally made all sorts of folk music in all sorts of circumstances. And we know many of you made recordings of what you did - to sell at gigs; to give away to friends and family; because an independent record label signed you; because you wanted to raise funds for a cause or maybe just because you had the opportunity to record and wanted to do it. You didn't necessarily make the big time - you may have only played a handful of gigs in your local area. Equally you may have trawled across the country week after week, taking all the bookings you could get and earning your living as a musician. You may be completely unknown, yours may be a name plenty of people will remember. You may be from the UK, the USA, Australia or anywhere else in the world. You may have hung up your hat forty years ago, you may still be playing regularly. You may have been a traditional musician, an acoustic singer songwriter, the bass player in a folk-rock band, a psychedelic troubadour, a protest singer or all or none of these.

Whether you made a self-released cassette to sell at the end of your gigs, or a long defunct record label released an album with you, or you went into a studio to make a demo, or you captured a halfway decent recording of a live performance, you are the people this website is about... and we want to hear from you!

We'd like you to send us your music and your memories. Ideally, we'd like the music digitally (and we don't care about the format - MP3, WAV, AIFF or anything else you prefer to use) but we're also happy to accept stuff burned onto CDs, cassette tapes or even vinyl by post (please don't worry about wow and flutter, tape hiss, pops and crackles, dodgy production values and so on... these things we put down to period charm). We also want your stories and reminiscences... and the odd photo would be even better! We'll only do with the material what you want us to: we can put your music on the site as sound files for visitors to listen to or we can make it available for people as a free download, if that's what you'd like. Simply get in touch with us using the form on the contact page... we're looking forward to hearing from you! The only proviso is that if you want us to make your stuff available for people to download, you must either own it or have the permission for this of whoever does.

One more thing: if you've already dusted down your lost folk recordings and reissued them, whether that be via freshly remastered CDs or home produced CDRs, we'd still like to hear from you. We'd be more than happy to upload a couple of tracks for people to listen to, along with the usual background information and context... and to provide information about how to buy your music. And if you're still performing, so much the better - we'll point people in the direction of your website. It's all about getting this stuff out there!

So please get rummaging through the boxes in you attic, real or metaphorical, and get in touch with us - you're the only reason we created this site. And thank you.